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October
2008
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Started by UH Hilo in 1989 to provide educational enrichment activities that
would increase the number of Hawaiian students identified and participating in
gifted and talented programs, Na Pua No‘eau has expanded statewide and
now serves more than 2,000 Native Hawaiian students each year.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL, KITV, Pacific
Business News
Honolulu Community College and the Pacific Center for Advanced Technology
Training has received an in-kind software gift valued at $327 million from
Siemens PLM Software that will help the university develop top-tier engineers
and technology experts for the state of Hawai‘i.
Honolulu
Magazine
Honolulu Magazine takes a look at the University of Hawai‘i as it finishes
up its centennial year celebrations and asks UH administrators and faculty
and community members, after 100 years, “what’s next for Hawai‘i’s
university?”
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i will partner with the Army, using its two
submersibles and a remotely-operated vehicle to investigate dumped munitions
off the coast of O‘ahu and gather data to determine the effects seawater
and more than 60 years have had on the munitions.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Fishing is driving enormous changes in Hawai‘i’s nearshore fisheries
populations, according to a recently published study by scientists with the
University of Hawai‘i’s Cooperative Fishery Research Unit on
the Big Island.
KGMB, KITV
Roy Disney recently made a $40,000 donation to the Marine Education and Training
Center at Honolulu Community College to thank the program for its assistance
in the filming of his movie about a group of novice transpacific racers, “Morning
Light.”
Central
Oahu People
Leeward Community College will be holding an Educational Summit next month
that organizers hope will be a source of rejuvenation and information sharing
for students planning to become educators and teachers already in the field.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
More than 600 people converged on the UH Hilo campus last week for United
Nations Day, a popular annual event featuring entertainment and handicrafts
organized by the campus’ International Student Association that helps
spread awareness of cultural diversity.
Honolulu
Advertiser
James Bolte, who was a prominent insurance man in Hawai‘i for many
years, has announced a gift of $2.195 million to the University of Hawai‘i
Foundation for the UH Mānoa football program, which will be utilized
for football facility renovations or to build a new football facility.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Hawai‘i Community College will train workers in alternative energy
devices through a $686,000 federal grant received by the nonprofit Hawai‘i
County Economic Opportunity Council intended to develop an alternative energy
power generator while also training unemployed workers.
Pacific
Business News
Students in the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Manoa are gaining “real-world” experience
through the school’s Refugee and Immigration Law Clinic, which handles
real immigration and naturalization cases for clients who might otherwise
not be able to afford legal services.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine
has received a $10.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health
to strengthen its research capabilities and make it nationally competitive
in the area of reproductive biology.
KHNL
The University of Hawai‘i sponsored a record-breaking eWaste recycling
drive this past week, collecting more than 1 million pounds of electronic
waste, ranging from old cell phones and iPods to monitors and computers,
at collection sites across the state.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
University of Hawai‘i oceanographer Brian Popp recently shared with
a class of Hawai‘i third graders his underwater adventures studying
coral reefs from the Aquarius, the world’s only underwater laboratory
located 60 miles beneath the ocean in the Florida Keys.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
At its monthly meeting held recently, the UH Board of Regents approved budget
cuts of more than $30 million over the next two years in response to cuts
in the state budget, and its hoped the cuts will only minimally affect university
services.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College recently hosted island high school students
and their parents at the annual “Taste of College” night, which
offers students an opportunity to learn more about their options for education
beyond high school and what Kaua‘i CC has to offer.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
A 12-member selection advisory committee including members of the UH Board
of Regents, UH faculty and students, and community members, has been formed
to begin the process for selecting the next president of the University of
Hawai‘i System.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KGMB, KHNL, KHON 10/22
Leeward Community College students, faculty and staff had an opportunity
to hear from Honolulu mayoral candidates Mufi Hannemann and Ann Kobayashi
in person at a recent student government-sponsored forum held at the campus.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Thanks to new, innovative technology, Waikīkī Aquarium visitors
can now come face-to-fin with blacktip reef sharks and the other inhabitants
of the 35,000-gallon Hunters on the Reef exhibit without ever having to get
wet.
Central
Oahu People
Leeward Community College recently kicked off a celebration to commemorate
four decades of service to the community, which includes an ambitious set
of 40 events throughout the academic year to mark the special milestone.
Pacific
Business News
Administrators at the William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Mānoa
are looking for alternative sources of money to fund a $70-million plan to
expand and renovate the school’s buildings to alleviate an existing
space crunch and revamp its austere look.
