Former Honolulu Police Department Deputy Chief Warren J. Ferreira has been appointed director of campus security at the University of Hawai. Following his retirement from the Honolulu Police Department, he served as corporate director of security for Outrigger Hotels. Ferreira will begin by assessing the university's existing security functions and developing a comprehensive security and safety approach that meets the current and future needs of faculty, staff and students. He plans to bring what he describes as a 'value added' and customer service approach to UH Hilo campus security.

At its monthly meeting held on July 23rd at the at Manoa, the UH Board of Regents (BOR) elected Howard H. Karr as its chairperson and Dennis I. Hirota as vice chairperson for the 2009-2010 year. A retired Hawai'i bank executive, Karr joined the Board of Regents in 2008. He concluded his 29 years with First Hawaiian Bank as executive vice president and chief financial officer of BancWest Corp. and vice chairman of the Administration and Finance Group of First Hawaiian Bank.

The University of Hawaii System, announced that Dr. M.R.C. Greenwood, chancellor of emerita of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been named president. Greenwood's appointment, approved by the University of Hawai'i Board of Regents, is for three years, with two annual renewal options, beginning no later than August 24, 2009, subject to any reduction for UH administrative officers that may be instituted. Greenwood is currently director of the Foods for Health Initiative, chair of the Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology and distinguished professor of nutrition and internal medicine at the University of California, Davis. She also holds an appointment as adjunct professor of public health and nutrition at the University of California, Berkeley. She previously served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs for the UC system, the second highest position in the 10 campus system.