Endowment $180 million Acceptance rate 71.3% (2014) Chancellor Donald O. Straney Colors Black, Red | President David Lassner Number of students 3,974 (Fall 2009) Phone +1 808-932-7799 | |
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Motto Pulelo haʻaheo ke ahi a nā lehua aʻo Hilo
(Hawaiian) Motto in English The flame of Hilo's lehua blossoms leaps triumphantly with pride Type Public university
State Established 1941 (as Hawaiʻi College)
1947 (as UH Hilo)
1970 (as a four-year institution) Address 200 W Kawili St, Hilo, HI 96720, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 7,036 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 19,036 USD (2015) Notable alumni Sarah Palin, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Alex Cabagnot, Harry Kim, Tyler Yates Similar Hawaii Community College, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University, Daniel K Inouye College o, University of Hawaii at Manoa Profiles | ||
New student housing at the university of hawaii at hilo
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo or UH Hilo is a public co-educational university in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaiʻi system. It was founded as Hawaiʻi Vocational College (Hawaiʻi College) in 1941. In 1970 it was reorganized by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature.
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- New student housing at the university of hawaii at hilo
- Academics
- Colleges
- Undergraduate
- Athletics
- Chancellors
- Hawaii State University
- University Park
- Main Campus
- Alumni
- References
The university has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges since 1976. It offers thirty-three undergraduate and three graduate degree programs, and has about 3000 students; most are residents of Hawaiʻi, but there are many international students too.
Academics
The university specializes in marine biology, volcanology, astronomy, and Hawaiian studies. The Masters of Arts program in Hawaiian Language and Literature was the first in the United States to focus on an indigenous language.
Colleges
Undergraduate
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers BA, BBA, BS, and BSN degrees in addition to certificates. Students can also choose minors in some programs.
Athletics
Until 1994 UH Hilo belonged to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics or NAIA. Since 2004 it has been a member of the NCAA Division II, Pacific West Conference. It fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. The team name for the school is the Vulcans.
Chancellors
Shared with UH West Oʻahu 1976–1997.
"Hawaiʻi State University?"
There has been a growing movement throughout the last decade to separate the Hilo campus from the University of Hawaiʻi system, creating a "Hawaiʻi State University". Supporters of the separation argue that the growing Hilo campus is "shortchanged" by its sister campus in Mānoa and that being independent of the system would allow the college to grow faster, better serve the community, and draw in more money from independent sources. Opponents argue that the state is too small for competing university systems and that financial divisions between Mānoa and Hilo are fair, given that Mānoa places emphasis on research and Hilo places emphasis on teaching. There are also concerns that this movement will hurt relationships between the Hilo campus and the rest of the University of Hawaiʻi system.
A bill was introduced in the 2005 session of the House of Representatives of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to draft legislation to spin off the Hilo campus as the independent Hawaiʻi State University. The bill was approved by the House Higher Education Committee but no hearing on the bill was planned by the House Finance Committee, effectively killing it.