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Updated at 2:50 p.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2009

UH-West Oahu grounds blessed

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University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni, third from left, unties a maile lei during blessing and groundbreaking ceremonies for the university's new four-year campus in Kapolei. Left to right, Todd Apo, City Council Chair; David McClain, UH president; Awakuni; Allan Landon, UH Board of Regents chairman, Gov. Linda Lingle; Sharon Har, state representative; Mike Gabbard, State Senator, Kahu Kordell Kekoa, presiding.

RICHARD AMBO | The Honolulu Advertiser

The University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu held a blessing on the grounds of its new Kapolei campus today.

The first phase will sit on 41 acres makai of Farrington Highway near the new North-South Road and will consist of a classroom building, administrative building, library, campus center and maintenance building.

It is expected to be ready to serve more than 1,500 students beginning in spring 2011.

Today's ceremony paid tribute to UH-West O'ahu's three-decade history.

The new campus coincides with UH-West O'ahu's recent switch to a four-year baccalaureate program.

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