College of Arts and Sciences Student Awards

2022 Matthew Therrien Award Winner:

• Kaelyn Onodera

Howards and Yoneko Droste Awards

• Spring 2022 Winners
  • Brianna Reyes
  • Tori Matsumoto

• Best paper on the subject of diversity & social justice
  • 1st place winner ($250): Beauregard Clifford - “Exploring Lesbian Identity in Emma Donoghue’s ‘The Tale of the Rose’”
  • 2nd place winner ($200): Keʻalohi Rebekah Wang - “The Dainty, the Innocent, and the Suffering: An Analysis of the Representation of Femininity in Fairy Tales”
  • 3rd place winner ($175): Kemey Shirley Andrew – “The Often Neglected Root Cause of Female Juvenile Delinquency: Causes & Effects of Traumatic Domestic Abuse”
  • Honorable mentions ($125):
    • Skye Crosby - “Snow White and The Female Archetype”
    • Elena Espinoza – “Feminism in Aldous Huxleyʼs Brave New World”
    • Paige Hamada - “Understanding the Conflicts of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project and Analyzing its Impact on Students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo”
• Yoko Okita award: Best Creative Submission on the Topic of Sexual Assault and/or Violence
  • Michelle Bond – “Sexual Assault Poem” ($100)
  • Cydney Harkness - “Motherhood” – ($100)
• Regina Titunik Memorial Award for Gender and Women’s Studies
  • Winner: Lindsey Krewson

2022 Excellence Award Winner

• Jamie Yap

2022-2023 Dean's Scholarship Recipients

• Savannah Christensen
• Stephani Pelletier
• Naomi Lemieux

• Most Outstanding Student:
  • Dani Ciccone

2021 Matthew Therrien Award Winner:

• Braden Savage

Howards and Yoneko Droste Awards

• Spring 2021 Winners
  • Joni Thompson
  • Kassidy Wilson

2021 Award Winners

• Outstanding Rising Senior ($500 Award)
  • Lindsey Krewson
• Passionate Activism Award ($500 Award)
  • Melissa Ferguson
• Regina Titunik Memorial Award in Women's Studies
  • Dayva Escobar
  • Jaime McCampbell

2021 History Writing Award Winners:

• Hawaiian History ($100 award)
  • Maile Hayashida
  • Emma Kawaikahi Tanigawa
• Pacific History ($100 award)
  • Taecia Kukui Akana
• World History ($100 award)
  • David Fruend
• United States History ($100 award)
  • Komela McAuliffe

• Honorable Mention ($100 award)
  • Taecia Kukui Akana
  • Ariel Young-Ziegler

• 1st place Winner ($300 award)
  • Kenneth CJ Sweezey

• Academic Excellence Award
  • Naomi Lemieux
• Service to the Deparment Award
  • Davya Escobar
• Artistic Excellence in Drama
  • Evangeline Lemieux
• Artistic Excellence in Dance
  • Kiaria Zoi Nakamura
• Artistic Excellence in Music
  • Amanda Jarvis
• Technical Theatre Award
  • Braden Savage