MEDIA ADVISORY: Discover UH Mānoa: Explore campus, eat, enjoy live music

Contact:

Link to video and sound (details below): https://go.hawaii.edu/msX

WHAT: Thousands of prospective and accepted students, their ʻohana, alumni, policymakers, and community members are invited to Discover UH Mānoa, an annual open house on campus where guests can explore nearly 100 academic programs and student services, meet faculty and students, and experience campus life through free interactive activities, hands-on demonstrations, food and live entertainment.

WHEN: Saturday, November 15 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

WHERE: UH Mānoa campus
(Complimentary on-campus parking. Free shuttles to campus housing tours.)

WHY: To discover how UH Mānoa delivers high-quality, affordable education and is one of the world's top 2% universities. Attendees can see firsthand the campus that's shaping Hawaiʻi's future, recognized for excellence in research, innovation and impact.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hands-on workshops, research demos, and student projects across campus
  
• Live cooking demonstrations by the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources featuring local ingredients (sample dishes: green onion pancakes and ʻuala dessert)
  
• UH Marching Band performances and meet your favorite UH athletes for photos and autographs
  
• Alumni Makers' Market with locally made products and alumni-owned businesses
  
• Live island reggae and R&B music by Wavvy
  
• Food trucks, free shave ice, prizes, giveaways and UH Bookstore merchandise
  
• Student housing tours

ADDITIONAL INFO:
UH Mānoa continues to gain national recognition, recently climbing 62 spots in the 2026 Wall Street Journal Best Colleges rankings and setting records in research funding and philanthropy. Enrollment has reached its highest level in five years.

Registration is free and encouraged but not required.
For more go toDiscoverManoa.org.

Link to video and sound (details below): https://go.hawaii.edu/msX

BROLL (1 minute, 26 seconds)

:00-1:08 File: Discover UH Mānoa

1:09-1:26 Island reggae/R&B band Wavvy

SOUNDBITES

Vassilis Syrmos/Provost, UH Mānoa

(16 seconds)

"Actually, I think students love to come here. They love to stay here. They love to complete their degrees here and it's a lot of different reasons. It is from academics down to athletics and everything in between. So it is a wonderful experience. That's why our enrollment keeps growing."

(14 seconds)

"We're going to have our College of Tropical Agriculture, engineering, astronomy, our medical school, natural sciences, linguistics, languages, arts and humanities, theatre, so they're going to see all the wonderful programs that Mānoa has to offer."