Celebrating National Student Employment Week

Aloha Caroline, Sydney and Theola: We appreciate you, our student assistants, so very much! Thank you for faithfully showing up for your shifts, greeting and assisting visitors, answering phone calls with aloha, and helping us in the office every day. You have a special place in our hearts! You are greatly appreciated for your knowledge, you assistance, and just being you! -Lori Hu, Office of the Chancellor

Kamalani “Kama” Poepoe: You are greatly appreciated for your knowledge, you assistance, and just being you! -Vanessa Carlson, Campus Center

Laura Sandberg, Lichen Forster, Koryn Castaneda: To our fabulous Global Vulcan study abroad advisors! You are all amazing and caring individuals that truly make our office shine by encouraging more UH Hilo students to also embark on an international journey abroad. Each of you have such a passion for international education and I am so proud to have you each on our team. Mahalo nui loa for making our office feel so welcomed and for being personal cheerleaders for the outgoing UH Hilo students embarking on their study abroad experience. -Carolina Lam, Center for Global Education and Exchange

Makanoe Hufana: Thank you for all that you help our Ka Lama Kū program achieve!! -Vanessa Carlson, Campus Center

Matlyn and Ritz are an integral part of our Admissions team. We appreciate their hard work and dedication to the organization, from being the first to answer the phone when it rings to being willing to work on the weekends to give tours to special populations, to working in the evenings to help set up for events. We are so fortunate to have Ritz & Matlyn on our team! -Lisa Ann Amaral, Admissions Office

Jacelyn is fast and efficient in all tasks assigned to her. She gets the job done with the highest quality. The Admissions office is lucky to have her on our team! Jacelyn's hard work in the office and on campus tours (even tours on the weekends!) can't be rivaled! I know that Jacelyn will be successful in whatever path she chooses...and I'm glad she chose us, for now! -Lisa Ann Amaral, Admissions Office

Xander is awesome! He is always willing to help and pitch in when needed, even when asked at the last minute to participate in things such as student panels. We are grateful for his hard work and dedication to making sure our Admissions office runs smoothly, going so far as to changing his work schedule to fill a gap in our office coverage. He brings life and flair to our front office that is appreciated by all of our admissions staff. -Lisa Ann Amaral, Admissions Office

Student Employment Assistants: Kawika, Kai, Tavan, Jamie, Kama, & KelsieRose. We appreciate the work each of you do to support all UH Hilo student employees; the work that you do as a team- from completing your daily tasks to the individual special projects- keep our office going! We especially want to Mahalo you for your hard work in organizing this year’s UH Hilo Career Fair- JOB WELL DONE!! -Marcy Martinez & Raynell Espaniola, Student Employment Office