UH Hilo Report

This is the UH Hilo report. News about people, events and programs at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

UH Hilo’s Model United Nations Team Hui Na Lahui Huipu captured the highest honor at this year’s Model United Nations Competition, which took place at UN Headquarters in New York by being named an Outstanding Delegation.

The competition annually draws some 3,000 college students representing over 200 universities and colleges from around the world. UH Hilo’s 14-member delegation was assigned to represent Finland, and engaged in five intense days of mock UN deliberations presenting their country’s foreign policy positions on 21 issues debated before 7 committees.

This is the first time UH Hilo has won an Outstanding Delegation award, presented to teams that place in the top five percent among the entire field of competition. Since 2006, the team has won the second place honor, Distinguished Delegation, for finishing in the top ten percent four times, and the third place award Honorable Mention, given to teams in the top fifteen percent once.

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This is the UH Hilo report. News about people, events and programs at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo.

The first Adopt-a-Beehive with Alan Wong Scholarships have been presented to Juliana Graper, Tayler Manriki and Brittany Ann Rocha. Each student received a $1,000 award from the renowned chef for completing the introductory beekeeping course, maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and enrolling in advanced beekeeping.

In its first year, the program raised funds for student support, instructional costs, equipment and supplies to expand the beekeeping curriculum and paired nearly 100 adopters of bee colonies with beekeeping students.

Wong, Chancellor Don Straney and Entomology Professor Lorna Tsutsumi were recently honored by the state senate for their roles in the program. Each received a Certificate of Recognition from Agriculture Committee Vice- Chair Gilbert Kahele, who along with Committee Chair Clarence Nishihara, co-adopted a beehive. To learn about the program visit www.uhfoundation.org/AdoptABeehive

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This is the UH Hilo report. News about people, events and programs at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

The College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management (CAFNRM) has reached a new agriculture course articulation agreement with 5 UH system community colleges.

The agreement with Hawaiʻi, Kauai, Leeward, and Windward Community Colleges and Maui College will make it easier for community college students to transfer to the College through a process similar to the 2 + 2 program.

In the past, most agriculture courses offered by community colleges could only be used as electives, when transferring to a four year institution. But now, those courses can be used to meet specific agriscience requirements for obtaining a BS degree.

Interest in community college agriculture courses is on the rise, due in part to initiatives like “local first,” assuming a greater role in their culinary programs. With this agreement, these students now have an easier academic pathway between two and four-year institutions.

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