Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 31, Number 11, 1 November 2014 — Hokoana appointment [ARTICLE]

Hokoana appointment

Lui Hokoana, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Hawai'i-West Oahu, has been tapped to serve as chancellor at UH-Maui College. He will begin his post Dec. 1, succeeding retiring Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The UH Board of Regents named Hokoana to the post on Oct. 16. Hokoana has held various positions within the UH system since starting as a counselor in 1991 at Maui Community College, where he developed the Liko A'e Native Hawaiian Scholarship Program. As vice chancellor of student affairs at Windward Community College, he led an unprecedented growth in enrollment and access to hnan-

eial aid through the Achieving the Dream initiative, and helped secure $12.3 million in U.S. Department of Education funds for the college, according to UH. Hokoana is also a former associate vice president for student affairs for the UH system.