UH Hilo’s Karla Hayashi is contributing writer to Hawai‘i State Literacy Plan
Karla Hayashi says literacy is not just about language and composition, it’s about how to use skills and knowledge to make effective change for the better.
Category: Community Outreach
UH Hilo art professor and students help paint mural at Hilo Farmers Market
The colorful work depicting fruits and other produce of Hawai‘i Island is designed by local artist Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides.
The show must go on: Even virtually, UH Hilo Annual Dance Collective delivers
After being set back due to covid restrictions, a recorded version of the annual show, entitled “Dance Collective: Pandemic Edition,” premiered March 26-28, 2021. The show included works of eleven choreographers presenting ten pieces.
Free 3-credit summer course on sustainability offered to high school students
Focusing on sustainability goals set by the United Nations, the online summer session will address concerns all nations are confronting such as climate change, cyclical poverty, and food insecurity, with special attention to challenges found in Hawaiʻi.
Virtual event to help community college students transfer to UH Hilo, other four-year UH campuses
UH Hilo and other four-year UH campuses are holding virtual “one-stop-shop” events designed to help community college students who are on track to graduate with an associate’s degree with their transition to a four-year university to complete a bachelor’s degree.
Culture meets science: Keiki learn solar system fast facts in Hawaiian and English
ʻImiloa Astronomy Center, an educational outreach organization at UH Hilo, is co-sponsoring the annual Waimea Solar System Walk, where children learn about the universe.
UH Hilo student pharmacists help implement Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 vaccination plan
On Hawai‘i Island, 48 UH Hilo student pharmacists have been helping at vaccination sites in Hilo. Students also have been assisting on O‘ahu at vaccination events held at Leeward Community College and UH Mānoa.
Nursing students build website showing harms of vaping devices and e-cigarettes
UH Hilo students Frank Guillermo, Madeline Bush, and Lokelani Chong’s message: Vaping devices and e-cigarettes are creating and increasing harmful effects in users.
