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.
Carina Chernisky Carina CherniskyCarina Chernisky is a UH West Oʻahu public services librarian who uses a variety of different methods and formats to foster a collaborative learning...
UH student, faculty honored for excellence in undergraduate education
The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching for a faculty member 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.
Bonnie Bittman Bonnie BittmanBonnie Bittman is an assistant professor of...
Going to the dogs: Windward CC awardee trains veterinary professionals
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...
UH Maui College holds first commencement since wildfires
The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College held its first commencement since the 2023 wildfires. About 220 students participated in the ceremony on the Great Lawn on May 9.
“It means the family—we did it and we pushed through to get me to where I am today,” said Mary Martinez, who earned an associate’s degree in health and...
Public gives feedback on next UH president
The University of Hawaiʻi completed a series of public county forums to gather feedback that will help inform the search for next president of the 10-campus UH System, the state’s sole provider of public higher education.
Approximately 85 people attended the six forums in person, and roughly 480 participated via Zoom. The forums, which took place on Oʻahu, Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island and finished on May 7, were scheduled by the...
Vote for your favorite HI Pride 2024 design!
What does “HI Pride” mean to you? The polls are open to cast your vote and select the 2024 HI Pride Contest winner!
The University of Hawaiʻi Bookstore’s 13th annual HI Pride T-shirt Contest received 28 original designs. Four finalist designs have been selected, and the Bookstore System wants all UH students, faculty and staff to help determine...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hoʻomaʻemaʻe
—To clean, disinfect, purify.
Turning the Tides: Event eases transition for Filipino and Pacific Islander students
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa buzzed with energy on April 26, as 14 students from Honolulu Community College and Kapiʻolani Community College arrived on campus. The TIDES program, which provides support to students identifying as Filipino or Pacific...
Language education startup wins 2024 UH Venture Competition
A startup company helping learners master different languages won the 2024 University of Hawaiʻi Venture Competition (UHVC) and a prize package totaling approximately $50,000.
What began with more than 40 teams at the start of the competition, OmniVocab bested three other teams in the event finals on May 4 to claim the title. The...
Photos: Congratulations spring 2024 UH grads!
University of Hawaiʻi campuses across the state are celebrating its graduates this spring. UH West Oʻahu begins the commencement season on May 4 and the ceremonies conclude on May 11.
The celebrations include the first commencement for UH Maui College since the devastating fires last year. And Molokaʻi hosts their live...
UH faculty, staff win awards for interactive educational content creation
Two University of Hawaiʻi instructors took home first place awards in an international competition, the inaugural H5P Academy Awards, held by the Norwegian company that founded the H5P interactive authoring tool.
The UH H5P Support Team, comprised of...
Leeward CC student earns AA degree online from Saipan
Leeward Community College student, Erlinda Cabrera Naputi an Indigenous Chamorro from Saipan, is achieving her goal to earn an associate’s degree in liberal arts before the age of 50 through the campus’ Online AA 5-Week program. The program provided her with the flexibility to balance her personal and...
Pearl City High School seniors earn business certificates from Leeward CC
Leeward Community College offered Pearl City High School students the opportunity to take college classes in a pathway leading to a management certificate. Fifteen students were enrolled in Pearl City High School’s International Business and Design Academy (IBAD) and offered the cohort to graduate with a Career and Technical Education (CTE) honors certificate and a Certificate of...
2024 legislative session adjourns
Kalbert Young, UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2024 Legislative session.
Aloha UH students, faculty, staff and administrators,
Kalbert YoungThe 2024 legislative regular session concluded on May 3. Throughout the 2024 session, there were a lot of issues and initiatives that were anticipated to dominate the focus of the Legislature, such as responding to the Maui wildfires,...
Hawaiʻi CC feeds hungry families, grows future farmers
On a glorious, sunny April morning in Pepeʻekeo on the Hamakua Coast of Hawaiʻi Island, about 15 Hawaiʻi Community College students harvested more than 50 lbs. of bananas to feed the community.
Kristen DecoitoThey made quick work of chopping down the banana trees and reducing them to mulch, before washing, drying and packing the fruit at the college’s 3-acre farm Mauliola (thriving or healthy) and then...
2024 HS graduates don’t miss out on free help for your future
Thousands of Hawaiʻi public high school seniors will graduate in the upcoming weeks and enter the workforce or go on to college. For those still working out their plans, Hawaiʻi P-20 Partnerships for Education (Hawaiʻi P-20) and Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) have free help to choose a path for their future.
For the fifth straight year, the two institutions of education are...
May 2024 anniversaries
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates May 2024 faculty and staff anniversaries.
40 yearsFranco, Robert W
Professor, Kapiʻolani CC
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UH News Image of the Week: Cup of Gold
This week’s UH News Image of the Week is from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa English undergraduate and honors program student Melissa Shields.
Shields shared, “Collage: title: ‘Cup of Gold.’ Lahaina and Olowalu bear the weight of two tragic fires. In 2023, Lahaina witnessed a devastating fire that claimed the lives of 101 innocent people, while in 1790, over a 100 innocent lives, predominantly women and children, died at...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Mei
UH Community Colleges’ spotlighted in video series
The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges were proud to recognize the significant impact their seven campuses have on their students, diverse communities, and the economic future of Hawaiʻi in a recent video series to celebrate National Community College Month.
Working with KITV, the UH Community Colleges produced a series of...