Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai hosted an event this morning to welcome faculty and staff starting new positions at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.
(In order of introductions)
Left to right, Shaunda Maka‘imoku, Marcia Sakai, Jessica Kirkpatrick. Photos by Raiatea Arcuri, click to enlarge.
Office of Equal Opportunity
Shaunda Maka‘imoku, Compliance Officer
Office of Maunakea Management
Jessica Kirkpatrick, Research Management Support Specialist
‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Jason Cadaoas, Building and Grounds Custodian
Anya Haunani Emi Tagawa, Academic Support
Left to right: Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai, Assistant Professor Angela Faanunu, Assistant Professor Sijie Sun, Academic Support Specialist Cherilyn Keli‘i, Instructor of Communication Charles Findley, Interim Dean Michael Bitter. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri, click to enlarge.
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Cherilyn Keli‘i-Marumoto, Academic Support
College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management
Saraswati Tokura-Ellsworth, Academic Support
College of Business and Economics
Angela Faanunu, Assistant Professor
Sijie Sun, Assistant Professor
College of Arts and Sciences
Charles Findley, Instructor of Communication
College of Natural and Health Sciences
JoyceTaylor-Norris, Instructor of Nursing
(Left to right) Peter Haliniak III and Interim Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs Kalei Rapoza.
Office of Administrative Affairs
Peter Haliniak III, Janitor
Security Officers:
Timothy Ray
Mario Andres
Tai Mai
Donovan Oliveira
Glen Ramos
Keisha Siliga
Isaiah Tao
Tony Travis
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Farrah-Marie Gomes (left) stands with newcomers to Division of Student Affairs: Lori Varize, Sarah Juran, Sherri Akau, Joshua Kerley, Claire Uyetake, and Min-Ling Li. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri, click to enlarge.
Members of the UH Hilo ‘ohana has some fun yesterday at the Chancellor’s Holiday Celebration. At the event, Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai hosted a cookie contest and a photo booth to immortalize everyone dressing up in “ugly or festive” Christmas wear. A good time was had by all!
Some of the faculty honored for promotion at the 2018 Fall Gathering stand for photo with Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai (at far right). From left to right: Kirsten Møllegaard, Sarah Marusik, Marina Karides, Charmaine Higa-McMillan, Faith Mishina. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri.
Faculty recently awarded tenure and promotion were recognized at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Interim Chancellor’s 2018 Fall Gathering event on Sept. 28.
“The awarding of tenure and promotion is the university’s recognition of excellence in teaching, scholarship and service,” notes Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai. “We honor and congratulate these faculty members on their achievements.”
Newcomers to UH Hilo in staff and faculty positions were also introduced at the event.
TENURE AND PROMOTION
The following faculty have been awarded TENURE AND PROMOTION:
Joseph Genz, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Comfort Sumida, Assistant Specialist
The following faculty have been awarded TENURE:
Kurt Dela Kruz, Jr. Specialist
Jonathan Goebel, Associate Professor of Art
Mary Louise Haraguchi, Librarian III
Faith Mishina, Associate Professor of Language
Ryan Perroy, Associate Professor of Geography
The following faculty have been awarded PROMOTION:
Jonathan Awaya, Professor of Biology
Kathy Cooksey, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Mazen Hamad, Professor of Chemistry
Charmaine Higa-McMillan, Professor of Psychology
Marina Karides, Professor of Sociology
Sarah Marusek, Professor of Political Science
Faith Mishina, Professor of Language
Kirsten Møllegaard, Professor of English
Misty Pacheco, Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Marianne Takamiya, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Jin Yin, Professor of Communication
The following faculty have been awarded DELEGATED PROMOTION:
Reyna Morel, Assistant Professor of Communication
Justin Reinicke, Assistant Specialist
NEWCOMERS TO UH HILO
A group of newcomers to UH Hilo are honored at the 2018 Fall Gathering hosted by Interim Chancellor Sakai. Photo by Raiatea Arcuri.
