Hawaii Pacific University

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Hawaiʻi Pacific University

Motto	Holomua Me Ka Oiaio (Hawaiian: Forward With Truth)
Established	1965
Type	Private
President	Chatt G. Wright
Undergraduates	7,500
Postgraduates	1,500
Location	Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Sea Warriors
Website	http://www.hpu.edu

Hawaiʻi Pacific University (also known as HPU) is a private coeducational university in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 1965 as Hawaii Pacific College by Paul C.T. Loo, Eureka Forbes, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, and Reverend Edmond Walker.

Hawaiʻi Pacific University is the largest private university in the central Pacific, most noted for its diverse student body of almost 9,000 students, representing over 190 countries. The school's largest academic programs are in nursing and business administration.

The current president of the university is Chatt G. Wright. Mr. Wright joined Hawaiʻi Pacific College at its founding. He has led the university through a period of rapid growth, including a merger with Hawaiʻi Loa College in 1992.

Hawaiʻi Pacific University has two main campuses and access to several scientific facilities. HPU is anchored at the downtown Honolulu campus. This campus occupies much of Fort Street Mall and surrounds the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace. The university has offices and classrooms in some of Honolulu's most prominent buildings, including 1132 Bishop Street and the Finance Factors Center.

The Hawaiʻi Loa campus is located near Castle Junction in Kāneʻohe, on the windward side of the Koʻolau. This campus was originally built by Hawaiʻi Loa College, a liberal arts school that was purchased by Hawaiʻi Pacific University in 1992. The campus is also referred to as the Windward campus. The Oceanic Institute is affiliated with HPU, thus providing HPU students with access to significant research programs in the marine and oceanic sciences.

HPU operates satellite campuses on Oʻahu's US military bases, including Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, Tripler Army Medical Center, Camp H. M. Smith, Schofield Barracks, and Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Over 2000 HPU students take courses at these facilities.

Contents 1 History 2 Athletics 3 Degree Programs 4 Undergraduate Programs 5 Graduate Programs 6 Notable alumni 7 Notable Faculty 8 External links

[edit] History

Recognizing the need for an independent, nonsectarian liberal arts college in Honolulu, four prominent and public-spirited citizens -- Eureka Forbes, Paul C.T. Loo, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, and The Reverend Edmond Walker — applied for a charter of incorporation for a not-for-profit corporation to be called Hawaiʻi Pacific College. The state of Hawaiʻi granted a charter of incorporation to Hawaiʻi Pacific on September 17, 1965.

In September of 1966, Honolulu Christian College merged into Hawaiʻi Pacific College, and a new charter was granted by the state of Hawaiʻi.

In 1967, Dr. James L. Meader became Hawaiʻi Pacific College's first President. President Meader, in consultation with community leaders, developed a comprehensive educational program to meet various higher educational needs for the state of Hawaiʻi.

When Dr. Meader retired on June 30, 1968, the Board of Trustees elected The Reverend George A. Warmer as Hawaiʻi Pacific's second President. Under President Warmer's leadership, the College implemented academic programs in the liberal arts and cooperative education.

In 1972, Hawaiʻi Pacific College graduated seven students in its first commencement class and in the same year established a School of Business Administration. Chatt G. Wright became the founding Dean of Hawaiʻi Pacific's new School of Business Administration.

In 1973, the College received full accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The following years saw the creation of the English Foundations Program, offering instruction to non-native speakers of English, and the Division of Special Programs, administering off-campus instruction on various military installations on Oʻahu.

President Warmer retired in 1976, and Chatt G. Wright became Hawaiʻi Pacific's third President. Under President Wright's leadership, Hawaiʻi Pacific has seen rapid and continuous expansion. Augmenting its thriving undergraduate program of baccalaureate and associate degrees, Hawaiʻi Pacific successfully launched a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program in 1986, a Master of Science in Information Systems (M.S.I.S.) program in 1989, and a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management in 1991.

Hawaiʻi Pacific continued to expand and develop throughout the 1980s, and in 1990 became Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU).

In 1992, Hawaiʻi Loa College, a small, independent, liberal arts college located on the windward side of Oʻahu, merged into Hawaiʻi Pacific University. This historic merger has brought together the strength of two academically strong institutions, and has helped to expand Hawaiʻi Pacific University's role as a leader in higher education for the state of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Basin.

The HPU International Vocal Ensemble [1] made their Carnegie Hall debut in June 2004 where they performed Morten Lauriden’s Lux Aeterna and O Magnum Mysterium.

[edit] Athletics

The university's athletic teams are called the Sea Warriors. They compete in the Pacific West Conference as part of the NCAA's Division II. The school's most successful athletics program has been its women's volleyball team, which has won multiple national championships. It also has nationally recognized cheerleading and dance teams. Hawai`i Pacific University's first venture into intercollegiate athletics came with the formation of the men's basketball team.

Now competing in the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II, Sea Warrior athletic teams are recognized as some of the finest in the State of Hawaiʻi. Men's basketball has been joined in intercollegiate competition by men's and/or women's teams in baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, golf, and cross country.

[edit] Degree Programs

Education at Hawaiʻi Pacific University is based on a traditional liberal arts foundation. HPU offers master's degrees in information systems (MSIS), business administration (MBA), communications (MACOM), nursing (MSN), diplomacy and military studies (MADMS), social work (MSW), and secondary education.

[edit] Undergraduate Programs

[edit] Graduate Programs

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Science in Information Systems
• Master of Science in Nursing
• Master of Arts in Communication
• Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Military Studies
• Master of Arts in Human Resource Management
• Master of Arts in Global Leadership
• Master of Arts in Organizational Change
• Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language
• Master of Education in Secondary Education

[edit] Notable alumni

• Benny Agbayani, New York Mets 1993
• Carolyn Suzanne Sapp, Miss America 1992
• Radasha Hoʻohuli, Miss Hawaii USA 2006
• Jennifer Fairbank, Miss Hawaii USA 2004
• Ehren Watada, US Army, Officer 2003 - Present

[edit] Notable Faculty

• Jerome Feldman, Professor of Art History
• Gordon L. Jones, Dean, College of Professional Studies and Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems
• Richard Ward Affiliate Associate Professor, Management
• Al Zimermann Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems

[edit] External links

• Oceanic Institute
• Hawai'i Pacific University
• 1132 Bishop Street Building

Pacific West Conference
Brigham Young Hawaii • Chaminade • Dixie State College (Joining in 2007-08) • Grand Canyon University • UH-Hilo • Hawaii Pacific • Notre Dame de Namur