UH Hilo graduate students selected as conservation fellows
The two-year fellowships for Hawaiʻi high school graduates will help increase the number of professionals pursuing environmental resource management careers.
Three University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo graduate students have been selected as conservation fellows, funded by Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation.
The students were chosen because of their strong academic records, their connections to the local conservation community, their passion for the ʻāina and keen interest in preserving and protecting natural resources, and their commitment to future efforts to preserve and sustain the local environment.
The two-year fellowships for Hawaiʻi high school graduates, which include tuition exemption, regular stipend and funds for professional development, will help increase the number of qualified Hawaiʻi students and professionals pursuing environmental resource management careers.
“Our support of graduate assistantships at the university stems from our belief that the future of Hawaiʻi’s environment depends upon a new generation of natural resource managers who have strong ties to the communities in which conservation work is occurring or needed,” says Janis Reischmann, executive director of Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation. “We are excited by the chosen careers of past fellows and look forward to the contributions which will be made by current and future Hauʻoli Mau Loa Fellows.”
2016 Conservation Fellows cohort
From UH Hilo, Christopher Kluzak, Kaikea Nakachi, and Kailey Pascoe (all graduate students in the Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science program) are in this year’s cohort of Hauʻoli Mau Loa Fellows.
In addition, the cohort includes several students from UH Mānoa: Anela Akiona, Aka Beebe, Timothy Kroessig, Stacey Torigoe, Natalie Andreyka, Kelly-Rose Lariosa, Casey Ching, and Jared Char.
Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation’s investment in these fellows to build Hawaiʻi’s pipeline of a new generation of environmental resource managers is part of their comprehensive strategy in their environment program in promoting stewardship, preservation and protection of the natural environment in Hawaiʻi.
More about Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation
Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation is a private grantmaking foundation established by Helga Glaesel-Hollenback. Established in 1990 Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation supports five program areas—youth, environment, affordable housing, humanitarian relief and “first generation partners.” In 2010 the foundation completed a research and planning process that led to two new areas of focus within its environmental program— invasive species prevention and environmental leadership pathways. This partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi will support the environmental leadership pathways focus.
-Full story at UH System News