Honolulu
Advertiser
University of Hawai‘i scientist Robert Liu and colleagues are gaining
international attention by injecting sun and fun into his longstanding photochemical
research program, riding waves using a custom bodyboard to prove that large
bodies of water can be used as a coolant without using electrical power.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Researchers and engineers from NASA and other countries will gather at UH
Hilo in November to test potential robotic instruments for the next human
trip to the moon, an event being hosted by UH Hilo’s Pacific International
Space Center for Exploration Systems.
Honolulu
Advertiser
After an 11-year economic expansion, Maui will see "little or no growth" in
the near future, but the one bright spot highlighted by a local economist
is the developing higher education sector surrounding Maui Community College.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL, MidWeek
The University of Hawai‘i and Apple Inc. are partnering together to
offer businesses, schools, government offices, and Hawai‘i residents
an opportunity to discard of and recycle their electronic waste from October
20-25 with collection sites open at sites statewide.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The University of Hawai‘i and the University of the Ryukyus celebrated
the 20th anniversary of their educational partnership recently as UH President
David McClain traveled to Okinawa to discuss possibilities for new cooperative
projects.
KGMB
Students in UH Mānoa’s apparel product design and merchandising
program are putting their talents on display at shops throughout Ward Center
as they compete in a scarecrow design competition for $3,000 in scholarship
money, with the winners determined by public votes over the next two weeks.
Maui
News 10/17
Maui Community College student Caitlin Harrowby is conducting a food drive
in partnership with the Maui Community College Peace Club for Molokai residents
who are suffering following the closure of Molokai Ranch.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
Students at UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine are coordinating
Halloween carnivals at two O‘ahu shelters for homeless keiki as part
of the school’s Homeless Outreach and Medical Education Project, or
H.O.M.E. project, and are seeking donations for treats and prizes.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Windward Community College has partnered with the Pacific Center for Advanced
Technology Training to present Tech Talk 2008, a free exhibition conference
for Hawai‘i’s residents to learn more about the innovative training,
products and services available today in high-growth and emerging industries.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
A garden focused on indigenous plants used for medicinal purposes at UH Hilo’s ‘Imiloa
Astronomy Center was recently dedicated in memory of Betsy Nip Wong and Kenneth
Aloiau Wong, UH Mānoa graduates who were prominent members of the Hilo
community for more than 60 years.
Honolulu
Advertiser
“Local Motives” opens Wednesday, October 15, and runs through November
14 at Koa Gallery at Kapi‘olani Community College, and showcases recent
works from four of Hawaii's homegrown artists—Russell Sunabe, Maile Yawata,
Chuck Souza and Kazu Kauinana.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Paliku Theatre’s blockbuster production of “Miss Saigon” at
Windward Community College is earning rave reviews from the community as
another show is added for the sold-out hit.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
UH Mānoa scientists have observed and identified a new species of butterfly
in the Waikiki area previously unknown in the islands or in the United States,
and have determined it to be the Lesser Grass Blue, widely known throughout
Asia and the Pacific and in some parts of Africa.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The Na Pua Noeau program, based at UH Hilo with programs on every island
except Niihau, offers students an opportunity to explore their Hawaiian identity
while also connecting with professionals who can lead them towards higher
education.
Pacific
Business News
UH Mānoa’s College of Engineering remains the chief supplier for
the state’s engineering work force, graduating approximately 125 engineers
a year, and the demand for engineers in Hawai‘i remains high even in
an increasingly unsteady economy hurt by a construction slowdown and the
Mainland financial crisis.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
Commemoration ceremonies were held recently marking 25 years of cooperative
efforts between the Marine Option Program at UH Hilo and George Balazs of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in an effort to
learn more about the diet and movements of green sea turtles in Hawaiian
waters.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
The UH Hilo pharmacy class of 2012 recently took an oath of the profession
as the College of Pharmacy held its "White Coat Ceremony," a rite
of passage for students entering their first year in the professional program
to affirm their commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity and caring.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A Halloween treat for the whole family, Windward Community College's Haunted
Village takes place Friday, October 24, from 6-8:30 p.m., and includes a "Nightwalk" Imaginarium
show and fun activities for everyone.
Honolulu
Advertiser
With a test being held this week, the University of Hawai‘i encourages
all faculty, staff and students who have not already done so to register
for the UH Alert system, the university’s emergency alert system that
will be used to notify faculty, staff and students in case of an immediate
threat to safety at any of the university’s 10 campuses.
