March
2009
Honolulu
Advertiser, KGMB
More than 8,000 job-seekers crowded the grounds of Honolulu Community College
recently hoping to land one of the 120 apprenticeships available at Pearl Harbor
Naval Shipyard that will allow them to earn an associate’s degree from
Honolulu CC and learn their trade on the job.
Honolulu
Advertiser
A team of Schofield Barracks soldiers, led by University of Hawaii botanist Matt
Keir, continue their reintroduction of a tree that has been declared extinct
in the wild to its native home in Makua Valley.
Honolulu
Advertiser
College-bound students and job seekers will have opportunities to meet more
than 40 employers and college representatives at Windward Community College
on April 14 at its 2009 College and Career Fair.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A University of Hawai‘i scientist and colleagues are looking for "lightning
bolts" in data collected by a balloon flown more than 30 days over Antarctica,
which would provide evidence of ultrahigh-energy neutrinos and give them
clues to the origin of the universe.
Pacific
Business News
A nominee for Pacific Business News’ CFO of the Year, University of
Hawaii Vice President of Budget and Finance and Chief Financial Office Howard
Todo is recognized for bringing vision, organization and stability to UH’s
financial management.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL, The
Maui News
A study by University of Hawai‘i doctoral candidate Jennifer Schultz
of monk seal tissue collected by National Marine Fisheries Service field
researchers shows that Hawaiian monk seals lack genetic diversity, which
increases the risk that an epidemic could hurt the population.
The
Maui News
The Corporation for National and Community Service honored Maui Community
College recently with a place on the President's Higher Education Community
Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America's
communities.
Pacific
Business News
Hawai‘i may see its largest job loss in more than 50 years in 2009
as the recession lasts a year longer than previously forecast, according
to a report released recently by the University of Hawai‘i Economic
Research Organization.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
At a recent workshop sponsored by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s
Outreach College, Olomana Gardens owner Glenn Martinez demonstrated how to
make worm-cast tea, a concoction full of minerals and nutrients for plants.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents has approved Reed Dasenbrock as
the new vice chancellor for academic affairs at UH Mānoa, where he will
serve as the top academic officer and as deputy to the chancellor.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Gov. Linda Lingle has released $2.5 million to design a Pacific Regional
Biosafety Laboratory near the Biosciences Research Building at the University
of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka‘ako,
with construction currently scheduled to begin in November 2010 and be completed
in June 2012.
The
Maui News
Beginning as a visitor industry work force training center 20 years ago,
Maui Community College’s Vital Innovative Training & Economic Development
Center has broadened its reach to provide an array of continuing education
and training programs based on the community’s needs.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
The 59 seniors at the John A. Burns School of Medicine recently gathered
for the nation’s annual “Match Day,” where senior medical
students open their envelopes at the same time and learn where they will
go for their residencies.
Big
Island Video News, KPUA
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo played host recently to a joint U.S.-China
delegation of leading scientists and technical experts on renewable energy
from the National Academies of Science and Engineering in both countries.
Marianas
Variety, Pacific
Daily News
Through a pre-pharmacy memorandum of understanding signed by the University
of Guam (UOG) and the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, UOG students can
now transfer up to 70 credits to UH Hilo for entrance into their pre-pharmacy
program.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
A futuristic model moon base built by members of the Lego Enthusiasts Association
of Hawai‘i will be a new attraction amongst various other activities
at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy's
annual open house on Sunday, April 5.
Molokai Dispatch
The Moloka‘i community came out in record numbers to Ho’olaule’a
2009, an event hosted by Maui Community College aimed to promote higher education
on Moloka‘i with representatives from the University of Hawai‘i
System in attendance.
Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Pacific
Business News
The University of Hawai‘i’s Mānoa campus pumps $1.1 billion
into the local economy annually, making it one of the most powerful drivers
of the state economy, according to a new report by economists with the UH
Economic Research Organization.
The
Garden Island
The Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Pi Xi Chapter of Kaua‘i Community College
recently was honored with the Pacific Region Distinguished Chapter award,
which recognizes the top chapter among all 13 chapters of the Pacific Region,
which includes Hawai‘i, Samoa, Guam and the other Pacific Islands.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Dr. Michele Carbone, interim director of the University of Hawai‘i’s
Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i, brings scientists, physicians, administrators
and other top minds together in collaboration through his home-cooked dinners.
