UH Hilo Speakers’ Bureau 2020-2021
Please call Alyson “Aly” Kakugawa-Leong , Interim Director University Relations, at (808) 932-7339 or email alyson@hawaii.edu with your programming requests.
- Topics
- Agriculture, Aquaculture
- Athletics
- Business, Finance
- Communication
- Community Service, Engagement
- Decision-Making
- Diversity, Inclusion
- Education
- Ethics
- Gender
- Health, Healthcare
- Leadership
- Legends, Myths
- Literature
- Motivation
- Music
- Natural Sciences
- Philosophy
- Social Causes
- Student Success, Opportunities
- Travel
- All Speakers
By Topic
Agriculture, Aquaculture
- Michael Adrian Barnes, Aquaculture
- Aquaponics as Alternative Fish and Vegetable Production
- Small Scale Sustainable Aquaculture and Agriculture for Hawaiʻi
- Maria Haws, Aquaculture
- General Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Using Shellfish and Limu for Water Quality and Conservation Purposes
- Hilo Bay Shellfish Farming and Water Quality
- Pearl Farming
Athletics
- Patrick Guillen, Athletics
- Vulcan Athletics
- Building a Team to Benefit the Community
- Why Do We Need Coaches?
- Todd Inouye, Management
- Sport Management
Business, Finance
- Bernard Balsis, Jr., Small Business Development Center
- Business
- Business Planning
- Kathleen Baumgardner, Office of the Chancellor
- Founding a Nonprofit Organization/Social Entrepreneurship
- Organizational Health and Strategic Planning
- Dennis Boyd, Small Business Development Center
- Overview of Business Planning
- Overview of Writing a Business Plan
- How to Start a Business in Hawaiʻi
- Emmeline de Pillis, College of Business and Economics
- College of Business and Economics: Building Students’ Lifelong Personal and Professional Networks
- Business of Publishing
- Todd Inouye, Management
- Business Strategy/Strategic Management
- Business Startup
- Negotiations
- Strategic Planning
- Marty Kennedy, Small Business Development Center
- Overview of Business Planning
- Overview of Writing a Business Plan
- How to Start a Business in Hawaiʻi
- Karen Pellegrin, Pharmacy/Rural Health
- Evidence-based Strategic Management
Communication
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Communication Skills
- Randy Hirokawa, Communication
- Communication and Group Decision-Making Effectiveness
Community Service, Engagement
- Patrick Guillen, Athletics
- Community Service/Civic Engagement
- Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagement
- Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning
- Sharon Ziegler-Chong, Research & Community Partnerships
- Climate Adaptation through Community Research Partnerships
- UH Hilo’s Conservation Partnerships Across the Island
Decision-Making
- Randy Hirokawa, Communication
- Why Do Smart People Make Bad Decisions in Groups? The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Diversity, Inclusion
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Diversity and Inclusion
Education
- Nina Buchanan, School of Education, Professor Emerita
- K-12 School Choice
- Educational Practices Outcomes Internationally
- Motivating Reluctant Learners
- Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- The Invention of Writing: How It Changed the Way
- Kelly Moran, Finance
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) With Partner Universities in the Asia Pacific Region
- Using the Cybercanoe Classroom to Facilitate COIL Virtual Exchange
- How Intercultural Student Teams are Learning to Cooperatively Define Problems and Present Solutions
- Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagement
- 21st Century Learning
- Working with English Language Learners
Ethics
- Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
- Ethics
Gender
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Women’s Issues [broad (i.e., feminism) to specific (i.e., equal pay data)]
- Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- Veiling in the Muslim World: Oppression or Empowerment?
Health, Healthcare
- Ozan Atalag, Kinesiology & Exercise Science
- Increasing the Body’s Defenses with Exercise: What Should We Do?
- Patricia Hensley, School of Nursing
- Nursing
- Randy Hirokawa, Communication
- What Makes a Health Care Team Effective?
- Carolyn Ma, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Why and How to Return Unused Medications in the Home
- The Role of the Provider Pharmacist
- Camlyn Masuda, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy
- Diabetes
- Pharmacist Working in Doctor's Office
- Karen Pellegrin, Pharmacy/Rural Health
- Rural Health
- Medication Management/Safety
Leadership
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Women’s Leadership
- Karen Pellegrin, Pharmacy/Rural Health
- Evidence-based Leadership
Legends, Myths
- Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- Who’s Really in the Bottle? Genies East and West
- Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe their Myths?
Literature
- Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- War and Homecoming: How the Iliad and Odyssey Resonate Today
- The 1001 Nights: Born in Baghdad, Adopted by the World
- Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
- Intimacy: A Dialectical Study
- Kris Roney, Academic Affairs
- Faustian Literature
Motivation
- Patrick Guillen, Athletics
- What is a Winner?
Music
- Kris Roney, Academic Affairs
- Punk Rock History
- Heavy Metal
Natural Sciences
- Richard Griffiths, Physics & Astronomy
- Thirty Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
- Big Telescopes - On the Ground and In Space
- Black Holes
- The Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- Christopher Knudson, Geography
- Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
- Coffee Leaf Rust, with a Focus on Jamaica
- Rebecca Ostertag, Biology
- Restoration Ecology
- Invasive Species
- Long-term Forest Dynamics in Relation to Climate
- Hawaiian Ecology and Natural History
- Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
- Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science
- Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
- Lava Flow Monitoring
Philosophy
- Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
- History of Western Philosophy
- Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
- Philosophy for Children
Social Causes
- Kathleen Baumgardner, Office of the Chancellor
- Stories of Hope from a Nonprofit Café (cofounder, FoCo Café, Colorado)
Student Success, Opportunities
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Student Development, Empowerment, Motivation and/or Leadership
- Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagment
- Student Engagement: Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral
- Valdeane Odachi, Student Support Services
- Importance of Personal Finance Education, Especially for Grades 8-12 and College Students
- Kris Roney, Academic Affairs
- Student Success Opportunities and Initiatives
- Todd Shumway, Global Exchange
- International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students
- Sharon Ziegler-Chong, Research & Community Partnerships
- Growing Our Next Generation of Island Resource Managers and Leaders
Travel
- Nina Buchanan, School of Education, Professor Emerita
- Economical & Enlightening Travel
By Speaker
- Ozan Atalag, Kinesiology & Exercise Science
- Increasing the Body’s Defenses with Exercise: What Should We Do?