Maui
Weekly
Noted farmer and author Michael Ableman recently spoke to a group of community
members and Maui Community College students and instructors on the topic
of food security through a lecture hosted by the college’s Sustainable
Living Institute of Maui.
Honolulu
Advertiser
An agreement between Honolulu Community College and UH West O‘ahu allows
computer science students to earn a bachelor's degree while completing most
of their credits at the community college, bridging the technical training
of Honolulu CC with the business administration expertise of UH West O‘ahu.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB
A new Department of Homeland Security research center, the National Center
for Island, Maritime and Extreme Environment Security, has opened on the
UH Mānoa campus as a partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks
and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and is one of five in the
United States.
Central
Oahu People
Ramon Rojales and Arnold Pontillas, both alums of Kapi‘olani Community
College’s culinary program, have opened “Sushi on Wheels,” a
contemporary sushi kiosk in the Waipahu Festival Marketplace, and offer a
new twist on sushi as well as custom cuisine catering.
Central
Oahu People
Students enrolled in the Justice Administration Program at the University
of Hawai‘i—West O‘ahu will benefit from a recent $2,500
scholarship donation by the Former Agents of the FBI Foundation, one of nine
scholarships awarded to universities across the country this year.
Honolulu
Advertiser
This fall, the Waikīkī Aquarium invites sea-curious residents and
visitors of all ages to experience Hawai‘i's underwater world with
a full slate of educational programs and activities offering children, families
and adults the opportunity to come face-to-fin with some of the ocean's most
incredible creatures.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The William S. Richardson School of Law at UH Mānoa is celebrating its
35th anniversary and has much to celebrate, with steady enrollment and a
record number of Native Hawaiians studying at the school, due in part to
a new part-time program.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Convicts who complete a Maui-based reintegration program are less likely
to commit another crime compared to those who did not participate in a re-entry
program, according to a study conducted by UH Hilo assistant sociology professor
Marilyn Brown.
SpaceRef, Honolulu
Advertiser, KHNL
A team from the University of Hawai‘i is one of 10 chosen by NASA as
the newest members of the space agency’s Astrobiology Institute in
California, a selection that includes a five-year, $8-million grant to study
the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe
Honolulu
Advertiser
A new report that says Hawai‘i is average when it comes to providing
palliative care in hospitals is of great interest to the University of Hawai‘i’s
John A. Burns School of Medicine, which requires students receive instruction
in palliative care.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Shortly after Father's Day last year, University of Hawai‘i scientists
studying the area southeast of Kilauea Volcano's summit discovered a "slow
earthquake" and, for the first time ever, saw the mechanism that probably
caused it, according to a paper published in Science magazine.
Maui
News
Debra Nakama, an articulation coordinator at Maui Community College tasked
with bridging high school students into the community college system, was
named one of 20 Outstanding Filipinos Abroad by the Filipino Image Magazine
and Pinoy Global Online News.
MidWeek
Dr. Satoru Izutsu, senior associate dean for administration at the John A.
Burns School of Medicine, is one of seven winners of the 2008 Forever Young
Awards, a City & County of Honolulu campaign that honors the new age
workforce of seniors and celebrates their ongoing achievements.
KGMB, KHNL, KHON
The new UH Mānoa cafeteria at Gateway Hall is switching from plastics
and styrofoams to biodegradable products, such as compostable napkins, takeout
containers and utensils made of sugar cane and cornstarch as part of a pilot
program geared towards making UH Mānoa a more sustainable campus.
Central
Oahu People
Leeward Community College is celebrating 40 years of service with an ambitious
set of 40 scheduled events that kicked off recently with a gala at LCC's
The Pearl restaurant commemorating the anniversary and celebrating the permanent
appointment of Chancellor Manny Cabral.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Governor Linda Lingle has released $987,000 to plan and design improvements
to Hawai‘i Community College's Manono Campus in Hilo, as many of the
facilities at the campus were built in the 1950s and are in need of upgrading.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Army ROTC program at the University of Hawai‘i will recognize six
graduates who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country during a dedication
ceremony for a Wall of UH Fallen Warriors, memorializing the soldiers who
gave their lives in conflicts in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
CNN
University of Hawai‘i Professor Leon James, who publishes DrDriving.com,
offers a few defensive driving tips for avoiding a road rage situation.
East
Oahu People
The university’s Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i is recruiting
volunteers for a 13-month nutritional study that will monitor the effects
of eating soy foods on breast cancer.
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