Dr. Lynn Babington talks to KHON2 about our new $5,000 graduate and online undergraduate scholarship in celebration of 200 years of Marianist Education. The one-time $5,000 scholarships are available to new, incoming students looking to pursue a master’s degree or online bachelor’s degree.
At Chaminade University, we are committed to improving the community we call home through education.
HONOLULU, HAWAII (December 2, 2019) – As part of its commitment to improve the community through education, Chaminade University has introduced new scholarships for incoming students. The University will award $5,000 scholarships to new students who wish to pursue master’s degrees or online bachelor’s degrees in eligible programs.
“The legacy of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade is one that embraces education as a way to change society and ensure a community of justice and reconciliation,” said Dr. Lynn Babington, President of Chaminade University. “These new scholarships will enable new students to contribute to the fabric of Hawaii in honor of our longstanding tradition and commitment to improve the communities in which we live and serve.”
The $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to new full-time students. Among the eligible master’s degrees are teaching, business administration, education, criminal justice administration, and pastoral theology. The scholarships for bachelor’s students are exclusively for online programs and span a wide range of majors.
To apply, applicants are asked to explain how they serve the community when completing their scholarship applications. The deadline to apply for Winter 2020 is December 20, 2019, and the deadline for Spring 2020 is March 20, 2020. The scholarship is available to new students only and cannot be combined with existing institutional partnerships or agreements.
In addition to expanding its incoming student scholarships, Chaminade University continues to provide a variety of other scholarships including many endowed awards for current students. This provides eligible students the opportunity for financial support beyond the first few terms and well into the completion of their program.
For more information, visit chaminade.edu.
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Chaminade University of Honolulu provides a collaborative and innovative learning environment that prepares graduate and undergraduate students for life, service and successful careers. Established in 1955, the university is guided by its Catholic, Marianist and liberal arts educational traditions, which include a commitment to serving the Native Hawaiian population. Chaminade offers an inclusive setting where students, faculty and staff collectively pursue a more just and peaceful society.
The next time you walk by Brogan Hall, look for the young kukui nut tree on the building’s mauka end.
The tree — traditionally a symbol of enlightenment and spiritual guidance — was planted to celebrate the new permanent home of the Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology degree program at the Hawaii School of Professional Psychology at Chaminade University.
The program’s faculty, staff and students attended the tree planting on November 6.
Dr. Sean Scanlan, director of Chaminade’s Psy.D. program, said the kukui nut is the perfect representation of the Clinical Psychology program at Chaminade. He added that the tree was planted following a suggestion from a student in a place where it will have lots of room to grow.
“The kukui tree was used by Native Hawaiians for candlelight and has become an emblem of the importance of seeking out opportunities for personal and academic growth,” Scanlan said. “As a symbol of enlightenment, the kukui tree we’ve planted at Brogan Hall will continue to grow and thrive in the years and decades ahead just as the Clinical Psychology program will flourish at Chaminade into the future.”
During the small ceremony, the students added soil to cover the kukui tree’s roots as a symbol of being the basis for the program to grow. The Psy.D. faculty and staff then poured water from an ipu as a symbol of their role in instructing, mentoring and supporting the students.
In March, Chaminade University announced it would host the Hawaii School of Professional Clinical Psychology Psy.D. program following the abrupt closure of Argosy University. Chaminade immediately welcomed approximately 100 students and faculty members into the program as it worked to ensure a seamless transition for those working toward their doctoral degree – and those helping them get there.
Today, the Psy.D. at Chaminade is a five-year, intensive program designed to build students’ skills and knowledge as they train to become clinical psychologists. Early courses in the program provide the foundation for the field, while later classes focus on therapy, research training and an internship.
Dr. Lynn Babington, Chaminade president, said serving as a hub for high-quality mental health instruction – and a source for excellent mental health providers who will serve their communities – is in line with the University’s mission to work every day to change the world for the better.
“The planting of the kukui nut tree at Brogan Hall is a powerful symbol that underscores our commitment to ensuring the Psy.D. program at Chaminade continues to grow and meet the mental health needs of our state,” she said. “We are excited about the next steps in building out this program and can’t wait to see how psychologists trained at Chaminade impact people’s lives in positive ways.”
For more information on the Psy.D. program at Chaminade or to apply, click on the Psy.D. program page.
You might not think surfing and campus ministry go together.
But that probably means you haven’t met Jeremiah Carter yet.
Carter is the new director of Campus Ministry at Chaminade, and he says one of his priorities this academic year is to launch outreach activities that attract more members of the University community.
“I’m looking to try some new activities that incorporate the beauty of creation and spirituality,” he said.
So to Carter, a campus ministry-sponsored surfing outreach event makes a lot of sense. “We’re fortunate to have strong traditional faith values and growing at Chaminade,” he added. “And we hope to incorporate that in creative ways as they relate to the modern world.”
It’s little surprise, then, that one of Carter’s favorite quotes is: “New times call for new methods.”
Those words are attributed to none other than Father Chaminade, the University’s namesake.
