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August
2008
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Audrey Furukawa, who retired from the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo after
a 30-year career as an administrator and educator, will give students the opportunity
to study abroad by establishing the Audrey S. Furukawa Study Abroad Scholarship
Endowment.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB
Leilani Emosi of Ewa Beach, a student at Leeward Community College, is in
need of a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with leukemia, and
bone marrow donor drives and a fundraising event are being held around the
island in her honor.
Leeward
People
The University of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu campus has announced
three top-level appointments: Ann Nishimoto, vice chancellor for administrative
affairs; Lori Ideta, vice chancellor for student affairs; and Ryan Mielke,
executive director of public affairs.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i Athletics was represented well at the 2008 Olympics
in Beijing as all 10 athletes with UH ties competing for various countries
came home with a medal.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i has received $60 million for capital improvement
projects at campuses across the state, including more than $58.5 million
for repairs and facility improvements and more than $1.4 million to address
health and safety requirements.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Security at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is being enhanced
with two personal electric vehicles that can ride in almost a foot of water,
on handicap-accessible ramps and even in elevators, which will aid Campus
Security in responding to emergencies.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The recent removal of UH Hilo’s 24-inch telescope, the first telescope
to be placed atop Mauna Kea and one that UH Hilo faculty and students used
to collect data for more than 13 published research projects since 1995,
clears the way for a larger telescope for UH Hilo astronomy faculty and students.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i researchers are currently on a voyage to the “Great
Pacific Garbage Patch” between Hawai‘i and California, a vast
expanse of floating garbage, to get a full accounting of its distribution,
nature and impact on the marine ecosystem.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents has re-elected Bank of Hawaii
chairman and CEO Allan R. Landon as chair and retired First Hawaiian Bank
executive Howard H. Karr as vice chair.
KHNL
Dr. Isabella Abbot, a professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa,
was honored with a lifetime achievement award for devoting her entire life’s
work to coral reef conservation.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The
Shidler College of Business at UH Mānoawas named among the top business
schools in the nation for its undergraduate program in international
business, which ranked 19th on U.S. News & World Report’s recent “America’s
Best Colleges” list.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A proposal to name the School of Social Work at the University of Hawai‘i
at Mānoa after alumnus and former Bishop Estate trustee Myron "Pinky" Thompson
appears to have widespread support.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Plans for a Center for Pacific Islander Education and Retention at the University
of Hawai‘i at Hilo got a big boost recently via a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to support design work for the center, which is scheduled
to open in fall 2010.
Maui
News
Maui
Community College’s Rotaract Club, a Rotary International branch
for young and developing professionals, conducted its first international
service project recently, hosting five Rotaract members from other countries.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A $2.7 million grant has been awarded to the Department of Native Hawaiian
Health at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns
School of Medicine to help Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders lose
weight and keep it off.
Windward
People
Windward Community College is offering help to those who have lost their
jobs and need to upgrade their computer skills with a series of classes that
will provide an introduction to word processing, digital tools and programming.
MSNBC, USA
Today
A man-sized grouper that trolls the tropical waters of the Eastern Pacific
Ocean has been identified as a new fish species after genetic tests led by
University of Hawai‘i researchers from the Hawai‘i Institute
of Marine Biology.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, KGMB, KHON, KITV
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently introduced Maenette
Kape‘ahiokalani Padekin Ah Nee-Benham as the new dean of the Hawai‘inuiakea
School of Hawaiian Knowledge, the largest school of indigenous studies in
the nation.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, The
Garden Island
The University of Hawai‘i is holding a free electronic waste recycling
drive to allow the general public to safely dispose of computers, cell phones,
office equipment and other electronic waste, with events planned across the
state between October 20-25.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College recently dedicated it’s new One-Stop
Center, a new building on campus where students will be able to conveniently
apply for admission, receive information and counseling, inquire about financial
aid, and pay tuition and fees all in one place.
Maui
News
A summer program developed by UH Mānoa geology professor Julia Hammer
brings Hawai‘i science teachers up close to lava flows at Kilauea as
part of the Research Experience for Teachers in Volcano-Petrology program.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A potential new source of methane, which is a more potent greenhouse gas
than carbon dioxide, has been found in ocean samples collected in Hawai‘i
by University of Hawai‘i oceanographer David Karl and a team of scientists,
a discovery that could have significant implications for global warming.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery hosts a major exhibition from
Taiwan, “Writing with Thread: Traditional Textiles of Southwest Chinese
Minorities,” from September 21-November 30, 2008, which features a
collection of southwest Chinese ethnic minority costumes unmatched in the
world.
Honolulu
Advertiser
In conjunction with the dedication of the new Frear Hall at UH Mānoa,
officials from the Bank of Hawai‘i, which serves as the Trustee of
the Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust, presented a check for
$750,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund to assist students at any
campus within the University of Hawai‘i system.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo was selected as one of 39 colleges
and universities in the country to receive a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching
grant, which is designed to transform teaching and improve learning in the
classroom through innovative uses of technology.
