PIU Completes Accreditation Response

This week PIU received notice from our accreditor TRACS that we have completed our response to the recommendations made by the TRACS team in May of 2009 during their reaffirmation of accreditation visit. According to the letter from TRACS president Paul Boatner, "At the April 11-13, 2011 TRACS accreditation commission meeting, the commission voted to accept the Progress Report of Pacific Islands University. After the staff review of your Spring 2011 response, you are now in compliance on all recommendations noted by the visiting team. No further progress reports are required." We are very pleased to have completed this task in less than two years after our reaffirmation visit. We know that it often takes 5-7 years to move into compliance with all the recommendations. The term of our reaffirmation goes until 2019 and we will have a mid-term visit in 2014. This was an accomplishment of the whole PIU family, but we are especially thankful to Nino Pate (center) who coordinates all the Institutional Effectiveness efforts at PIU.