A Vital Partner
From music to theater, dance to visual arts, poetry to digital media, the campuses of the University of Hawai‘i System are centers of creative culture.
Our community partners include public and private businesses, research centers, government agencies and individuals in Hawai‘i and around the world. They share a common desire for innovation, excellence and sustainability; highlights of some of those partnerships are below.
Arts and community news
Endangered Species DayApril 28, Manoa — The Lyon Arboretum celebrates Endangered Species Day with educational tours, presentations, demonstrations and more.
Sustainable LightingApril 24, Manoa — Students change all the incandescent light bulbs in the seven-story Saunders Hall to Compact Fluorescent Lights to save energy.
Student Employee of the YearApril 23, Manoa — Graphic design major Mark Marquez wins Student Employee of the Year for his work as a computer clerical specialist.
Ngugi EventsApril 22, Manoa and Hilo — World-renowned writer and human rights activist Ngugi wa Thiong’o speaks on politics, translation and globalization.
Ocean Day Hawai‘iApril 14, Hilo — Parents and kids are invited to Ocean Day Hawai‘i, "Year of the Reef," for educational games, demonstrations and exhibits.Spotlight
Spirit of Youth Award winner Lance Garner
Honors for Kea‘au Middle College High School Program
Hawai‘i Community College’s Kea‘au Middle College High School program in which at-risk high school seniors earn dual credit—high school and college—won three awards.
The program received the community college systemwide Wo Community Building Award. The program also won the statewide video competition, high school level, for their public service annoucement on What is a Pono School? sponsored by the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission and PBS.
Lance Garner, a 2006 graduate of the first cohort of KMCHS and a current mentor in the Middle College culinary arts curriculum, won the Hawai‘i Spirit of Youth Award as well as the national Coalition for Juvenile Justice Spirit of Youth Award.