Cross country team earns all-academic team honors
To qualify as an All-Academic Cross Country Team, the team must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better, and the Rainbow Wahine exceeded the mark with a combined GPA of 3.45.
Golf, basketball athletes scoring totals earn UH Hilo honors
Jared Kinoshita and Allie Navarette are this week's University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the Week.
Basketball seniors earn top UH Hilo athletic honors
Basketball seniors Patience Taylor and Larry Bush are the UH Hilo Pepsi Athletes of the Week for their roles in upset victories over the weekend.
2 sharpshooting guards earn top athletic honors at UH Hilo
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Vulcans Larry Bush and Sara Shimizu earned themselves spots as Pepsi Athletes of the Week.
“What you smoking?” asks UH Hilo instructor in his hit song “Smoke All Day”
“Smoke All Day” went viral since its release on November 28, 2018, receiving airplay on many local radio stations. Part of its popularity are the lyrics about smoked meat.
UH Mānoa student-athletes excelled in fall semester
The current average cumulative grade point average of UH Mānoa's approximate 488 student-athletes is 3.12, which is the highest in program history.
Top UH Hilo athletes score big numbers
Big scoring numbers in basketball were a common thread for the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Pepsi Athletes of the Week, James Griffin and Allie Navarette.
UH West Oʻahu student rose from struggling immigrant to Academic Olympian
Leanne Villanueva earned an associate of arts degree from Leeward Community College through the Early College program and is now studying business administration at UH West Oʻahu.
Hawaiʻi island resident’s long and challenging road to graduation
Ten years after Keren Motonaga started attending UH Hilo, the 28 year old graduated in December 2018 with a bachelor of arts in Japanese studies and a minor in linguistics.
Shower truck for disadvantaged key to Kapiʻolani CC student’s coursework
The launch of a community shower truck marked the capstone of course work in Kapiʻolani CC's Community Health Worker Program for student Velvet King.
