Sixteen students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo received leadership awards at ceremonies held this week on campus. The Ka Lama Ku Student Leadership Development Program hosted its annual Student Leadership Recognition Awards ceremonies April 8, 2022.

The History Club received the Laulima Group Award (No task is too big when done by all). Recipients are David Freund, Nathan Myers, Lilliana Galarneau, Robert Wheeler, Charles “CJ” Patris, Alex Aguirre, Kaelyn Onodera, Donovan Wolford, Joseph “Kepa” Revelle, and Taecia “Kukui” Akana.

The group was nominated by Professor of History Mike Skinner, who notes that the History Club went above and beyond to connect with each other and with the students on campus. They stayed engaged throughout the pandemic creating discord servers to keep in communication during lockdown. As covid restrictions were lifted, they jumped into action to plan Huakai for their peers and became an active group in person as well.

Read the full article at UH Hilo Stories.