Category: Announcements

Faculty and staff at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo are invited to the next University Forum on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. via Zoom.

Zoom link: http://go.hawaii.edu/PLv
Meeting ID: 935 8659 2698
Passcode: 149963

Questions may be submitted in advance to urevents@hawaii.edu. Contact Deneen Louie with any questions or concerns.

Aloha UH Hilo ʻOhana,

For more than 50 years, Hawai‘i Island United Way, Inc. (HIUW) has been the cornerstone of our island’s health and human service community. Your annual monetary donation to HIUW helps those less fortunate or down on their luck in our community; nurtures individuals and families; identifies specific needs and fills them; and helps to build a safer and healthier community through agencies here on Hawai‘i Island. Additional information is available on their website.

If you are able to, please consider donating or pledging your support through payroll deductions. Send the completed form you received today via email directly to Lei Kapono, Office of the Chancellor, by Monday, November 15, 2021.

Pūpūkahi I Holumua – Unite to Move Forward.

Mahalo,

Bonnie D. Irwin
Chancellor

Aloha Kākou,

Carolyn Ma, dean of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, will retire on February 1, 2022. Please join me in congratulating Dean Ma on her well-earned retirement and wishing her a joyful, fulfilling next chapter!

Dean Ma came to UH Hilo in 2007 as a founding faculty and clinical education coordinator for the College of Pharmacy in the interest of building the future of pharmacy in Hawai‘i, her home state. She became the chair for pharmacy practice in 2009, interim dean in 2015, and permanent dean in 2016.

Among her accomplishments in these years are the completion of the long-awaited permanent building, Hale Kiho‘iho‘i; the start of renovations for analytical and pharmaceutical science research labs; the establishment of philanthropic opportunities including the Legacy Path for alumni engagement; the Building a Future campaign for naming opportunities for Hale Kiho‘iho‘i; and student success and faculty development funds.

Dean Ma is the recipient of the Bowl of Hygeia, the lifetime pharmacy service award and in March 2021 was inducted as a Distinguished Fellow to the National Academy of Practice.

Her passion for legislative and health care advocacy, especially for inter-professional health care has resulted in the passing of legislative bills that include pharmacy intern law licenses, medication take back, pharmacist immunization, HPV vaccination, and the preceptor tax credit bill.

An announcement regarding interim leadership for the college will be forthcoming.

Bonnie D. Irwin
Chancellor

Faculty and staff at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo are invited to the next University Forum on Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Questions may be submitted in advance to urevents@hawaii.edu. Contact Deneen Louie with any questions or concerns.

Faculty and staff at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo are invited to the next University Forum on Thursday, August 12, 2021, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Questions may be submitted in advance to urevents@hawaii.edu. Contact Deneen Louie with any questions or concerns.