Weekly Newsletter for Faculty and Staff, Dec. 13, 2022

Featured in this week’s issue of Ha‘ilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): Kimberly Russell, Travis Mandel, Steve Lundblad, Peter Mills, and Cheryl Gansecki.

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Academics

Fall semester ends Friday, Dec. 16.

Final grades due in MyUH at noon, Monday, Dec. 19.

Administration

Chancellor Bonnie Irwin’s December column: International students thrive at UH Hilo.

Reminder: Nominations for the 2023 Excellence in Teaching Awards are due by Tuesday, Jan. 31. Nominations must be submitted online via this Google form for the following awards:

• • • Board of Regents’ Award for Excellence in Teaching
    • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
    • Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
    • Outstanding Advisor/Mentor Award

Community Outreach

Fun for the whole family! ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center announces extended holiday hours.

Events

UH Hilo will hold two in-person commencement celebrations.

For more info on events, see UH Hilo Calendar of Events.

Faculty

UH Hilo data scientist Travis Mandel finds intellectual freedom in tenure.

Professor of Geology Steve Lundblad, Professor of Anthropology Peter Mills, and Lecturer of Geology Cheryl Gansecki are in the news!

• • • The trio was featured Dec. 9 in CNN’s “As scientists in Hawaii carefully monitor the risks of Mauna Loa’s eruption, some ‘lava junkies’ can’t stay away.”
    • Professors Lundblad  and Mills have published two new books about Hawai‘i. Lundblad worked with lead author Rick Hazlett (retired Pomona College geology professor and UH Hilo geology department affiliate) and Gansecki on the second edition of Roadside Geology of Hawai‘i (Mountain Press) as part of its Roadside Geology series. Mills’s newest book is Connecting the Kingdom-Sailing Vessels in the Early Hawaiian Monarchy, 1790-1840 (University of Hawai‘i Press). Both books will be available at Basically Books in Hilo and other online sources.

Maunaloa Eruption

Continue to stay informed with the latest Civil Defense messages and by visiting the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory website. Additional updates are available at:

• • • Hawai‘i County Volcano Hazards.
    • Civil Defense Volcano Hazard Map.
    • USGS-HVO Mauna Loa Eruption Live Stream Camera.
    • National Weather Service Forecast.

Services

See Sodexo’s Family Dinner menu for Friday, Dec. 16 (link disabled after date). This will be the last Family Dinner for 2022. Order by email at uhhdine@hawaii.edu or the GET mobile app.

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During fall and spring semesters, this newsletter is a weekly e-blast of news and information for faculty and staff, produced by University Relations, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. This is the final newsletter for 2022 and will resume Jan. 10, 2023.