First post-pandemic, in-person Marine Option Program Symposium held
The Marine Option Program (MOP)—a University of Hawaiʻi systemwide certificate program that provides educational opportunities for students from all disciplines who are interested in the ocean—held its first in-person gathering since 2019 in April at Leeward Community College. The 40th MOP Symposium featured the research and internship work of 19 students from UH Mānoa...
2023 legislative recap: UH receives less funding than requested
Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, provides a breakdown of the state budget approved by lawmakers at the end of the 2023 legislative session.
On May 4, the 2023 legislative regular session ended, and the biennial budget (two-year cycle) for the State of Hawaiʻi (HB 300 CD1) was sent to Gov. Josh Green. The governor has until July 11 to sign, veto or allow bills to become law...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kīpuʻupuʻu
—Name of a chilly wind and rain at Waimea, Hawaiʻi.
Windward CC student’s debut novel weaves Hawaiian mythology, modern preteen adventure
A 12-year-old part-Hawaiian girl must save her best friend and her island from an angry fire goddess, in Lei and the Fire Goddess, the debut novel from author Malia Maunakea, who is Native Hawaiian. The Windward Community College student lives in Colorado, so the Hawaiʻiloa online Hawaiian studies program is ideal for her.
She was inspired to write Lei...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kahiau
—To give generously or lavishly with the heart and not with expectation of return.
National award for Leeward CC grad, Waipahu HS Early College student
Maverick Yasuda, a spring 2023 Leeward Community College graduate, knows the value of a community college education. His essay on the topic won the prestigious Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Founders Medal Award. Every year, college students across the country submit essays to be considered for the honor, and Yasuda’s was selected...
Emotions run high as Windward CC chancellor’s daughter earns degree as HS student
It was an emotional moment when Windward Community College Chancellor Ardis Eschenberg looked into her daughter’s eyes with tearful pride as she presented her diploma at the college’s commencement ceremony in May.
Record number of Farrington HS students walk in Honolulu CC graduation
Eight Farrington High School students earned their associate in arts degrees in liberal arts from Honolulu Community College and walked in commencement ceremonies on May 12—a record number of such students for both institutions. They earned their college degrees before receiving their high school diplomas through University of Hawaiʻi and the...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Noʻonoʻo
Video ‘virtual runway” for Honolulu CC student fashion designers
From lacey wedding attire to a motorcycle inspired line, Honolulu Community College fashion technology students showcased their work with flair in May through the annual student designer fashion show video presentation. Fashion Technology program faculty, Elsie Casamina-Fernandez and Reise Kochi, along with the Fashion Society Club, held four screenings over...
Board of Regents medals awarded for teaching excellence
The Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching is awarded by the Board of Regents as tribute to faculty members who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity and personal values that benefit students.
Rosanna Alegado
Rosanna Alegado is an associate professor of oceanography in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). Her work involves meaningful...
Frances Davis Award honors excellence in undergraduate teaching
The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, for faculty and a graduate assistant, recognizes dedication and demonstrated excellence as teachers of undergraduate students. It was established as a memorial to the late Frances Davis, who taught mathematics at Leeward Community College and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for 19 years.
Katherine AumerKatherine Aumer is an associate professor of psychology at UH West Oʻahu. She joined the...
Future firefighter mentors fellow students, leads by example
The Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award was established by Tadashi and Elizabeth Kunimoto to honor the founders of Chikara Products, Inc., specializing in Hawaiʻi foods such as Aloha Tofu, Maui Natto and Chikara Konnyaku. This award is given in alternate years: on even years to a faculty member, and on odd years to a student, who makes a significant contribution to career and technical education in the University of Hawaiʻi Community...
Governor of Fukuoka Prefecture visits Kapiʻolani CC
Kapiʻolani Community College welcomed the governor of Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, Seitaro Hattori, to the campus in late April. The successes of an exchange partnership between Kapiʻolani CC’s culinary arts program,...
Food entrepreneurs innovate, grow through Leeward CC program
Every Monday and Wednesday evening through mid-July, springroll entrepreneur Philip Nguyen, owner of The Corner Rolls, will log onto Zoom classes to learn about a wide array of subjects ranging from self-care, time management and sleep to using commercial kitchens, packaging, recipe costs and food safety. He’ll be joined by 13 other food entrepreneurs who comprise the second cohort in...
Father, Daughter graduate from Kapiʻolani CC on same day
Neither Steve Camara or his daughter Jenna expected to find themselves attending the same college when their educational journeys began. But both Camaras will walk the stage together among more than 300 participating graduates in Kapiʻolani Community College’s spring commencement ceremony to receive their diplomas on May 12.
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PhD mathematics grad served the state through research, teaching
Prateek Kunwar will be one of the newest PhD graduates from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Natural Sciences in just a few days.
During his time as a Department of Mathematics PhD student, Kunwar has made a profound impact on the state in two ways: he worked extensively on COVID...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Akua
—God, goddess, spirit, ghost, devil, image, idol, corpse; divine, supernatural, godly.
Training budding biomedical researchers continues with $21.3M grant
A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) program that builds the foundation for the next generation of biomedical researchers has been funded $21.3 million for another five years by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Networks of Biomedical Research...
Go Govs! Farrington HS students earn degrees from Honolulu CC
Eight Farrington High School seniors will earn associate’s degrees from Honolulu Community College on May 12 before they receive their high school diplomas, thanks to the University of Hawaiʻi and the Hawaiʻi Department of Education dual-credit programs that have served more than 27,114 local high school students since 2013....
