Scientist, Philosopher Serve on National Ethics Project Team

Manoa Associate Professor of Human Nutrition Dian Dooley and Department of Philosophy Specialist Thomas Jackson are helping establish a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, inter-institutional program to teach research ethics to graduate students.

They are among the institutional coordinators/senior ethics fellows participating in a three-year Land Grant Universities in Research Ethics grant funded by the National Science Foundation and led by Gary Comstock of North Carolina State University. Also participating are Iowa State University, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin and other North Carolina institutions.

UH's Berg Named General

Husband Steve Berg and Gov. Linda Lingle affix the new general's stars

UH alumna and staff member Kathleen F. Berg was promoted to brigadier general Aug. 29, becoming the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s first female one-star general just three years after she was the first woman promoted to colonel in the Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard.

As the assistant adjutant general for air and acting chief of staff for Headquarters Air National Guard, Berg will supervise the headquarters staff and assume the duties of the commander during his absence. She  guides subordinate units with 250 officers and 2,210 enlisted personnel and an operating budget of $85 million. She joined the guard in 1977 and commanded the 293rd Combat Communications Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base for seven years.

At Manoa, Berg works full time as associate director of the Curriculum Research and Development Group, where she has also served as a curriculum writer, researcher, evaluator and teacher. She holds a BEd with distinction in mathematics education, MEd in secondary education and PhD in educational psychology, all from Manoa’s College of Education.

Four from Maui Are Centennial Honorees

Maui Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto and three members of his faculty are among the 100 Valley Isle residents recognized as Centennial Honorees on the occasion of the county's 100th anniversary. Sakamoto was recognized for 32 years of service at the college and "facilitating its evolution into a four-year degree school." Also honored --

• Nancy Johnson, director of nursing, dental and allied health programs, for 22 years of service to the college and community.

• Hokulani Holt-Padilla, lecturer in Hawaiian studies and coordinator of this summer's World Hula Conference, for her role as kumu hula, historian, playwright, co-founder of Punana Leo O Maui immersion preschool and cultural adviser to Maui Arts and Cultural Center.

• Lee Stein, instructor in human services, for work as a volunteer for Women Helping Women, Hawai‘i State representative to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and founder of Alternatives to Violence.

Accomplishments and Activities

Manoa Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Lucy Lower serves on the executive board of the Association for Asian Studies.

Kaulana Keala, an assistant extension agent in family and consumer sciences, is one of 12 project team leaders participating in a national Prepare for Elder Care program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and American Association of Retired Persons Foundation.

Manoa Associate Professor of Economics Theresa Greaney is an associate editor for the journal Japan and the World Economy.

Manoa library fiscal officer John Awakuni is UH's nominee for the 2005 Governor's Awards for Dinstinguished State Service. He is also part of the team, with Nora Goya, Jane Kageura, Audrey Nishioka and Faith Tanaka, nominated for the Team Excellence Award of Merit. Read the news release and see News@UH coverage of their selection as Manoa nominees.

September Anniversaries Posted

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SCOOPS

Manoa graduate students Kristen Frole and Julie Longworth have received Fulbright travel grants to Asia to study botany and languages, respectively.

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