ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi │ One learns from many sources │ A web publication from the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Thomas Fezza, who earned his master’s degree at UH Hilo, is now pursuing a doctoral degree in entomology at UH Mānoa. Based in Hilo to do his research, he is a recipient of the D. Elmo Hardy Student Assistance Endowment.
Now teaching at Pāhoa High and Intermediate School, UH Hilo alumnus Jay Bumanglag teaches his students to do everything with good intentions and spread aloha. “We need more love, we need more care in the world. We need more humility.”
Dean of UH Hilo’s College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management: Ultimately, revitalizing Hawaiʻi’s agriculture will depend on strong and productive relationships among farmers, consumers, agricultural scientists, and governmental and non-governmental agencies related to food production and distribution.
Featured in this week’s issue of Haʻilono o UH Hilo (News of UH Hilo): Drew Kapp, Leilani DeMello, Mānaiakalani Kalua,
Listeners will join a huaka‘i or journey clockwise around the island, starting in Hilo and moving to Puna, Ka‘ū, Kona, Kohala, and Hāmākua for a total of 24 episodes.
The three alumna—Miki Warren, Liliana DeSmither, and Katie Mulliken—are currently working at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory helping with data collection and public communication during the current eruption that began Dec. 20,2020.
For Associate Professor of Nursing Ayers-Kawakami, a UH Hilo alumna who grew up in Hilo, giving back to her home community is a massive part of her motivation to teach future nurses.
Despite the unexpected move to online teaching, UH Hilo alumna and now Spanish language instructor Monica Minnitt is a driving force within the language department, continuing to meet the needs of her students to help them perform to expectations.
UH Hilo marine science major Mahealani Akui interns on research vessel mapping seafloor of Hawaiian archipelago
Award-winning UH Hilo nursing instructor Adriane Lewandowski prepares her students for the real world
Internship: UH Hilo environmental science major Jay Bois “jumps right into learning new information about the forest”
UH Hilo grad student wins top conservation award for presentation on her fish and whale research
From the rainforests of Hawaiʻi Island to UH Hilo’s new AI lab, student researchers explore AI connections to natural science
Two UH Hilo pharmacy students each receive Kahele Student Leader of the Year award