Noreen Yamane Appointed Chancellor of Hawaii Community College

The University of Hawaii board of regents has chosen Noreen Yamane as the next chancellor of Hawaii Community College. Her appointment is effective on July 1. She has been serving as interim chancellor since July 2010. Previously, she was interim vice chancellor for academic affairs at the college. She joined the faculty at the college in 1980 as an instructor of mathematics.

Chancellor Yamane holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.