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Private university in Hawaii, U. S.

Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) is a private university in downtown Honolulu, Makapuʻu and Kāneʻohe, Hawaii. Oceanic Institute of HPU, an aquaculture research facility, is located at Makapuu Point. HPU is also present on military installations on the island of Oahu.

HPU was founded in 1965 as Hawaii Pacific College by Paul C. T. Loo, Eureka Forbes, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, and Reverend Edmond Walker. Wanting a private liberal arts college in Honolulu, the four prominent and public spirited citizens applied for a charter of incorporation for a not for profit corporation to be called Hawaii Pacific College. The state of Hawaii granted a charter of incorporation to Hawaii Pacific on September 17, 1965. In September 1966, Honolulu Christian College established in 1949 merged into Hawaii Pacific College, and a new charter was granted by the state of Hawaii. In 1967, James L. Meader became Hawaii Pacific College's first president. Meader, in consultation with community leaders, developed a comprehensive educational program. When President Meader retired on June 30, 1968, the board of trustees elected George A. Warmer as Hawaii Pacific's second president. Under Warmer's leadership, the college implemented academic programs in the liberal arts and cooperative education. In 1972, Hawaii Pacific College graduated seven students in its first commencement class and in the same year established a School of Business Administration. Chatt G. Wright became the founding dean of Hawaii Pacific's new School of Business Administration. In 1973, the college received full accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The following years saw the creation of the English Foundations Program, offering instruction to non native speakers of English, and the Division of Special Programs, administering off campus instruction on various military installations on Oahu. Warmer retired in 1976, and Chatt G. Wright became Hawaii Pacific's third president. Under his leadership, Hawaii Pacific continued to expand and develop through the 1980s. Augmenting its undergraduate program of baccalaureate and associate degrees, Hawaii Pacific launched a Master of Business Administration program in 1986, a Master of Science in Information Systems program in 1989, and a Master of Arts in Human Resource Management in 1991. Hawaii Pacific became Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) in 1990. In 1992, Hawaii Loa College, a small, independent, liberal arts college on the windward side of Oahu, merged into Hawaii Pacific University. In 2004, the HPU International Vocal Ensemble made their Carnegie Hall debut where they performed Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna and O Magnum Mysterium. In 2011, President Chatt G. Wright retired and Geoffrey Bannister became HPU's fourth president. In January 2013, the Aloha Tower Development Corporation (ATDC) consented to the university's ownership and management of the Aloha Tower Marketplace. The approvals passed by ATDC were essential to Hawaii Pacific's plan to move forward in redeveloping the marketplace into a mixed use property featuring outstanding student housing, retail and dining businesses, and community gathering spaces. HPU completed a merger to bring Oceanic Institute formally into the university in January 2014. In June 2014, HPU held a ceremonial groundbreaking and traditional Hawaiian blessing at Aloha Tower Marketplace, marking the official start of revitalizing this iconic waterfront destination. The $50 million Aloha Tower Marketplace revitalization project was completed in August 2015, opening to students and the community. Aloha Tower Marketplace serves as an anchor for the university's core downtown Honolulu campus, including a center for higher education and university housing integrated within a community gathering and retail space. On July 1, 2016, John Yukio Gotanda, took office as Hawaii Pacific University's fifth president. Born and raised in Hawaii, President Gotanda returned to lead HPU.

The Oceanic Institute (OI) of HPU is a research facility focused on the advancement of sustainable aquaculture technologies. OI of HPU is located on a 56 acre site at Makapuu Point on the windward coast of Oahu. OI conducts research, education, and training that focuses on marine aquaculture, aquatic feeds and nutrition, and coastal resource management. In 2013, OI of HPU commissioned a teaching laboratory to complement classroom and conference space at OI of HPU's Ocean Learning Center (OLC). The OLC annex supports biotechnology research and education with two research labs, a teaching lab, and a distance learning center

HPU's Military Campus Programs (MCP) operates full service campuses on Oahu's US military bases, including Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, Tripler Army Medical Center, Camp H. M. Smith, Schofield Barracks, and Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Hawaii Pacific University is made up of the following colleges: the College of Business, College of Liberal Arts, Graduate College of Health Sciences, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, and the College of Professional Studies. HPU offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in each of its colleges and schools. The university also has an extensive distance learning and online based platform for many of its programs. HPU also has an extensive Study Abroad and Student Exchange Program. The student to faculty ratio is 12 to 1. Hawaii Pacific University is regionally accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and received a reaffirmation of its accreditation in 2016, extending to 2022. The School of Education has received accreditation for its B. Ed. and M. Ed. degree programs by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. The Nursing Program's BSN and MSN degrees are approved by the Hawaii Board of Nursing and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The Social Work Program's BSW and MSW degrees are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

Neil Everett, co anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter, former athletic administrator for 15 years. Matthew LoPresti, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanities and Chair of the Asian Studies Program, and a former Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.

The university's athletic teams are called the Sharks. They compete in the Pacific West Conference as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II. Hawaii Pacific University's first venture into intercollegiate athletics came with the formation of the men's basketball team. The university previously competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics before joining the NCAA in the mid 1990s.