UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT HILO
MISSION STATEMENT
The University of Hawai`i at Hilo is a comprehensive, primarily baccalaureate institution offering a rigorous education in a caring, personalized atmosphere. As a regional, state-supported University, UH Hilo serves students from Hawai`i Island and from around the state. Additionally, UH Hilo enrolls students from the U.S. mainland and from many other nations, especially from Asia and the Pacific islands.
The primary mission of UH Hilo is to offer high quality undergraduate liberal arts and professional programs. Selected graduate degree programs also are offered where need warrants and the University has strong expertise. UH Hilo offers "hands-on" learning, service, and leadership opportunities and especially encourages close student-faculty interaction and collaboration on research projects. The University encourages theoretical and applied research and benefits Hawai‘i Island and the State through resource centers, community partnerships, continuing education, and distance learning programs.
Hawai`i's incomparable natural and cultural environment serves as a learning laboratory, the setting for many teaching, research, and service activities. The University also offers unusually rich opportunities for intercultural exchange, since we are located in the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. and attract students from around the world. Providing an environment that is responsive to the needs of a diverse student population is central to the UH Hilo philosophy. As the University's housing capacity grows, increasing numbers of students will benefit from immersion in our stimulating, diverse, and supportive residential environment.
THE VISION
Over the next years, the ultimate goal for the University of Hawai`i at Hilo is to become the premier residential campus in Hawai`i, while also providing an exemplary education, with aloha, to commuting students, non-traditional students, and distance learners. Already known for our success in Hawaiian language revitalization and for using the island as a learning and research laboratory, UH Hilo will become noted for:
Academic excellence in liberal arts, professional, and agricultural programs
A vibrant, enriched campus life
Leadership in studies of Hawaiian, East Asian, Pacific, and indigenous cultures
Leadership in studies of the tropical environment
Active learning in research, internships, and community service
Scholarship in theoretical and applied areas
Commitment to community development
Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
OFFICE OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
MISSION STATEMENT
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics supports the academic mission of the University of Hawai`i at Hilo while fostering connections with the UH Hilo community and beyond. It does so by providing men and women the opportunity to pursue a quality baccalaureate education while building character and developing leadership, teamwork and other lifelong skills.
GUIDING VALUES
In support of our mission, the Office of Intercollegiate Athletics is guided by the following values:
1. Excellence – All student-athletes, administrators, coaches, staff and volunteers are expected to hold themselves to high standards of integrity and performance on-and-off the field, to ethical behavior, and to sportsman-like conduct, as well as to understand that winning is not the same thing as excellence.
2. Diversity – UH Hilo is uniquely positioned to provide higher education access opportunities to students from the State of Hawai`i and beyond and is especially sensitive to ensuring that men and women have equitable access to athletic participation opportunities; further, the diversity of our student-athletes will be leveraged purposely to enhance the student educational experience.
3. Honor – We encourage a strong work ethic among our coaches, staff and student-athletes, and emphasize the importance of respecting self and others, taking personal responsibility for one’s actions, and actively demonstrating an aloha spirit at all times to colleagues, teammates, students, community members and fans.
4. Resourcefulness – The investment of resources from the University, from the State and from our donors and supporters will be cultivated responsibly and managed carefully with an eye to sustaining a long-term future for our athletic programs and maximizing participation for as many students as possible. In addition, resources will be used to minimize institutional liability and promote student health and safety to the best of our ability.
Drafted 7.22.08 by L. Hong based on feedback from Athletic Advisory Board members.
Revised 8.31.08 & 9.10.08 by L. Hong based on feedback from Athletic Department staff/coaches.
Revised 9.3.08 by L. Hong based on feedback from Athletic Department central administration team.
Finalized 9.15.08 by L. Hong based on feedback from Athletic Advisory Board members.
Reviewed by Student-Athlete Advisory Committee on 9.23.08; revised by L. Hong on 9.25.08 based on feedback.
Accepted by Chancellor’s Cabinet with revisions on 10.6.08.
THE VISION
The Office of Intercollegiate Athletics vision is to model excellence as a University program, as well as, a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II program.
Thus, the Athletic Office has adopted five core values to guide decisions and behaviors in fulfilling its mission and vision: 1) a confident and humble pride, 2) integrity in words and deeds, 3) sharing of our “Aloha Spirit” with ALL stakeholders, 4) loyalty built on honest and trusting relationships, and 5) investing in humanity through our student athletes, employees, and our community.
GOALS FOR 2010-2013
• Recruit every eligible student athlete from the state of Hawai'i that can play at this level or above.
• 100% graduation of Student Athletes that stay in our program.
• Win the PacWest Community Engagement Award.
• Win PacWest Commissioners Cup.
• Build measurable campus & community Aloha Spirit.
• Develop and expand recognizable branding of Vulcan intercollegiate athletics and the University.
• Be fully NCAA compliant each year.
• Fund all available athletic scholarships without reallocating funds from operations by 2013.
• Develop and maintain fiscal responsibility and accountability by all sports.
• Development of a single Booster Club that supports all sports and is NCAA compliant.
• Provide departmental funding opportunities through corporate sponsorships, booster scholarships, increased University and student funding initiatives.
• Develop and maintain athletic facilities that demonstrate our commitment of excellence to the university and the community.
• Continue to provide, and seek out, equitable opportunities for students and student athletes.
• Continue to provide, and seek out, equitable opportunities for students and student athletes.
