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February
2008
Honolulu
Advertiser
Honolulu Community College’s Keiki Hauoli Children’s Center is among
the first early childhood education programs in the country to become accredited
under new professional standards.
Community
College Times, Maui
News
Maui Community College recently received the prestigious 2008 Bellwether
Award in the category of Workforce Development, which recognized the campus
for its groundbreaking practices in sustainability and in meeting present
and future workforce development needs.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KGMB, KITV
The University of Hawai‘i is encouraging all 50,000 students at its
10 campuses statewide to register for its emergency alert system that will
enable the university to send them text messages in the event of an emergency
on campus.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Outreach College celebrates
Women’s History Month with a mini film fest dedicated to children’s
films that are all about girls with various film screenings taking place
on the first two Sundays of March and April.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
Kitty Lagareta, a member of the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents
and Chair and CEO of Communications Pacific, set up a $50,000 endowed scholarship
fund to benefit students at Windward Community College through a $40,000
personal gift and a $10,000 donation from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation.
Maui
News
Angel Melody, a Maui Community College student, spent her Winter break painting
Willie K on the façade of a school portable at Princess Nahienaena
Elementary School on Maui.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is one of two universities
selected as a site for the new Center of Excellence for Maritime, Island
and Port Security, which is a Department of Homeland Security research center
that could bring up to $2 million a year to the campus.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i staff and facilities across the state, including
the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ Urban Garden
Center in Pearl City, are valuable sources of information for Hawai‘i’s
gardeners.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Kaua‘i Community College business technology student Lynsay Tsukamoto
is the first Hawai‘i resident to undergo cardiac cryoablation, a breakthrough
technique that used freezing temperatures to treat her rapidly beating heart.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i and Under Armour announced an eight-year,
$4.1 million apparel and marketing deal that will make Under Armour the exclusive
outfitter of the Warrior football team.
Fox News, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
According to University of Hawai‘i zoologist Les Watling, bottom trawling,
a fishing practice that involves dragging a net along the seabed behind a
boat, causes extensive damage that can even be seen from space.
Pacific
Business News
A growing number of University of Hawai‘i professors are creating spin
off companies around the technologies they develop at the university, a trend
that is utilizing private-sector support for funding and entrepreneurship
and business guidance.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Members of the Laimana family of Kane‘ohe received scholarships from
the Hawai‘i Community Foundation that provided them the opportunity
to learn and earn degrees together at both Windward Community College and
UH Mānoa.
Peninsula
Daily News (Washington)
University of Hawai‘i alumnus Jay Powell is doing all he can to breathe
new life into Quileute, an ancient Native American language on the brink
of disappearing forever.
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
The Advising Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo plays a pivotal
role for students, assisting in the development of educational plans that
are compatible with students’ life and career goals.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB
Kapi‘olani Community College has developed a new local cookbook with
recipes and information on nutrition, exercise, and kidney and heart health,
which combined will illustrate how small changes in both diet and exercise
can make a huge difference in health.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Puakea Nogelmeier, a professor of Hawaiian language at UH Mānoa, has
recently published “The Epic Tale of Hi‘iakaikapoliopele,” making
the tale, which was originally published in two Hawaiian-language newspapers,
available in its full form for the first time in English.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i astronomers and international colleagues caught
the star tau Bootis flipping its magnetic field from north to south, which
is the first time this behavior has been observed in a star other than the
sun.
Maui
News, KHNL
Several hundred Maui residents and visitors were at Maui Community College
this past weekend as “The Heart Shrine Relic Tour” made a stop
on its worldwide tour to showcase a rare international collection of ancient
and sacred Buddhist relics
Saipan
Tribune
UH Mānoa Professor Tom Brislin recently conducted a journalism workshop
at the University of Guam for journalists that provided insights into new
sources of news as the journalism industry evolves in today’s technological
world.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL 2/19
UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw offered her condolences to the
Northern Illinois University community after a shooting incident on the campus
resulted in the death of five students, while also reminding the UH Mānoa
community of support resources available on campus.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
The American Bar Association has approved the William S. Richardson School
of Law’s evening law program starting this fall, which will allow interested
individuals to earn a law degree on a part-time basis.
Lahaina News
A wide range of continuing education and training courses designed for business
managers is scheduled for March at Maui Community College’s Lahaina
Education Center.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
Business and community leaders, coffee and flower farmers and a rancher are
among 22 people whose names have been submitted to the governor to be considered
for the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents.
Pacific
Business News
Donnis Thompson, the first director of women’s athletics at the University
of Hawai‘i, will be among four women honored for their community efforts
by the YWCA of O‘ahu at its 31st annual YWCA LeaderLuncheon in May.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Ombuds Office has issued its
first annual report, analyzing more than 350 cases the ombudsman dealt with
between 2006 and 2007.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i researchers are studying the viability of adding
Hawaiian lobster and shrimp to the list of seafood currently farmed in Hawai‘i’s
oceans.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, CBS
News
University
of Hawai‘i campuses on Oahu and Maui took center stage this past
week with a number of rallies, forums, and appearances by family members
of Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack
Obama.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has named nine individuals
to a search committee charged with finding a new athletics director.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Kapi‘olani Community College’s culinary program, in partnership
with UH Mānoa’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition,
has created a new cookbook full of recipes of local favorites and new dishes
that are good and healthy for you.
Honolulu
Advertiser, The
New York Times
UH Mānoa psychology professor Elaine Hatfield developed a passionate
love scale years ago with colleague Susan Sprecher of Illinois State University
and this past Valentine’s Day has brought it back into the national
spotlight.