- Bernard Balsis, Jr., Small Business Development Center
- Business
- Business Planning
- Michael Adrian Barnes, Aquaculture
- Aquaponics as Alternative Fish and Vegetable Production
- Small Scale Sustainable Aquaculture and Agriculture for Hawaiʻi
- Kathleen Baumgardner, Office of the Chancellor
- Stories of Hope from a Nonprofit Café (cofounder, FoCo Café, Colorado)
- Founding a Nonprofit Organization/Social Entrepreneurship
- Organizational Health and Strategic Planning
- Dennis Boyd, Small Business Development Center
- Overview of Business Planning
- Overview of Writing a Business Plan
- How to Start a Business in Hawaiʻi
- Nina Buchanan, School of Education (Professor Emerita)
- K-12 School Choice
- Educational Practices Outcomes Internationally
- Economical & Enlightening Travel
- Motivating Reluctant Learners
- Emmeline de Pillis, College of Business and Economics
- College of Business and Economics: Building Students’ Lifelong Personal and Professional Networks
- Business of Publishing
- Farrah-Marie Gomes, Student Affairs
- Student Development, Empowerment, Motivation and/or Leadership
- Women’s Issues [broad (i.e., feminism) to specific (i.e., equal pay data)]
- Women’s Leadership
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Communication Skills
- Richard Griffiths, Physics & Astronomy
- Thirty Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
- Big Telescopes - On the Ground and In Space
- Black Holes
- The Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
- Patrick Guillen, Intercollegiate Athletics
- Community Service/Civic Engagement
- Vulcan Athletics
- Building a Team to Benefit the Community
- What is a Winner?
- Why Do We Need Coaches?
- Maria Haws, Aquaculture
- General Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Using Shellfish and Limu for Water Quality and Conservation Purposes
- Hilo Bay Shellfish Farming and Water Quality
- Pearl Farming
- Patricia Hensley, School of Nursing
- Nursing
- Randy Hirokawa, Communication
- Why Do Smart People Make Bad Decisions in Groups? The Case of the Space Shuttle Challenger
- What Makes a Health Care Team Effective?
- Communication and Group Decision-Making Effectiveness?
- Todd Inouye, Management
- Business Strategy/Strategic Management
- Business Startup
- Negotiations
- Strategic Planning
- Sport Management
- Bonnie D. Irwin, Administration
- The Invention of Writing: How It Changed the Way We Think and Create
- Who’s Really in the Bottle? Genies East and West
- Veiling in the Muslim World: Oppression or Empowerment?
- War and Homecoming: How the Iliad and Odyssey Resonate Today
- Did the Ancient Greeks Really Believe their Myths?
- The 1001 Nights: Born in Baghdad, Adopted by the World
- Marty Kennedy, Small Business Development Center
- Overview of Business Planning
- Overview of Writing a Business Plan
- How to Start a Business in Hawaiʻi
- Christopher Knudson, Geography
- Stream Restoration After the End of Sugar Production on Maui
- Coffee Leaf Rust, with a Focus on Jamaica
- Christopher Lauer, Philosophy
- Ethics
- History of Western Philosophy
- Why the Idea of “Western” Philosophy is a Racist Myth
- Philosophy for Children
- Intimacy: A Dialectical Study
- Carolyn Ma, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Update on the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Why and How to Return Unused Medications in the Home
- The Role of the Provider Pharmacist
- Camlyn Masuda, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
- Pharmacy
- Diabetes
- Pharmacist Working in Doctor's Office
- Kelly Moran, Finance
- Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) With Partner Universities in the Asia Pacific Region
- Using the Cybercanoe Classroom to Facilitate COIL Virtual Exchange
- How Intercultural Student Teams are Learning to Cooperatively Define Problems and Present Solutions
- Julie Mowrer, Center for Community Engagment
- Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning
- Student Engagement: Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Behavioral
- 21st Century Learning
- Working with English Language Learners
- Valdeane Odachi, Student Support Services Program
- Importance of Personal Finance Education, Especially for Grades 8-12 and College Students
- Rebecca Ostertag, Biology
- Restoration Ecology
- Invasive Species
- Long-term Forest Dynamics in Relation to Climate
- Hawaiian Ecology and Natural History
- Tropical Forest Ecology and Management
- Karen Pellegrin, Pharmacy/Rural Health
- Rural Health
- Medication Management/Safety
- Evidence-based Leadership
- Evidence-based Strategic Management
- Ryan Perroy, Geography & Environmental Science
- Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death
- Lava Flow Monitoring
- Kris Roney, Academic Affairs
- Punk Rock History
- Heavy Metal
- Faustian Literature
- Student Success Opportunities and Initiatives
- Todd Shumway, Global Exchange
- International Exchange at UH Hilo and its Impact on Students
- Sharon Ziegler-Chong, Research & Community Partnerships
- Growing Our Next Generation of Island Resource Managers and Leaders
- Climate Adaptation through Community Research Partnerships
- UH Hilo’s Conservation Partnerships Across the Island