UH-West O'ahu set to open after 2 years of construction, $175M

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 17, 2012

~~<p>A rutted gravel road provided a temporary entrance to the new University of Hawaii at West O‘ahu campus on the eve of its opening, and a persistent, warm wind steadily blew a coat of dust onto the campuses' five new buildings.</p>
<p>But life is already better for UH-West O‘ahu students such as Ariana Lemisio, a 22-year-old sociology major who used to spend an hour getting from her home in Makakilo to attend the old Pearl City campus. It now takes her just a few minutes to travel three short miles from Makakilo to the new, 76-acre UH-West O‘ahu campus in Kapolei, where Lemisio stacked books this week as "student staff" inside the air-conditioned, 60,000-square foot library.</p>
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A rutted gravel road provided a temporary entrance to the new University of Hawaii at West O‘ahu campus on the eve of its opening, and a persistent, warm wind steadily blew a coat of dust onto the campuses' five new buildings.

But life is already better for UH-West O‘ahu students such as Ariana Lemisio, a 22-year-old sociology major who used to spend an hour getting from her home in Makakilo to attend the old Pearl City campus. It now takes her just a few minutes to travel three short miles from Makakilo to the new, 76-acre UH-West O‘ahu campus in Kapolei, where Lemisio stacked books this week as "student staff" inside the air-conditioned, 60,000-square foot library. Login for more...