Chancellor’s Award Winner

Neal Nagao

A maintenance supervisor in Auxiliary Services, Neal Nagao is the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Buildings and Grounds Maintenance.

For 19 years, Nagao was the only electrician servicing UH Hilo and Hawai‘i Community College. He now supervises three building maintenance workers, two electricians, a plumber and a painter.

Nagao’s ability to assess and solve challenging electrical and maintenance problems has produced cost savings for UH Hilo and has positively impacted the learning environment.

“Neal has demonstrated daily the attributes that we want to see in all of our employees—great attitude, technical proficiency, and the ability to solve problems,” said an administrator.