Video: UH Hilo Year-End Recognition and Awards Tribute for Retirees, Years of Service, and Campus Awards
UH Hilo presents the 2020 Recognition and Awards Celebration via a commemorative video hosted by Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is honoring and recognizing its 2020 recipients of various campus awards in a commemorative video. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the annual in-person event is postponed to a later date.
The video is hosted by Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin.
Recipients
Student Employee of the Year Award
- Mirei Sugita, Center for Global Education and Exchange
Distinguished Service Award for Improving Student Life
- Mackenzie Slayton, Associate Director of Campus Recreation
Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance Award
- Levi Mangiboyat, Janitor, Auxiliary Services
Excellence in Service Award
- Norman Arancon, Associate Professor of Horticulture and Chair of Performing Arts
Pulama ʻIke Award
- Francis Dumanig, Assistant Professor of English
Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence and Innovation
- Larry Kimura, Associate Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Patsy Iwasaki, Instructor of English
Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- John Burns, Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award
- Kirsten Mollegaard, Professor and Chair of English
Retired employees and faculty and staff recognized for various years of service as of December 31, 2019 are also included in the video.







