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May
2008
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, KHON, KITV
The UH Mānoa Athletics department received a $5 million gift from the
Clarence T. C. Ching Foundation, the largest single donation ever made to
the school strictly for athletics, which will be used to refurbish Cooke
Field into the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex.
Maui Weekly
College for Kids, a program for fourth- through eighth-graders offered when “regular” school
is not in session on Maui, provides structured learning and funs for kids
and an alternative for parents during school breaks through Maui Community
College’s Office of Continuing Education and Training.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Rose Tseng will be stepping down from her post as chancellor of the UH Hilo
campus in December 2009 after a successful decade-long tenure that saw enrollment
and funding grow and new facilities take shape.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Maui Community College has been awarded high performance computing equipment
by IBM for use in its Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology program
through the company’s Shared University Research awards program.
West
Oahu People
Teacher education students enrolled at Leeward Community College should have
an easier time getting their eventual teaching degrees, thanks to a recently
signed articulation agreement between the Leeward campus and the UH West
O‘ahu and Mānoa campuses.
Honolulu
Advertiser
An intensive summer program in environmental science designed for high school
juniors and seniors at Windward Community College has received a generous
grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation to support the program over
the next five years.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Mamoru Sato, a sculpture professor at UH Mānoa since 1965, showcases
his most recent work at a Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i exhibit
featuring pieces made from practical, every day materials that are reflective
of his lifelong fascination with air.
Pacific
Business News
The UH Board of Regents recently approved the appointments of three community
college chancellors—Manuel Cabral at Leeward Community College, Helen
Cox at Kauai Community College, and Michael Rota as interim chancellor of
Honolulu Community College.
Pacific
Business News
The Singapore campus of the University
of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s School of Travel Industry Management
is on track to become the university’s first international stand-alone
campus.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Former University of Hawai‘i place-kicker Eric Hannum is applying the
work ethic and mind set from his playing days to his business as president
of operations and business development for InVision, a state-of-the-art medical
imaging facility in Honolulu.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Nicholas Kaiser, an astronomer with the University of Hawai‘i’s
Institute for Astronomy, is one of only 44 scientists elected this year to
the British Royal Society, a national scientific academy of the United Kingdom
dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
Maui
Weekly
Maui Community College is teaming up with Maui high schools to offer students
both college and high school credits for completing the Construction Academy,
a program that is helping to standardize building and construction curriculum
and produce qualified workers.
The
Garden Island
Funds raised from the 6th Annual Mokihana Club Golf Scramble on Kaua‘i
raised $7,000 for scholarships for Kaua‘i Community College nursing
students.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Hawai‘i P-20 Initiative—a partnership of the Good Beginnings
Alliance, the Department of Education, and the University of Hawai‘i—has
received a $1.2 million grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation to help
meet its goals for public education reform.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i medical school graduate Cindy Ta, the daughter
of Vietnamese immigrants who entered kindergarten unable to speak English,
credits her Palolo Elementary School teachers for her success as she’s
now bound for Harvard to begin her residency program.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KFVE, KITV
University of Hawai‘i Professor Emeritus Ryuzo Yanagimachi, who gained
international fame for developing the world’s first cloned mice, will
be honored by the Society for the Study of Reproduction for his pioneering
work in reproductive biology.
KHNL
Recent UH West O‘ahu graduate April Casey has come full-circle and
is now teaching physical education at Hoala School, a school she attended
since the first grade.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Hubert Everly, former dean of the UH Mānoa College of Education who
is credited with opening enrollment and building the college, passed away
recently at the age of 93.
Maui
Weekly
Maui Community College will begin a new series of “Green” classes
for the Maui community this summer designed to help the community make informed
decisions about the latest green options in alternative energy, home design
and organic growing.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo will see a number of initiatives come to fruition through the year,
including the grand opening of the second phase of the North Hawai‘i
Education and Research Center, groundbreaking for the China-U.S. Center,
and the opening of Phase I of the Student Life Center.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News, KGMB, KHNL
The restoration of Kuhio Beach in Waikīkī led by Dolan Eversole,
coastal geologist with the University of Hawai‘i’s Sea Grant
College Program, has led to the beach being named one of 2008’s best
restored beaches by a national preservation association.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i communications professor Devan Rosen and colleagues
have been studying the connection between reality television and the way ‘Net
Age citizens view the world.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Maui
News, KGMB, KHNL, KHON, KITV, KPUA
University of Hawai‘i campuses across the state held their commencement
events over the weekend, including the UH Centers, which provide bachelor
and advanced degree opportunities to the neighbor islands; UH Hilo, which
featured Hawaiian Electric Industries President and CEO Connie Lau as the
commencement speaker; and UH Mānoa, which awarded nearly 3,000 degrees
on Sunday while also featuring a marriage proposal.
