{"id":161532,"date":"2022-07-01T13:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T23:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161532"},"modified":"2022-07-01T13:08:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T23:08:49","slug":"national-award-for-uh-system-acm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/01\/national-award-for-uh-system-acm\/","title":{"rendered":"National award for 糖心视频<\/abbr> System Academy for Creative Media"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System\u2019s Academy for Creative Media<\/a> (ACM<\/abbr>) has received a national award from Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc.<\/a> (LEAP<\/abbr>), a national, nonprofit organization, with a mission to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) through leadership, empowerment and policy.<\/p>\n

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ACM<\/abbr> System Founder and Director Chris Lee<\/strong> will be honored with LEAP<\/abbr>\u2019s Community Award at its annual awards celebration<\/a> on Thursday, July 21, 2022. Due to the recent COVID-19 surge, the event and award presentation will be held virtually.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of everyone at the Academy for Creative Media System, we are extremely grateful for the Community Award from LEAP<\/abbr> on the 40th Anniversary of its founding as the preeminent API leadership organization,” Lee said. “This Community Award is a tribute to all of our campuses, programs, faculty, students and staff. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. Doris Ching<\/strong> for her guidance in developing and expanding the ACM<\/abbr> System over the last 20 years into the robust and unique program it is today.”<\/p>\n

According to LEAP<\/abbr>: “Beginning with the ACM<\/abbr> Film School at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa, ACM<\/abbr> System has grown to include 10 public campuses—3 four-year and 7 community colleges. This unique, integrated approach of complementary programs serves as a catalyst for 21st century jobs in Hawaiʻi<\/span> as part of the global creative marketplace and as a platform for our indigenous stories to be told to the broadest possible audience. With over a thousand students enrolled across the state, ACM<\/abbr> System is the first majority Asian\/Pacific Islander creative media school in the country.”<\/p>\n

Other 2022 LEAP<\/abbr> awardees include:<\/p>\n