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NO RETOUCHING ON THIS GIRL! 04 MONDAY, NOV. 28, 2016 KA LEO O HAWAI‘I: THE VOICE OF HAWAI‘I [email protected] Kevin Harrison NEWS @kaleoohawaii News Editor One of these men will be UHM’s next chancellor KEVIN HARRISON / NEWS EDITOR SONNY RAMASWAMY JOHN WHITE COURTESEY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I COURTESEY OF UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I Sonny Ramaswamy, the Indian-born, director To Ramaswamy, boosting graduation rates Meet John White: the acting chancel- cess and one that I would be quite honored of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and improving undergraduate education is as lor for the Nevada System of Higher Educa- to be able to join in leading and one, that I and insect physiology professor, wants to be the simple as ABC. tion, human and civil rights lawyer and law think, will be able to establish itself as one University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s next Chancellor. professor who wants to be the University of of the truly great public universities in the According to his UH bio, Ramaswamy was ABCDEF Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s next chancellor. country,” White said. appointed by President Obama to be the These are Ramaswamy’s six themes for White is a graduate of Yale Law School, the Susan Schultz, a professor of English, NIFA head in 2012. Prior to his appointment, improving undergraduate education and former dean of the University of Nevada at asked White for his thoughts on what she Ramaswamy held academic and administrative graduation rates at UH Mānoa. Las Vegas’ William S. Boyd School of Law and called a “big rise” in depression and anxiety positions at Oregon State University, Mississippi A: Advising and attendance - For a former law professor at Louisiana State among college students. State University, Purdue University and Kansas Ramaswamy, this point is about keeping University. White addressed this, saying that institu- State University. track of students throughout the school year In an open forum fi lled with students and tional leadership have an “obligation” to rec- “In looking at [UH Mānoa’s] profi le I thought, like checking in on them if they miss class. faculty, White spoke about his vision for UH ognize the challenges that college students ‘oh wow this is really an amazing place to be’ B: Behavior - “Their parents invested that Mānoa, his ideas on higher education and face and to help them. and I’ve got certain skills,” Ramaswamy said in trust in us to make sure those young people answered questions from the audience. Another question raised related to White’s an open forum with students and faculty. “I’ve are going to be protected,” Ramaswamy said. “Why [UH Mānoa]? ... it has the attractive experience with fundraising and working got the academic background at multiple insti- C: Courses - Ramaswamy wants to ensure combination of really excellent research pro- with state legislatures to get funds. White tutions, I know how to raise money and I know that courses are offered “properly” and in ductivity, strong faculty doing great things said that while he was the Boyd Law dean, how to set the goal of achieving preeminence a timely manner. He also wants to look into really on the true cutting edge of science and he was successful in procuring donations and I’ve had the federal experience.” developing a program in which if there is a discovery,” White said. from local lawyers and was able to work with class not available at one institution, a student the Nevada State Legislature to avoid bud- VISION FOR UH can take it at another. UH students can already VISION FOR UH MĀNOA get losses. In the forum, Ramaswamy highlighted some take courses from any other UH institution. When asked what are two issues that he White explained that part of the solution of the research that is being done at UH Mānoa D: Data - He wants to keep “good” data wanted to address, White named student to working with the state legislature is con- such as research relating to how methane is on students. enrollment and building up research. vincing them of how small their investment produced in the ocean and how it affects cli- E: Experiential Education - Ramaswamy “One of the things that’s a little bit trou- in higher education and also highlighting how mate change and the work that is being done believes that college students have a founda- blesome looking from the outside in is the complex higher education institutions are. on homelessness. tional, liberal arts knowledge and that built off degree to which students not just here but “I think there are some opportunities Ramaswamy claimed that the research at of that should be experience-based education in many instances will choose a less impres- exactly right now to be able to convince UH Mānoa is among the best in the nation. for everybody in all majors. sive institution, thinking it’s the same as the legislators about the importance of higher Despite that, he said he would only give the F: Financing - “You want to hire a Chancel- school they’re passing up for some discon- education, the true cost of it, and in the university a “B+.” lor that’s going to work really hard to get the nected reason,” White said. meantime, we have to do our best to effi - “There’s pockets [sic] of excellence in mul- resources needed whether it’s from the donors, While he wants more students to enroll at cient,” White said. tiple units within the university; it is a great or from the research enterprise, or from the UH Mānoa, he also wants to provide them When asked about his stance on money opportunity for the others to step up their state legislature,” Ramaswamy said. with a worthwhile experience so they do not being diverted to athletics, White stood in sup- game as well,” Ramaswamy said. In regards to fi nancing, Ramaswamy said that regret enrolling. port of college athletics, saying that campus Aside from the research at UH Mānoa, President-elect Donald Trump wants to invest In regards to bulking up UH Mānoa’s “atmospheres” would “collapse” without them. Ramaswamy said that the reason for exist- in infrastructure and Ramaswamy wants some research profi le, White said that that does “I fi nd tremendous fulfi llment in the atmo- ing is the students and that without them, of that investment to be allotted to universi- not necessarily mean more funded research sphere of athletics and the challenge for the they should not “be here.” ties for deferred maintenance. He hopes that or adding more Ph.D. students, though it individuals who get to participate in it and the He said that when he looked at UH Mānoa’s this federal money will encourage other fund- would be “nice.” inspiration they show for others,” White said. undergraduate graduation rates, there was ing sources to match it. He was also asked about his plan for An audience member asked White about something “bad and wrong” with what he saw. Ramaswamy also addressed the Counsel- addressing deferred maintenance costs on his opinion on online education and he sees Ramaswamy pointed out that in 2010, Clem- ing and Student Development Center on Cam- campus and while he acknowledged it as a it as a delivery tool that can also increase son University and the UH Mānoa had similar pus and how it needs to have more funding and pressing issue, he said he does not have a enrollment and deliver courses or degrees.