Pacific
Business News
The Pacific Regional Biosafety Laboratory at the John A. Burns School of
Medicine in Kaka‘ako is on track to open in 2011 with funding support
received from both the Hawai‘i State Legislature and the National Institutes
of Health.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
Young Brothers, Hawaiian Tug & Barge, and Maui Petroleum and Hawai‘i
Petroleum presented a $150,000 gift to the Shidler College of Business for
scholarships for students in the Neighbor Island MBA program.
Hawai‘i
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo will be offering a range of courses this summer for college students
and for anyone interested in pursuing something new through its College of
Continuing Education and Community Service.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Leeward Community College’s L‘ulu, a benefit for the college’s
culinary program, drew a crowd of 500 people to the campus recently to enjoy
the culinary creations of the program’s students and island chefs.
MidWeek
Kapi‘olani Community College’s culinary program offers non-credit,
continuing education courses with something for everyone, from basic knife
skills to Middle Eastern dishes.
Maui
News
Maui Community College, through its partnership with the Maui Oral Health
Initiative, is aiding in efforts to provide free dental services for pregnant
women, as studies indicate a possible link between dental problems and premature
birth.
Leeward
People
New agreements between Leeward Community College and UH Mānoa and UH
West O‘ahu will ease the transition for teacher education students
at the Leeward campus hoping to pursue baccalaureate degrees in the field.
Maui
News
Six Maui Community College students recently received scholarships towards
the pursuit of their education in hospitality and culinary arts from the
Maui Hotel & Lodging Association.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i scientists are working with the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration to study ways to save sharks from tuna and
swordfish longline fisheries, including using metals that release electrons
into sea water.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The long-awaited University of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu campus
is on its way, and West O‘ahu residents look forward to the educational
resource, economic driver and partial traffic solution it will become for
the fastest growing region in the state.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KITV
Through a new partnership with the Department of Public Safety, Kapi‘olani
Community College is teaching fundamental culinary skills to inmates at the
Women’s Community Correctional Center in an effort to inspire them
to pursue new careers.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The
University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization forecasts
a halt in economic growth for Hawai‘i’s four counties, reflecting
the slowing state and national economy, recent airline closures and the
departure of two interisland cruise ships.
Leeward
People
With job openings abundant in the local process technology industry—the
production of consumer goods into raw materials, particularly turning coal
and oil into electricity—a new program at Leeward Community College
hopes to fill the void and is currently seeking students.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
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The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is the first organization in
Hawai‘i and the first college campus in the nation to take part in
a volunteer effort to track and report on its own greenhouse gas emissions.
The
Korea Times
University of Hawai‘i professor Margaret Jann
is a visiting professor at Dukseong University in Korea, where her students
are presenting their ideas for how they would redesign the entrance and
lobby area of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul.
Nature
Geoscience, ABC
News, BBC
News
A study co-authored by University of Hawai‘i scientist Richard Zeebe
provides the first observational-evidence to support the theory that before
fossil fuels the Earth’s minerals kept carbon dioxide levels naturally-balanced,
a system being overwhelmed today by human emissions.
KHON
UH West O‘ahu and Kapi‘olani Community College recently signed
an agreement for a new dual-enrollment program, Mānanawai, that will
ease the transition for community college students to UH West O‘ahu.
KGMB
The University of Hawai‘i recently hosted Virginia Tech Counseling
Director Christopher Flynn for a series of meetings with campus officials
and a public presentation on campus crisis management.
KGMB
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikolani
College of Hawaiian Language has received a $100,000 grant from the Office
of Hawaiian Affairs to support culturally-based academics for Native Hawaiians.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, The
Garden Island
The University of Hawai‘i recently honored 164 scholar athletes for
their efforts on and off the field, including Heisman Trophy finalist quarterback
Colt Brennan and All-American softball player Kate Robinson who were named
recipients of the Bonham Award.
Maui
Weekly
Maui Community College and Maui Electric Company have signed an Energy Partnership
Charter and will work together to implement more alternative energy sources
at the college.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH Mānoa may not be the party school that students think it is as two
newly released surveys suggest that UH Mānoa students do not drink as
much as students on other college campuses around the country.
KHON
“A DASH of Aloha” is a new cookbook available in bookstores produced
by Kapi‘olani Community College that provides nutrition, diet and lifestyle
information along with heart-healthy recipes.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Three finalists for dean of the Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
at UH Mānoa will be participating in interviews and public meetings
at the campus through May 8.
Maui
News
Maui Community College professor Molli Fleming was recently recognized by
Maui Economic Opportunity with the fourth annual Cesar Chaves award for her
contributions to the Hispanic community on Maui.
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