Chaminade University of Honolulu

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Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private coeducational university in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Founded in 1955 by the Society of Mary, a Roman Catholic religious order also known as the Marianists, Chaminade is located in the historic Kaimuki district of Honolulu. It is near other notable Roman Catholic schools, Sacred Hearts Academy and Saint Louis School. Chaminade confers both bachelor's and master's degrees in the major arts and sciences subjects. The school specializes in business, communication, education, interior design, law and religious studies degree programs.

[edit] Founding

Chaminade University of Honolulu is named after the founder of the Society of Mary, Father William Joseph Chaminade, a survivor of the French Revolution persecutions of Catholic leaders. Beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000 with the title of Blessed Chaminade, his feast day is celebrated on January 22.

Chaminade University of Honolulu was named after Father William Joseph Chaminade, a French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution. He founded the Society of Mary in 1817. In 1849, Marianists sent missionaries to the United States to serve immigrant populations. In September 1883, eight Marianist priests arrived in Honolulu and established Saint Louis School, today a high school for boys. With the encouragement of Saint Louis alumni, the Marianists established a university to serve the educational needs of local Hawai'i Catholics. They opened Saint Louis Junior College in 1955. Upon becoming a four-year institution, the school changed its name to Chaminade College in 1957. When graduate programs were added in 1977, Chaminade College changed its name to Chaminade University of Honolulu.

[edit] Academic Programs

Accounting, Behavioral Sciences, Biology/Biological Sciences, Business Administration/Management, Communications Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric, Computer and Information Sciences, Computer Science, Counseling Psychology, Criminal Justice/Safety Studies, Criminology, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, Elementary Education and Teaching, English Language and Literature, Environmental Studies, Forensic Science and Technology, History, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Interior Design, International Relations and Affairs, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Marketing/Marketing Management, Pastoral Studies/Counseling, Political Science and Government, Psychology, Religion/Religious Studies, Secondary Education and Teaching, Social Sciences, Special Education, Teacher Education, Pre-Law Studies, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

[edit] Shaping the Future

· Faculty and students work together for one common goal, to help the community. The Chaminade’s faculty work side-by-side with the students to create connections with the people of the surrounding area.There are over 30 Marianists brothers and priests who live in three separate community houses on the campus. Some of the brothers serve the University as administrators, professors, campus ministers, and more. They are there to create beneficial relationships with the students educationally and spiritually.

· The Hogan Entrepreneurial Program and its faculty prepare highly motivated students for entrepreneurial careers in business, government, and non-profit organizations. This interdisciplinary preparation builds the students’ capacity to innovate, their willingness to take risk, and their sensitivity to the social significance of their business activities. The Hogan program is open to students from all undergraduate majors. Those chosen, take part in a variety of curricular and co-curricular activities during their junior, senior, and or graduate student years. Students completing the program are designated Hogan Entrepreneur Graduates. Central objectives of the program are the following:

• Inspire and develop outstanding Chaminade students for entrepreneurial and "intrapreneurial” work in a wide range of organizations.

• Introduce students to the life of the entrepreneur.

• Develop skills and perspectives for leadership, including the questioning of assumptions, judicious risk-taking, and creativity at work.

• Foster a mind-set that makes integrity and concern for social justice central to all entrepreneurial pursuits.

• Facilitate students’ career entry and development by providing networking opportunities and exposure to entrepreneurs and their work environments.

[edit] Athletics

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Chaminade University of Honolulu competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference Which include University of Hawaii at Hilo, Brigham Young University Hawaii, Hawaii Pacific University, Notre Dame de Namur University of Belmont California and Grand Canyon University of Phoenix Arizona. Chaminade University fields teams in basketball, cross country and golf for men and cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball for women. In the fall of 2006 men's and women's soccer will be added for the first time as well as women's basketball. Chaminade University of Honolulu's team name is the Silverswords, a reference to a Hawaiian fern prized for its beauty and ability to withstand harsh conditions. It is also a reference to the weapon used by the Crusaders in the medieval battle for the Holy Lands, a tribute to Chaminade University of Honolulu's neighboring Saint Louis School.