KHNL
University of Hawai‘i student Rena Tsuneyoshi is attracting some unique
attention as a candidate for the Hawai‘i State Senate.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Leeward Community College counselor Ernest Libarios has counseled and advised
generations of students for almost 40 years, and has inspired his family
members to follow in his footsteps and become counselors as well.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College offers a revamped entrepreneurship training
course this fall that is based on MBA training systems and offers the basic
tools essential for success in today’s challenging economic environment.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman recently gave $3 million to the
John A. Burns School of Medicine to establish a Dean's Chair in Medicine
in an effort to help address Hawai‘i’s healthcare and workforce
issues.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw is inviting the public to suggest
recommendations for the renaming of Lower Campus Road on the Mānoa campus,
an effort that is intended to reduce the division between the upper and lower
campuses.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College’s Hokulani Imaginarium, a high-tech planetarium
and multimedia facility, kicks off its fall schedule of public programs with
a kids program, “Larry, Cat in Space.”
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo’s 0.6 meter telescope, the first telescope placed on the top
of Mauna Kea in 1968, has been removed in order to make way for a newer,
bigger scope that will allow students and researchers to peer even further
into space.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
UH Hilo’s ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center has received a $670,000 grant
from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to support its goal of hosting
a free visit to the center for every Big Island student from kindergarten
to 12th grade.
ABC
News
University of Hawai‘i sociology professor David Johnson, who is visiting
Australian National University, says capital punishment is declining in most
Asian countries and will likely disappear from the region.
Lahaina News
“Maui Chefs Present” is a premier culinary event held annually
featuring the works of 12 of Maui’s finest chefs along with drinks and
entertainment, and a portion of the proceeds go towards scholarships for Maui
Community College culinary arts students.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Ka
Leo O Hawaii, KHNL
University administrators, staff and community members gathered this past
week for the dedication of the newly-built Frear Hall, the first new dormitory
on the campus in more than 30 years.
The
Garden Island
A new cohort of elementary education teacher candidates on Kaua‘i have
begun their study together as the UH Mānoa College of Education celebrates
the recent graduation of students who have moved on to teaching positions
in Kaua‘i schools.
Saipan
Tribune
Leeward Community College was the site this summer for a six-week intensive
math and science training program that is part of Northern Marianas College’s
Educational Talent Search program for high school students.
Ka
Leo O Hawaii
The University of Hawai‘i has re-launched an online ridesharing program
originally developed during the bus strike that allows students, faculty
and staff to connect with potential carpoolers seeking to travel to and from
UH campuses.
Maui
News
Maui Community College hosted the first Maui Island Sustainable Living Expo
this past weekend, bringing together people from across the state, including
University of Hawai‘i experts, to discuss sustainable living and economic
development education.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i faculty have been named recipients of the Masaki
and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Career
and Technical Education and the Frances Davis Award for
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
Pacific
Business News
UH West O‘ahu has received a $2.5 million Title III grant from the
U.S. Department of Education that will be used to support the development
of the school during its transition to a four-year baccalaureate institution.
Honolulu
Advertiser
MA‘O Organic Farm not only produces high-quality organic produce, but
its educational program builds opportunities for Wai‘anae and Native
Hawaiian youth to pursue higher education through scholarships to Leeward
Community College.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine
has received a generous $3 million gift from long-time university supporters
Barry and Virginia Weinman to establish an endowment in support of Dean Jerris
Hedges’ efforts to address Hawai‘i’s healthcare issues
and move the school forward.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Paliku Theatre at Windward Community College proudly presents the hit Broadway
musical “Miss Saigon,” opening Friday, October 3, directed by
Ron Bright and featuring a stellar cast of Broadway stars and stage veterans.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Studies by UH Hilo professor Jon-Pierre Michaud and the John A. Burns School
of Medicine are among a few studies currently ongoing that have found few
serious long-term effects from exposure to vog.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has donated $5 million to the Culinary Institute
of the Pacific at Diamond Head, a proposed advanced culinary training facility
to be built at the old U.S. Army Fort Ruger Cannon Club site on the slopes
of Diamond Head.
Lahaina
News
Students interested in taking college classes in West Maui can do so through
Maui Community College’s Lahaina Education Center, and can choose to
take those classes through a variety of methods including in person or via
television or the Internet.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Several former University of Hawai‘i athletes are participating in
the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, including Stacey Porter and Justine Smethurst
playing for the Australian softball team and Iefke Van Belkum and Meike De
Nooy playing for the Netherlands’ women’s water polo team.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i’s AIDS Clinical Research Program is
collaborating with the U.S. Department of Defense to help Vietnam address
an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic by training Vietnamese military physicians
to handle cases.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Many of the University of Hawai‘i’s 10 campuses are experiencing
an enrollment surge in these last few weeks leading up to the start of fall
classes, which officials say is a reflection of improved marketing efforts
to attract students and the slowing economy.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i astronomer Adam Bolton and an international team
recently announced a finding that helps to settle a long-standing debate
over the relationship between mass and luminosity in galaxies by observing “Einstein
rings,” which are “the most dramatic visual demonstrations of
the force of gravity in the universe.”
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i researchers have found that corals in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands may be susceptible to disease because of a single-celled
algae that lives inside the coral tissue and was actually thought to be beneficial.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa was a full partner this year
in organizing the Health Emergencies in Large Populations (HELP) course,
a three-week disaster response program that enables participants to deliver
aid following man-made conflicts and natural disasters.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The Centennial Campaign, which is the largest fundraising campaign in University
of Hawai‘i history, is likely to surpass its goal of $250 million and
could bring in more than $275 million for the 10-campus university system
by the time the campaign ends next year.
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