Since joining Chaminade just before the start the 2019-20 academic year, Carter says he’s been encouraged and inspired by how departments and programs across campus seek to offer students a “holistic experience,” focusing on not just academics but on personal and spiritual growth, too.
Carter said he was particularly moved by Chaminade’s new student orientation for this fall, which included a welcome in the Mystical Rose Oratory and was followed by an ecumenical prayer. “It was for all new students to Chaminade. And with so many of us working together, I believe it was a great example to them in the spirit of building community that we strive for here,” he said.
Carter didn’t have to travel far to accept his new position at Chaminade. He comes to the University from Damien Memorial School, where he was a religion instructor. Before that, Carter was a seminarian and earned two master’s degrees at Indiana’s Saint Menrad School of Theology.
Looking ahead, Carter said he’s excited to broaden the impact of Campus Ministry.
One way he and his colleagues are building community: By blessing departments, offices, student residence halls and other gathering spots on campus. He’s even thinking about a “blessing of the cars.”
“My personal goal is to build, inspire and nurture a supportive ecumenical community of believers, strive to transform students grounded in Catholic tradition and help prepare them to make lasting contributions for our local and global communities,” Carter said. “I’m blessed to be here.”
Chaminade’s newly hired director of Student Activities and Leadership has called lots of places home.
Texas, Malaysia, California, Greece, Massachusetts, Tennessee.
All that bouncing around is likely why after just a few months in the islands, Joseph Granado has already found himself settled in—and ready to take on a slew of new initiatives.
Granado started at Chaminade in July—when the rest of his office was on summer vacation—and hit the ground running, helping to oversee fall kick-off and new student orientation events.
He said the speedy initiation to life in Hawaii and at the University allowed him to quickly craft a list of priorities for the weeks and months ahead.
One major issue he wants to address: the lack of formal student organization training that instructs on key skills like how to plan and submit a budget and how to take meeting minutes.
“Students turn over every year into their officer positions and nothing is passed down,” he said. “We’re reinventing the wheel year after year.”
Meanwhile, Granado has also broadened the scope of programming that Student Activities will take on.
In addition to the recreation and health and wellness events that students are used to from the office, Granado plans to offer other activities across key “competency areas.”
The beach outings and movie nights will still be part of the mix, he said.
But so will events centered around topics like safety and security, leadership and professional development and financial wellness.
“We’ve broadened our scope to reach a wider audience and provide skills development to our students,” Granado said, “so that when they graduate they can say they learned something from student activities that they weren’t necessarily learning in the classroom.”
Granado comes to Chaminade from MIT—yes, that MIT—where he served as associate director of student activities and leadership.
He loved the job, he said, but didn’t like the location (or the climate).
So when one of his mentors emailed him about the student activities directorship opening at Chaminade, he jumped at the chance to learn more—and pretty soon got the job.
He was elated.
“I thought, ‘This is not real,’” Granado said. “The job that you really want in a place, in a setting that is really desirable.”
Granado grew up in Texas, and got his bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at San Antonio before going on to earn a master’s degree in Educational Administration at Texas A&M University.
In the years that followed Granado would travel extensively as he worked for a variety of universities and education-focused organizations. He even spent a year in Thessaloniki, Greece as the assistant site director for a cohort of study abroad students from Northeastern University.
He said that all those experiences better prepared him for his position at Chaminade. But, Granado added, Hawaii is also unique among all the places he visited.
The central reason: aloha is everywhere in the islands.
“Here, the word relationship means so much more,” he said. “For people at MIT, for example, relationship was, ‘Hey, how are you doing?’ But relationship here is, ‘let’s go to a luau’ or ‘let’s talk story for three hours.’ I enjoy that a lot.”
Chaminade’s Hui ‘Āhinahina Booster Club kicked off the 2019-20 athletic season right this month, with good food and entertainment – and an exhilarating win.
Advancement held its annual kick-off celebration Sept. 6 to coincide with the first game of the women’s volleyball team, which enjoyed a record-breaking season last year.
Scores of people came out to celebrate with the boosters, enjoying pupu, spirits, entertainment and prizes on the Henry Hall Courtyard.
The night capped off with a big win for Chaminade. The women’s volleyball team, no. 2 in the PacWest pre-season poll, bested West Virginia in straight sets.
Sponsors for the big celebration included Hawaii Pacific Health, the official healthcare partner of Chaminade University Athletics.
Also supporting the event: AT&T, Big City Diner, Kona Brewing and Pepsi, along with Chaminade faculty and staff, alumni and members of the community.
And two lucky winners took home the grand prize for the evening: Tickets to the 2019 Maui Jim Maui Invitational, a nationally televised event hosted by Chaminade every year.
The boosters club serves as the main source of fundraising support for Chaminade’s 10 sports teams and more than 140 student-athletes.
The club’s goal is to provide opportunities on the field – and in the classroom – for those who wear Chaminade’s sports team uniforms.
In years past, the organization has helped cover essential needs for University athletics, including equipment, scholarships, travel costs and meals. Those who join the booster club can make gifts to a specific team or to the athletics department.
