ACM Filmmaker Wins

Kaliko Palmiera at the Hawai‘i Film Festival Golden Maile Awards Ceremony. Photo by Anne Misawa

Student filmmaker Kaliko Palmiera received the Blockbuster Video Audience Award at the 2004 Louis Vuitton/Hawaii International Film Festival for his short documentary on his musician dad, Steve Ma‘i‘i. Palmiera is a Manoa student in the Academy for Creative Media.

Filmmaker Jennifer Akana-Sturla recognized ACM instructor Anne Misawa for her work as director of photography on Akana-Sturla's short Kamea, which won a Blockbuster audience favorite award. Several HIFF officials saluted ACM for laying the foundation for a new generation of Hawai‘i filmmakers.

Read the Honolulu Advertiser review of ACM films at HIFF.

Community Groups Honor Tseng and Cadman in December Events

Rose Tseng

Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng is one of four Hawai‘i educators who will receive the 2004 Woman of Distinction honor from the Girl Scout Council of Hawai‘i on Dec. 1. Tseng will be honored along with Department of Education Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto, Chaminade University President Sue Wesselkamper and La Pietra Hawai‘i School for Girls Head Nancy White. Tickets for the dinner and silent auction at Hilton Hawaiian Village are $150. For information, call the Girl Scouts Honolulu office at 595-8400.

Edwin Cadman

Dean Edwin Cadman and the John A. Burns School of Medicine will be honored at the American Lung Association's Christmas Seals Gala on Dec. 9. They will receive the 2004 Mauli Ola Award for efforts to improve lung health in Hawai‘i through research, education and advocacy. Tickets for the banquet and silent auction at the Hilton Hawaiian Village are $150. Contact the American Lung Association of Hawai‘i at 537-5966 ext. 304 or www.ala-hawaii.org

Heck Named to Endowed Chair

Manoa's Ronald Heck has been appointed to the Dai Ho Chun Endowed Chair in the College o Education. Heck is professor and chair of educational administration. He has written extensively on educational policy, performance assessment and research methods.

As Dai Ho Chun chair holder, Heck will extend his research into leadership, school effects and student course-taking patterns. The chair was established by a gift from the estate of Dai Ho Chun, a public school teacher, UH faculty member and director of the forerunner to the East-West Center.

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Hilo Intermediate teacher and Manoa alumna Pascale Creek Pinner received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science.

November 2004
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