Lahaina News
Maui Community College nursing student Kristelle Turalva-Albano hopes entering
the 2008 Miss Maui Scholarship Pageant will earn her scholarship money to
help her continue to work towards her educational goals.
West
O‘ahu People
Volunteers from the University of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu and
Leeward Community College will provide free tax help for low- to moderate-income
tax payers every Saturday in February and March
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A joint study by the University of Hawai‘i and Aloha United Way shows
that expanding high-quality preschool programs in Hawai‘i would help
students land good jobs and would ultimately help fix societal ills such
as homelessness and crime.
KHNL, KHON, KITV
Students in the Sheet Metal and Plastics Program at Honolulu Community College
created something that’s unique and long lasting and something they
hope will become a new Valentine’s gift trend—metal roses.
Pacific
Business News
The UH Mānoa Center on Disability Studies is one of six national organizations
to receive a grant from NEC Foundation of America for advancing the independence
and full participation in society of people with disabilities through the
use of innovative technology.
KHNL
University of Hawai‘i researchers at the Hawai‘i Institute of
Marine Biology are monitoring a consistent spread of disease throughout Hawai‘i’s
coral reefs, which has been brought about by over-fishing, land-based pollution
and global climate change.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
J. Patrick Henry and Lisa Kewley, astronomers at the University of Hawai‘i,
have been awarded top prizes from the American Astronomical Society.
Pacific
Business News
Leslie Kaiu Kimura, who obtained her bachelor’s degree from UH Hilo
in Hawaiian language and is currently working on her master’s degree
in Hawaiian language and literature, was recently appointed associate director
of the school’s ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i President David McClain provides answers to some
frequently asked questions regarding repairs and maintenances issues throughout
the university system.
The Garden Island, Grand
Buffet, Bake
Shop
Culinary
students at Kaua‘i Community College are prepping for the Grand
Buffet event on March 4, an annual showcase of students’ culinary
work that is always a sellout, while student bread, pie and other pastry
creations for a weekly Friday bake shop sale has lines of eager buyers
waiting outside the door.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KFVE, YouTube, The
Seattle Times
University of Hawai‘i oceanographers captured footage of a deep-sea,
six-gill shark during a 2006 research submersible dive off Molokai, and the
video footage posted on YouTube recently has become a hit with online viewers.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Isabella Abbott, a professor emeritus of botany at UH Mānoa and a premier
ethnobotanist, spoke recently to an overflow crowd at Bishop Museum on the
subject of hula plants and the symbolic meanings and decorative uses of Hawai‘i
flora.
KITV
Leyla Cabugos, a graduate student in the College of Agriculture and Human
Resources at UH Mānoa, is conducting an experiment with Native Hawaiian
plants to determine their effectiveness in being used for eco-friendly roofs,
an already popular trend in Europe.
Honolulu
People
Kapi‘olani Community College students interested in studying in the
south of France this summer have until March 14 to register for the annual
summer program that allows them to earn undergraduate credits while immersing
themselves in the French language and culture for one month.
Agricultural
Research Magazine
The Hawai‘i Area Wide Fruit Fly Pest Management Program (HAW-FLYPM),
a cooperative effort of the University of Hawai‘i Cooperative Extension
Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and Hawai‘i Department
of Agriculture, is making great strides in controlling the devastating effects
of fruit flies on Hawai‘i’s fruits and vegetables.
KFVE
Second-year medical students at UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School
of Medicine got the opportunity to speak to 17 practicing physicians in various
specialties at a career day event intended to help them determine which area
of they’ll focus on in their careers.
Metro
Honolulu People
As part of the American Heart Association’s February celebration of “American
Heart Month,” Kapi‘olani Community College instructor Sharon
Kobayashi, who is author of the new “A DASH of Aloha” cookbook,
will host a healthy cooking demonstration at Macy’s Ala Moana on February
16.
The
Irish Independent (Ireland), The
Courier-Mail (Australia), Radio
Australia
An area of plastic debris and other flotsam drifting in the northern Pacific
Ocean is described by scientists as the world’s largest rubbish dump,
and according to UH Mānoa oceanographer David Karl, actually represents
a new habitat.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
Enrollment at the University of Hawai‘i’s 10 campuses statewide
totals 48,246 for the spring 2008 semester, the highest spring enrollment
recorded in more than a decade.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i planetary researcher Jeffrey Gillis-Davis is
a participating scientist on NASA’s Messenger science team, which recently
used the Messenger spacecraft to obtain revealing photos of the planet Mercury’s
hidden side.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will open a field office at
the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka‘ako as part of the CDC’s
efforts to combat infectious diseases and other public health threats in
Hawai‘i and the Pacific.
Pacific
Business News
Hawai‘i Business magazine has created a $50,000 endowed business scholarship
at UH Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business by donating $25,000,
which was matched with funds from Jay Shidler’s $25 million gift.
Pacific
Business News
Michael Crosby, on leave from his position as executive officer with the
National Science Board, has joined UH Hilo as vice chancellor for research
to help the campus expand its scientific research capabilities and funding.
KHON, KITV
A bill that would create a new corporation to manage Aloha Stadium with hopes
of generating more revenue for the University of Hawai‘i is now making
its way through the Legislature.
Financial
Times
Business schools from around the United States are finding more ways to recruit
students from Vietnam into their MBA programs, including offering their programs
in Vietnam, and the University of Hawai‘i Shidler College of Business
is one of them.
Honolulu
Advertiser
UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw comments on the current state of
the repairs and maintenance backlog at the Mānoa campus and efforts
underway to improve facilities.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A group of UH Mānoa students are using rebates earned from Hawaiian
Electric Co. to help cut energy use in a campus building and explore ways
to cut energy use campus-wide, including installing a wind turbine and eventually
an 18-kilowatt solar system.
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