Honolulu
Advertiser, KGMB, KHNL, KITV
The University of Hawai‘i has found "hundreds" of dumped
munitions four to six miles south of Pearl Harbor as it continues to search
for and test the waters and sediment around tons of chemical weapons that
were dumped during and after World War II.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin (Part 1 of 2), Honolulu
Star-Bulletin (Part 2 of 2)
In a two-part series, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin highlights efforts by the
University of Hawai‘i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine to help
save lives of AIDS patients in Vietnam and to work in collaboration on AIDS
research with doctors at Vietnam’s University of Medicine and Pharmacy
and the Tropical Disease Hospital.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, Maui
News, Pacific
Business News
The construction outlook for Hawai‘i is full of gloom, with a significant
decline in new projects, and more job losses to come, according to the latest
construction forecast released by the University of Hawai‘i Economic
Research Organization.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Dental assisting students at the Maui Oral Health Center, a project of Maui
Community College and other government agencies, are now providing dental
treatment to Maui/Moloka‘i drug court clients and their minor children.
The
Garden Island
Kaua‘i Community College recently had an accreditation visit by the
National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, and learned that the
accreditation team will recommend the highest level the league awards and
plans to share some of the program’s accomplishments with other schools
across the country.
Hawaii
Tribune-Herald
The University of Hawai‘i at Hilo plans to build seven new portable
buildings in University Park as interim facilities for the school’s
College of Pharmacy.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
On the second Saturday of each month, home gardeners can pick up tips about
pest control, composting, organic gardening and other topics at the UH Mānoa
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ Urban Garden Center
in Pearl City.
The
Garden Island
More than 160 people were treated recently to the combined talents of the
Kaua‘i Community College first-year students’ bake shop and the
Garde Manger class’ accomplishments at the college’s annual Grand
Buffet event.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL, KITV
UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
hosted more than 500 O‘ahu students at its Agriculture and Environmental
Awareness Day festivities at the Pearl City Urban Garden Center, hoping to
spark their interest in agricultural or environmental careers.
Honolulu
Advertiser
The Intensive English Program at Hawai‘i Community College provides
academic English language instruction and comprehensive support services
to international students seeking academic, personal, and professional goals
in a rich, cross-cultural environment.
KGMB
A recent concert held at the UH Mānoa campus, Kulia Roots Fest, raised
funds to benefit the Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, its students
and their Hawaiian language revitalization efforts.
Honolulu
Community College, KITV
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard has scheduled a job fair for March 28 at Honolulu
Community College to fill 180 positions, including a minimum of 100 apprentice
positions that will be trained through Honolulu Community College.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Maui Community College hosts an ocean awareness fair on April 4 featuring
guest speakers, break-out action groups, entertainment, keiki games, food
booths and a film festival, all aimed at raising awareness on the health
of Maui's coastal waters.
The
New York Times, Honolulu
Advertiser, Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KGMB, Maui
News
The University of Hawai‘i’s Hawai‘i Undersea Research Laboratory’s
Pisces V submersible and UH scientist Christopher Kelly aided in the discovery
of seven new species of bamboo coral found among the islands of Papahanaumokuakea
Marine National Monument.
Haleakala
Times
The A&B Foundation renewed its pledge for 2009 to support business development
on Maui through its generous donation of $25,000 to VITEC-Continuing Education & Training
at Maui Community College.
Big
Island Weekly
UH Hilo Associate Professor Todd Belt recently held his first book-signing
event for “We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and
Win Ratings Too,” which is based on five years of research and written
for news directors and reporters, students of journalism and the general
public.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, KHNL
Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, director of the University of Hawai‘i Institute
for Astronomy, has been named as the recipient for the highest award given
to an astronomer in Germany—the prestigious Karl Schwarzschild Prize
for 2009.
Honolulu
Advertiser
Leeward Community College presents the 16th Annual International Education
Festival, March 9-14, on the Pearl City campus with the theme of "Global Sustainability” and
activities including lectures, food, games, entertainment and a drawing for
a free round trip ticket to the Philippines.
Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Retired Kapi‘olani Community College art professor Noreen Naughton
exhibits with five former students in “Sharing the Knowledge,” the
latest exhibit at the campus’ Koa Gallery, which is on display through
March 14.
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