In 1982, Chaminade, then a member of the NAIA, defeated Virginia in what is considered the biggest upset in college basketball history. Virginia, which featured Ralph Sampson and Rick Carlisle, was the top-ranked team in NCAA Division I basketball entering the game after posting victories against Georgetown (with Patrick Ewing) and Phi Slamma Jamma of Houston. But in the Blaisdell Arena, the 3,500 fans in attendance - most of whom had come to see the Nation's #1 team - witnessed the historic 77-72 upset. Many newspapers reportedly checked sources several times to make sure the story was right - that 800-student NAIA Chaminade had actually defeated the NCAA's top-ranked Virginia.

[Watch the following video footages of the Chaminade vs Virginia game in December 1982]

• CNN's 1982 report on "The Upset of the Century": http://www.chaminade.edu/mauiInvitational/content/cuh_vs_virginia_2.wmv

• Chaminade vs Virginia (1982)- reported by Tom Brokaw: http://www.chaminade.edu/mauiInvitational/content/cuh_vs_virginia_4.wmv

• Chaminade vs Virginia (1982)- Hawaiian TV report 1: http://www.chaminade.edu/mauiInvitational/content/cuh_vs_virginia_1.wmv

• Chaminade vs Virginia (1982)- Hawaiian TV report 2: http://www.chaminade.edu/mauiInvitational/content/cuh_vs_virginia_3.wmv

Maui Invitational: Chaminade also hosts the annual men's tournament, the Maui Invitational. They are usually the only team that competes in the tournament that is not an NCAA Division 1 basketball program.

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Webb Brown : President and CEO of The State of Montana Chamber of Commerce

• Darleen Druyun

• Perry Martono : Chief Executive Officer of the State Owned Enterprise PT Perusahaan Perdagangan, Indonesia,

• Michael S. Nakamura : Chief of Police - Honolulu Police Department

• Major General Joseph F. H. Peterson: United States Army

• Sukamto Sia: Chairman / Owner, Bank of Honolulu

• Roy J. Tjioe: Hawaii Attorney, Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel. Received the American Jurisprudence Award for Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, and the Bernard Levinson Memorial Award for outstanding essay on Constitutional Law. Co-authored the Hawai‘i chapter of The Products Liability Desk Reference. He is an aspiring screenwriter.

[edit] More Distinctions

• U.S. News & World Report ranked Chaminade among the top three colleges in the category of diversity.

• Lee Goff, chair of Chaminade’s forensic science program, is a consultant for CBS’s hit crime drama “CSI” and its spin-off series. A founder of the American Board of Forensic Entomology, Goff also served as an FBI academy instructor. Goff is also the author of A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes, and he participated in the recovery efforts at the site of the World Trade Center.

• Chaminade operates the Wiegand Observatory, which opened in 2003.

Colleges of Distinction webpage on Chaminade University of Honolulu: http://www.collegesofdistinction.com/collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=316

[edit] School Song

Chaminade, Alma Mater, Hail!

Light of truth by tropic sea,

Guide of youth, you keep us free.

Your colors: white as curling foam,

Your royal blue, our island home.

Lift our loyal spirits high,

With a sword of inspiration

Lead to battle with the cry,

"Life in the word" and victory

For love of God and nation.

Rendezvous of West and East

Home of evening star, a gleam,

And morning star, pure silver beam,

Hail, splendor, echo of the sun.

Lift our loyal spirits high,

With the sword of inspiration

Lead to battle with the cry,

"Life in the word" and victory.

• mp3 link: http://www.chaminade.edu/institutionalIdentity/chaminade.mp3

[edit] External links

• Education in Paradise video (with sound commentary) [1]
• State of Hawaii Anthem: [2]
• Chaminade University of Honolulu
• Chaminade University Silverswords
• Society of Mary Province of the United States