University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Public university in Hilo, Hawaii, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (UH Hilo) is a public university in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.[6] It is one of ten campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi System. It was founded as Hilo Center at Lyman Hall of the Hilo Boys School in 1945 and was a branch campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In 1970 it was reorganized by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and became a campus within the newly created University of Hawaiʻi System.
Former name | Hilo Center at Lyman Hall (1945–1950) University of Hawai'i Hilo Branch (1950–1970) |
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Motto | Maluna aʻe o nā lāhui āpau ke ola ke kānaka (Hawaiian)[1] |
Motto in English | "Above all nations is humanity" |
Type | Public university |
Established | 1945; 79 years ago (1945) |
Parent institution | University of Hawaiʻi |
Accreditation | WSCUS |
Academic affiliations | Space-grant |
Endowment | $341.7 million (system-wide) (2020)[2] |
Chancellor | Bonnie D. Irwin |
President | David Lassner |
Academic staff | 210 (2016) [3] |
Students | 3,539 (fall 2019) [4] |
Undergraduates | 2,971 |
Postgraduates | 568 |
Location | , Hawaii , United States 19°41′59″N 155°04′54″W |
Campus | 115 acres (47 ha) |
Newspaper | Ke Kalahea |
Colors | UH Hilo Red UH Hilo Black[5] |
Nickname | Vulcans |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II – PacWest |
Mascot | Vulcan |
Website | hilo |
The university has been accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission or its predecessor since 1976.[7] It offers thirty-three undergraduate and three graduate degree programs and has about 3,000 students; most students are residents of Hawaiʻi but many are international students.