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The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University Of Hawaii System . The school is located in Mānoa , an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, Hawaii , USA , approximately three miles east and inland from Downtown Honolulu and one mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī . The campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of the greater Mānoa Valley. It is accredited by the Western Association Of Schools And Colleges and is governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous Board of Regents, which in turn hires a president to be administrator. HISTORY The University of Hawaii at Mānoa was founded in 1907 as a Land Grant College of agriculture and mechanical arts. In 1912 it was renamed the College of Hawaii and moved to its present location. William Kwai Fong Yap petitioned the territorial legislature six years later for university status which lead to another renaming to the University of Hawai'i in 1920 . This is also the founding year of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1931 the Territorial Normal and Training School was absorbed into the university. It is now the College of Education. COLLEGE Today the primary facet of the university consists of the four Colleges of Arts and Sciences: Arts and Humanities, Languages Literatures and Linguistics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. The college of agriculture and mechanical arts is now the college of tropical agriculture and human resources (CTAHR), one of the few agricultural colleges in the United States focused on tropical research. The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is also home to two of the most prominent professional schools in the state. The William S. Richardson School Of Law and the John A. Burns School Of Medicine are the only law and medical schools in Hawaii, respectively. The Center For Hawaiian Studies provides 'excellence in the pursuit of knowledge concerning the Native people of Hawaii' {Link without Title} . Together, the colleges of the university offer bachelor degrees in 87 fields of study, master degrees in 87 fields, doctoral degrees in 53 fields, first professional degrees in three fields, post-baccalaureate degrees in three fields, 29 undergraduate certification programs and 26 graduate certification programs. Total enrollment as of 2004 was 20,549 students, 14,251 of which are undergraduates. There are approximately fifteen students per instructor. KA LEO O HAWAII Ka Leo O Hawaii is the student newspaper at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, founded in 1922 (as The Mirror). The Ka Leo is now printed three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday), and weekly during the winter and summer breaks. Page length is normally 8 pages, tabloid format. Circulation is approximately 7,000. Beginning in the Fall 2007 semester the Ka Leo is now printed in full color. DIVERSITY According to the 2003 report of the Institutional Research Office, a plurality of students at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa are Caucasian making up twenty-four percent of the student body. Japanese American s represent twenty percent, Chinese American s represent nine percent, Filipino Americans represent eight percent as do Native Hawaiians . Ten percent of the student body are racially mixed. Smaller populations of Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups make up the remainder. ACADEMICS Colleges and schools Colleges = Colleges of Arts and Sciences =='' College of Arts and Humanities '' =='' College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature '' =='' College of Natural Sciences '' =='' College of Social Sciences '' = Shidler College Of Business (formerly College of Business Administration) The College of Business Administration was renamed the Shidler College of Business on September 6, 2006, after real estate executive Jay Shidler, an alumnus of the college, donated $25 million to the college. {Link without Title} = College of Education = College of Engineering = College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR) Schools = School of Architecture = School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies = William S. Richardson School of Law = John A. Burns School of Medicine =[http://www.nursing.hawaii.edu/ School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene] = School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology = School of Social Work = School of Travel Industry Management Degrees offered Undergraduate The university offers BA, BBA, BEd, BFA, BMus, BS, and BSN degrees in addition to certificates. The BArch is no longer offered, although a BA can be earned through interdisciplinary studies (IS). Students can also choose to minor in some programs. See degree listing in the current catalog or departmental/program webpages for degrees and minors offered by specific programs. Graduate The University of Hawaii at Mānoa awards advanced degress through five different units. Each of these units has separate admissions offices and awards degrees independently of one another. The majority of advanced degrees are awarded through the Graduate Division (http://www.hawaii.edu/graduatestudies/) and these consist of the PhD and various master's degrees. Professional doctorates are awarded by the John A. Burns School of Medicine (MD), the William Richardson School of Law (JD) and the School of Architecture (ArchD). The College of Education awards post-baccalaureate certificates in secondary and special education. Law (J.D., LL.M.) Architecture (Arch.D.) Medical professional Interdisciplinary PhD in Communication and Information Sciences ] The Graduate division Administers over 80 master's degrees (most with options for thesis or non-thesis), 50 doctoral programs, and over 30 graduate certificate programs in a wide variety of fields . This includes research degree programs in medical and public health areas , and professional programs in education , social work , business , nursing , speech pathology and audiology , and engineering . See list of graduate programs for complete list of programs offered by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Other = Interdisciplinary studies (self designed major) = Outreach college =Special programs = Summer session STUDENT LIFE Places Student organizations |