{"id":101792,"date":"2019-08-26T09:26:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T19:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=101792"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:42:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:42:49","slug":"new-chancellor-vision-for-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/26\/new-chancellor-vision-for-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"New <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo chancellor aims to transform students\u2019 lives, move region forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_23844\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXseGcvzTqw?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"New 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo chancellor aims to transform students\u2019 lives, move region forward\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bonnie D. Irwin<\/strong> took the reigns of the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> as chancellor on July 1, 2019, amid a traditional Hawaiian appointment ceremony that included the blowing of p\u016b (shell), hula and an offering of special water.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I find that spirit in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> to be so powerful\u2014the idea of &#699;ohana, of community and that everyone is interconnected,&ldquo; Irwin said. &rdquo;It\u2019s a great way to help students so they feel that they are nurtured. They are part of something bigger than themselves, as we all are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101459\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hilo-irwin-b-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bonnie Irwin headshot\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-101459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hilo-irwin-b-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hilo-irwin-b-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hilo-irwin-b.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonnie D. Irwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/19\/irwin-hawaii-tribune-herald-column\/\">elaborated on her vision in a recent column<\/a> published in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiitribune-herald.com\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Tribune-Herald<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The dedication to this place that we have all chosen to be our home is the strength of this community and, I believe, the way forward for the future of Hilo and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; Irwin wrote. &ldquo;I am looking forward to creating opportunities for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo to partner with businesses, schools and community groups across the island to further improve our home and, above all, to provide the best experience for our students that we can.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo worked on a new strategic plan last year. Irwin said this year they will implement that plan, asking, &ldquo;How can we focus the immense goodwill and skills and ability of this campus and its community to move the institution forward?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her first priority is the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo students. While improving graduation rates is one measure, she wants to create successful, productive members of the community.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a lot of people that I think the university could help to a greater extent than it is now, and part of being a regional comprehensive university is helping the region move forward as well,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Irwin has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, and last served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University Monterey Bay (<abbr>CSUMB<\/abbr>). She sees similarities with her former students. About 40 percent of <abbr>CSUMB<\/abbr>\u2019s students were Latino, most of whom were bilingual. At <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo, there are bilingual students who speak Hawaiian at home, which she sees as an asset.<\/p>\n<p>Student success leads to family success and helps the whole community to move forward. &ldquo;I see [education] as a sacred mission,&rdquo; Irwin said. &ldquo;I love working in higher education because we get to transform students\u2019 lives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99357\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bonnie-irwin-kipaepae-lassner-mayor-kim-sakai.jpg\" alt=\"糖心Vlog官方 leadership welcomes chancellor\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bonnie-irwin-kipaepae-lassner-mayor-kim-sakai.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bonnie-irwin-kipaepae-lassner-mayor-kim-sakai-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/bonnie-irwin-kipaepae-lassner-mayor-kim-sakai-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">糖心Vlog官方 Hilo welcomes new Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin. Photo (L-R): Hawai\u02bbi Island Mayor Harry Kim, 糖心Vlog官方 President David Lassner, former interim-Chancellor Marcia Sakai, Chancellor Irwin, her husband Ned Huston.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnie D. Irwin&#8217;s first priority is to support <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo students in becoming successful, productive members of the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,12],"tags":[691,14,56],"class_list":["post-101792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-video","tag-administration","tag-uh-hilo","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101792"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124603,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101792\/revisions\/124603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}