Institutional Report Authors & Contributors

Writing Team

  • Christine Beaule, Director of the General Education Office
  • Daniel S. Friedman, Professor and Campus Architect
  • Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu “Punihei” Lipe, Program Officer, Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office
  • Laura E. Lyons, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Excellence
  • Kapā Oliveira, Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Academic Success
  • Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer
  • Amy Schiffner, Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program
  • Monica Stitt-Bergh, Specialist, Assessment & Curriculum Support Center

Component 1: Introduction & Institutional Context

Daniel S. Friedman, Professor and Campus Architect; Jonathan Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Dean, Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge; Willy Kauai, Director, Native Hawaiian Student Services; Laura E. Lyons, Interim Vice Provost for Academic Excellence; Kapā Oliveira, Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Academic Success

Component 2: Compliance with the Standards

Monica Stitt-Bergh, Specialist, Assessment & Curriculum Support Center; Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer; and WSCUC Reaffirmation Committee Members

Component 8(a): Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning

Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu “Punihei” Lipe, Program Officer, Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office; Monica Stitt-Bergh, Specialist, Assessment & Curriculum Support Center; Daniel S. Friedman, Professor and Campus Architect

Component 8(b): Transformational Student Success

Kapā Oliveira, Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Student Academic Success; Tara O’Neill, Director of the Learning Assistant Program; Willy Kauai, Director of Native Hawaiian Student Services; Christine Quemuel, Assistant Vice Provost for Diversity & Inclusion; Debora Halbert, Associate Vice President for Academic Programs & Policy; Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost; Jennifer Brown, Transfer Specialist and Chair of Mānoa Transfer Coordination Center; Stephanie Kraft-Terry, Interim Director of Advising, College of Natural Sciences; Gary Rodwell, Director of STAR;  Kyle Van Duser, Director of First Year Programs

Component 8(c): Academic Innovation & Engaged Learning

Christine Beaule, Director of the General Education Office; Makena Coffman, Director of the Institute for Sustainability & Resilience; Creighton Litton, Director of UROP; Ulla Hasager, Director of Civic Engagement in the College of Social Sciences; Amy Schiffner, Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program; and Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer

Component 9: Conclusion

President David Lassner; Provost Michael Bruno; Vice Provost Laura Lyons; Campus Architect and Professor Daniel Friedman; and Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer

Final Editing

David Lassner, President; Michael Bruno, Provost; Interim Laura Lyons, Vice Provost for Academic Excellence; Wendy Pearson, Senior Advisor to the Provost/Accreditation Liaison Officer

Institutional Data and Analysis

Yang Zhang, Director of the Mānoa Institutional Research Office; Kelly Jung-Ts Lin, Institutional Research Analyst; Bryson McFeeley, IT Specialist; Yumi Saito, Graduate Assistant (Educational Administration), Office of the Provost

Graphic Design

Jennel Sesoko, Director of Branding and Marketing;  Lauren Yee, Graphic Designer