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| March 14, 2005 | |
Athletics' Frazier Honored
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Manoa Athletics Director Herman Frazier has been named one of the 50 most powerful blacks in sports. The honor is announced in the March issue of Black Enterprise magazine. The featured "professionals who really call the shots" include seven other college athletic directors, New York Knicks executive Isaiah Thomas, Disney Sports Attractions official Reggie Williams and NBA legend Michael Jordan. Read the news release or Frazier's official biography.
Dai Ho Chun Chairs Featured
As the second holder of the Manoa College of Education's Dai Ho Chun Endowed Chair, Ronald Heck will focus on the transition from high school to postsecondary education. During her two years as the first chair holder Kathy Au developed a network of 50 public schools involved in improvements to literacy achievement. To read more about their efforts, download the Current Perspectives spring issue at the College of Education website.
Scientist Cowen on Air at Sea
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Manoa oceanographer James Cowen was aboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson last week as it raced to the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off Vancouver, British Columbia, following a series of intense underwater earthquakes. As scientist in charge, Cowen hoped to eavesdrop on any resulting lava flows and collect water column samples. Listen to Cowen's telephone interview, downloadable at the CBCNEWSWORLD link or read NOAA's scientific report.
Appointments
Veteran teacher and The Art of Classroom Management author Barbara Landau joined Manoa's College of Education as director of the Institute for Teacher Education.
The Board of Regents has approved the appointed of two interim executives—Lois Magnussen as Manoa's dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene and Stephen Hora as Hilo's vice chancellor for academic affairs.
UH Foundation introduced two new development officers—Noelehua Archambault as director of development and Marla Musick as director of institutional development. Archambault, who was associate director of international initiatives at Harvard, holds a certificate in international management from Manoa. Musick, most recently a manager with the New York Public Library, holds a BA in graphic design from Manoa.
In other foundation personnel news, Kelvin Shoji returns to Manoa Athletics as development officer and Cindy Richardson joins the foundation as development researcher.
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Alumna Beverly Ing Lee, chair of the Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union, is featured in the March issue of Hawai‘i Business. Hilo student Melvin Jadulang received an honorable mention on the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team. Read the news release.
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