The following are new members of the UH Hilo ‘Ohana:
Administrative Affairs
Kumalani Borling, Security Guard
Clint Collins, Unit Diving Coordinator
Cory Kaizuka, Project Manager
Garrick Tamashiro, Security Guard
Kyle Tsuda
Athletics
Melanie Marciel, Academic Advisor
College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management
Britton Clark Cole, Farm Manager
Sharadchandra Marahatta, Assistant Professor
Lissa Tsutsumi, Instructor
Cheryl Yara, Farm Technician
College of Arts and Sciences
Helen Duley, Instructor of Sociology
Patsy Iwasaki, Lecturer of Communication and English
Michael Skinner, Instructor of History
College of Business and Economics
James Czarski, Instructor of Economics
Andrey Simonov, Assistant Professor of Accounting
Erin Swain, Administrative Services Officer
Heng Tien, Instructor of Marketing and Management and Career Development Coordinator
College of Natural and Health Sciences
John Burns, Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Joel Kaufmann, Instructor of Biology
Daniel O’Conner, Instructor of Physics and Astronomy
Bentos for Bob-Bob: The benefit is a partnership with UH Hilo, Chef Alan Wong, the Adopt-A-Beehive with Alan Wong program, and Sodexo Dining Services.
Chef Alan Wong (left) and Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai with Bob-Bob, a miniature donkey rescued during the recent lava flow in Puna and now housed at the UH Hilo Agricultural Farm Laboratory along with 22 rescue horses. Photo taken outside the UH Hilo College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, Sept. 24, 2018. Raiatea Arcuri/UH Hilo Stories.Alan Wong looks on while Marcia Sakai feeds Bob-Bob. Photo by Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, click to enlarge.
Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai attended a fundraiser today to benefit a community outreach project at the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management. The “Bento Benefit for Bob-Bob” raised $2,500 to help support University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s equine program to fund medication, horse supplements, and veterinary care for horses at UH Hilo’s Agricultural Farm Laboratory in Pana‘ewa.
In May 2018, with the Kilauea eruption in Puna, 22 horses and the mini-donkey Bob-Bob were displaced from their homes and fostered at the UH Hilo Farm. Their care has been provided by UH Hilo pre-veterinary students and volunteers.
Bentos were pre-sold and picked up on campus today where Bob-Bob was on hand to thank everyone in person.
(Left to right) Chef Alan Wong and Sodexo’s Reid Kusano thank Dylan Sugimoto, a senior, as he picks up his bento Sept. 24 on the UH Hilo campus. Raiatea Arcuri/UH Hilo Stories.
The lecture was the first of the Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture Series at UH Hilo. The series is supported by an endowed fund started by UH Hilo Chancellor Emerita Rose Tseng.
(Left to right) Following Prof. Doudna’s lecture, UH Hilo Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai hosted Prof. Doudna and UH Hilo Chancellor Emerita Rose Tseng for a private dinner at Hilo landmark Ken’s House of Pancakes. Photo by Bob Douglas/UH Hilo Stories, click to enlarge.
Jennnifer Doudna gives lecture at the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center on Sept. 17, 2018. See more photos of lecture.
Doudna gained international renown when she and her colleagues at UC Berkeley were the first to develop the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technology that enables scientists to edit the DNA of any organism. Based on a naturally occurring process used by bacteria to fight viruses, the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) system provides scientists with a tool to make precise changes to the DNA of the genes, thereby modifying the function of cells in specific ways.
This visit was a special homecoming for Prof. Doudna. She was born in Washington, DC, and moved to Hilo with her parents when she was seven years old. She is a 1981 graduate of Hilo High School. Her father, Martin Doudna, was an English professor at UH Hilo, and her mother, Dorothy Doudna, taught history at Hawai‘i Community College.
Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture Series
The lecture was the first of the Rose and Raymond Tseng Distinguished Lecture Series at UH Hilo. The series is supported by an endowed fund started by UH Hilo Chancellor Emerita Rose Tseng.
Before the talk, Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai hosted a reception for Prof. Doudna and Chancellor Emerita Tseng. Photos by Bob Douglas, click to enlarge.
(L-R) Prof. Doudna and Chancellor Emerita Rose Tseng.
Following the talk, Interim Chancellor Sakai hosted Prof. Doudna and Chancellor Emeritus Tseng at a private dinner at Hilo landmark Ken’s House of Pancakes.
About the photographer:Bob Douglas is a local artist, photographer, and sometimes part-time student who volunteers his photography skills to the Office of the Chancellor and UH Hilo Stories.
