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Opinions Editor Davin Aoyagi reviews a sample survey planned for the New Student Orientation, aimed at finding out what incoming students would like their Mānoa Experience to be. The survey was discussed at the Wednesday June 15 meeting attended by the Mānoa Experience Workgroup and staff members of Ka Leo.
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JESSI SCHULTZ Associate News Editor Last Wednesday, a group of students, professors and administrators met to discuss the Mānoa Experience, a new way of conceptualizing time spent at UH Mānoa. The Mānoa Experience Workgroup was formed in spring 2010 by the vice chancellor of academic affairs to focus on the questions “What makes the Mānoa Experience unique?” and “What core values and competencies should students develop by way of the Mānoa Experience?” The committee is chaired by Professor Jon Osorio, and includes members from Mānoa’s accreditation teams, representatives of the faculty senate and administrators. Together, they have been fostering discussion between current students, alumni, faculty and other
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campus members to answer these questions. According to Myrtle Yamada, academic affairs program offi cer, one of the committee’s fi rst moves was to send alumni a survey regarding their college experiences. Over 800 responses were received from alumni from the classes of 1950 through 2010. The survey asked a number of open-ended questions, and the answers ranged from positive comments such as “Dorms were a great place to meet friends” to more negative remarks such as “Parking was horrible.”
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This year, the committee will be focused on obtaining student input and distributing it to faculty and administration. Their current mission is to reach a consensus See New ideas, page 2 about what the Mānoa Experience
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