{"id":58043,"date":"2017-03-23T13:35:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T23:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58043"},"modified":"2019-03-01T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:11:25","slug":"presidents-march-highlights-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/23\/presidents-march-highlights-and-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s March highlights and updates"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLQTvjUOBSU?showinfo=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a> President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/david-lassner\/\"><strong>David Lassner<\/strong><\/a> made his report to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\">Board of Regents<\/a> at their meeting on March 23, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The view from Washington D.C. on higher education: four points (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=00s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<p>\n1. Immigration issues for students and employees (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=2m00s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\n2. Potential federal budget cuts to eduction and research (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=3m18s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\n3. Tax reform for non-profits, endowments and benefits (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=6m33s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\n4. Observations from a Washington D.C. &#8220;watcher&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=8m32s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Protecting <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students and programs (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=10m31s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> nominees for the Governor&#8217;s Awards for Distinguished State Service (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=10m29s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\nEmployee of the Year nominee: <strong>Luke Flynn<\/strong>, director for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Space Flight Laboratory, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=13m02s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\nTeam of the Year nominee: <strong><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo maintenance crew<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=14m32s\">video<\/a>)<br \/>\nManager of the Year nominee: <strong>Matt Platz<\/strong>, vice chancellor for academic affairs, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MLQTvjUOBSU?t=15m56s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/presidents-report\/\">View previous reports to the board.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58060\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-manager-platz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-manager-platz.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-manager-platz-260x168.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">糖心Vlog官方 Hilo Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Matthew Platz, center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58061\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-team-maintenance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-team-maintenance.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/system-gov-award-2017-team-maintenance-260x168.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice Chancellor Marcia Sakai and Chancellor Don Straney accept the award on behalf of the 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo maintenance crew.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the president&#8217;s report 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