Updated at 9:40 a.m., Tuesday, September 4, 2007
HPU vice president takes top posts with 2 state groups
Advertiser Staff
Alissa Arp, Hawai'i Pacific University vice president for research and dean of the College of Natural Sciences, has been elected chair of the Hawai'i state chapter of Women Leaders in Higher Education (WLHE).Arp also has been appointed president-elect of the Hawai'i Academy of Science (HAS).
As WLHE chair, Arp will bring together women in leadership roles in Hawai'i higher education to learn from and share with one another under the auspices of the American Council on Education's Office of Women in Higher Education. University of Hawai'i-Manoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw will address the WLHE chapter at a meeting set for Thursday.
In her new role as HAS president-elect, Arp will support HAS — an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Association of Academies of Science (NAAS), the Academy of Applied Sciences (AAS), and Science Service. A private, nonprofit organization, HAS promotes scientific research and education in Hawai'i and the Pacific region, most notably the Hawai'i State Science & Engineering Fair (HSSEF), the oldest and largest science education program in the state.
As vice president and dean at HPU, Arp oversees a research program and integration among HPU faculty and students and staff at Oceanic Institute. Most recently, she developed HPU's new Master of Science in Marine Science degree.
