Interim Chancellor Neubauer requested approval to name the Student Services Center building the Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services. As the last Hawaiian monarch, Queen Lili'uokalani symbolizes an important link to traditional Hawaiian culture and society. Her influence is well understood, widely respected and has been a strong motivating factor in the widespread emergence of Hawaiian culture and the values embodied in it. The collective and continuous search for social, cultural and spiritual meanings are one of the underpinnings of a diverse academic community. It is entirely fitting, therefore, that the primary center on campus which serves students outside of the classroom and laboratory environments, the Student Services Building, be named after the Queen as a lasting reminder of the broader academic functions of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. [...]
Regent Kobayashi moved to name the Student Service Center building the Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services, as presented in President's Memorandum No. 3, Item A-2 (Agenda), dated October 19, 2001. Regent Dowling seconded the motion which was unanimously carried.