May 8, 2006

MacMillan Receives Mentoring Award

Ian MacMillan

Manoa Professor Ian MacMillan was selected for the Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award. MacMillan, who has taught in the Creative Writing Program since 1966, has authored seven novels and four short story collections and has made more than a 100 appearances in literary and commercial magazines. His recent novels both set in Hawai‘i, are The Braid and The Seven Orchids.

One student writes, “his students feel privileged to study with a prolific, award-winning author who liberally shares his time and expertise. He actively helps each student fulfill his potential as a writer by devoting countless hours to reading manuscripts, offering insightful advice, writing letters of recommendation and encouraging students toward publication.” Read more.

CTAHR and Taiwan Partners

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Vice President Po-Yung Lai and UH Manoa Interim Chancellor Denise Konan.

Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and Taiwan’s National Pingtung University of Science and Technology signed a memorandum of understanding to promote academic exchange. The two institutions have a history of collaboration—CTAHR researchers visited NPUST to share their knowledge of post-harvest treatments of fruits and vegetables, fruit fly suppression, plant pathology and animal waste treatment, and NPUST researchers visited Manoa to discuss their termite, ornamentals, flowers and plant pathology research.

An advocate of the partnership was NPUST’s Vice President Po-Yung Lai, a Manoa alumnus and CTAHR’s former assistant dean for cooperative extension. Read more.

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