Popular liturgical composer Marty Haugen will be the keynote speaker in the next of the Father Mackey Marianist Lectures, 4-5:30 p.m., March 13, in the Mystical Rose Oratory on the Campus of Chaminade University and Saint Louis in Kaimuki. The lecture, entitled “Pope Francis and the Jubilee Year of Mercy,” is part of a […]
Castle Foundation awards $250K to Chaminade for STEM education
The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation has awarded Chaminade University a $267,627 grant to support the school’s launch of the Castle K-16 Engineering Pipeline Project which is designed to create high-quality engineering opportunities for elementary, intermediate and high school students in Windward Oahu.
Chaminade receives $1 million for athletics facility
Chaminade University of Honolulu announced a $1 million gift from Dr. Edison H. Miyawaki at a recent annual booster club event. The money will go toward the construction of a new athletics training, locker room and sports medicine building. The new facilities, located mauka of the McCabe Gymnasium, will replace and greatly expand the current […]
Chaminade, as a Native Hawaiian serving institution, anticipates $4 million in Title III grants over five years
Chaminade University of Honolulu, a federally designated Native Hawaiian serving institution, has been awarded an Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian Title III grant through the U.S. Department of Education of $800,000 a year for an anticipated five years. The grant total over five years is expected to be $4 million. Over the next five years, the […]
Chaminade honored twice for its special educational contributions
Chaminade University of Honolulu earned two gold stars last month with special recognition from two different organizations. The college matching platform College Raptor Inc. named Chaminade as the best “hidden gem institution” in the state, and BestColleges.com gave it the highest ranking of “military friendly colleges” in Hawaii. Hidden gems are defined as high-caliber colleges […]
Chaminade receives $500K for athletics facilities
Chaminade University of Honolulu last month announced receiving $500,000 in major gifts which will go toward the building of a new coaches’ office complex, one phase in the development of the school’s new intercollegiate athletics facilities. The donation includes $300,000 from longtime Chaminade supporters including two members of its board of regents. The donors are […]
Chaminade extends president’s term 2 more years
Chaminade University’s board of regents voted at its April 24 meeting to approve an extension of Marianist Brother Bernard Ploeger’s term as Chaminade’s president through June 30, 2017. Brother Ploeger also announced at the meeting that he did not intend to seek an extension beyond that date, which will mark more than eight years in […]
Chaminade joining nursing honor society
Chaminade University’s School of Nursing has been approved by the Sigma Theta Tau International board of directors to join its Gamma Psi-at-large Chapter of the Honor Society of Nursing. The chapter will amend its charter by adding the Chaminade school at a ceremony April 25 at the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu. Twenty-three students will […]
Chaminade honors 3 who model Marianist values
Chaminade University of Honolulu handed out its annual Heritage Awards Feb. 9 in the campus’ Mystical Rose Oratory. Here are the 2015 recipients: Professor Margaret (Peggy) Friedman, associate professor of business, received the Chaminade Award, which is presented to a lay faculty or lay professional staff member who exhibits a continuous commitment to Marianist values […]
Chaminade makes ‘top school’ list for military and veteran education
Measuring best practices in military and veteran education, Military Advanced Education (MAE) has named Chaminade University of Honolulu as a “top school” in its 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges and Universities. The guide, published in the December issue of MAE, is online at www.mae-kmi.com. The guide reviewed the military-supportive policies of more than 600 educational […]