The Women’s Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo announces a trilogy of events in observance of V-Day, the global movement designed to end violence against women and girls. All events are open to the public.

The UH Hilo events will include a performance of the One Billion Rising Flash Mob Dance, selected readings from A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer (MMRP): Writings To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, and a presentation of The Vagina Monologues (TVM), which will mark its 14th showing in Hilo. The dates and times of the events are as follows:

• One Billion Rising Flash Mob Dance. Wednesday, February 15, Noon. Campus Center Plaza. Free t-shirts to the first 100 participants. Open practice sessions: February 10, 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. in UH Hilo Old Gym. February 13, 11-12 p.m. on Campus Center Plaza.

• A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer. Saturday, February 18, 5 p.m. in

UH Hilo Old Gym. The Vagina Monologues. Saturday, February 18, 7 p.m. in UH Hilo Old Gym. $10 per show or $15 for both. TVM t-shirts will also be available for $10.

To purchase tickets and t-shirts, or for more information, contact Lehua McClung, Women’s Center coordinator, at 932-7380 or email lmcclung@hawaii.edu. Tickets and t-shirts can also be purchased at the door or at the Campus Center Plaza and Library Lanai, February 13-17, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. For disability accommodations, call 932-7623 (V) or 932-7002 (TTY).

V-Day raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play The Vagina Monologues and other artistic works. To date, the effort has raised over $120 million worldwide, and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and girls and the efforts to end it.

V-Day at UH Hilo is a local effort in conjunction with the worldwide 2017 V-Day Campaign. All proceeds from MMRP and TVM will support V-Day activities and the UH Hilo Women’s Center.

For more information about UH Hilo V-Day activities, call 932-7381 or email

uhhwomen@hawaii.edu. To learn more about V-Day, visit www.vday.org.

The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will expand collaborative academic and research projects in Thailand with a new exchange program agreement, made effective February 8.

Khon Kaen University (KKU) in northeastern Thailand has become the fifth Thai university to sign memorandums of agreements (MOUs) with DKICP. Other Thai schools of pharmacy with similar exchange agreements include Chulalongkorn University (2011), Rangsit University (2013), Silpakorn University (2014), and Siam University (2014).

The formal arrangement between the faculty of KKU’s pharmaceutical sciences and DKICP states that the two universities will jointly develop activities based on their academic and educational needs. Collaborations may include the exchange or research materials, support for distance learning courses, organization of joint research programs and the exchange of students, faculty and staff.

“Multiple student and faculty exchanges and visiting lecturers help us broaden our reputation for global pharmacy education and helps our students gain international, inter-professional perspectives both culturally and educationally,” DKICP Dean Carolyn Ma said. “Mutual benefits include research collaboration projects, practice and innovation collaborations, and faculty and preceptor development programs.”

Ma met with officials from KKU late last spring when she was a keynote speaker at the 2016 U.S.-Thai Consortium for Pharmacy Education in Thailand. She was able to tour multiple cities there with Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit when they met with faculty, staff, and students from colleges of pharmacy from Thailand and the U.S.

“When DKICP became a member of the US-Thai Consortium in 2014, we committed to active involvement with colleges of pharmacy in order to give and receive the most out of our interactions,” Wongwiwatthananukit said. “It allows us not only to collaborate with our Thai partners but also to increase association with top U.S. schools, such as the University of Minnesota, University of Texas and Purdue University. The momentum we generate is a good direction for our students and faculty as well as for the visibility of UH Hilo.”

DKICP and KKU also are integrated by educational agreements with the Tsuzuki Education Group. In attending the 60th celebration in Fukushima, Japan last fall, Ma met again with KKU administrators to solidify their interest in proceeding with collaborations between the two universities.

“One great aspect about all these international ties is that we can share intellectual and professional ideas in true academic format. It helps us offer a broader global experience for everyone,” Ma said.

Critically acclaimed dancer and choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy and her Ragamala Dance Company present “They Rose at Dawn” at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Ramaswamy and her mother, Ranee Ramaswamy, Ragamala Dance Company’s work explores the dynamic tension between the ancestral and the contemporary through its performances. As choreographers and performers, mother and daughter create dance landscapes that dwell in opposition to find the transcendence that lies in between.

“They Rose at Dawn” is a solo work, depicting women as carriers of ritual. A five-piece Carnatic musical ensemble accompanies Aparna Ramaswamy as she explores the spontaneous interplay between music and movement and the dynamic contours created by the artists.

Tickets are Reserved seating and priced at $30 General, $25 Discount and $15 UH Hilo/Hawaiʻi CC students (with a valid student ID) and children, up to age 17, pre-sale, and $35, $30 and $20 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the UH Hilo Box Office at 932-7490 or by ordering online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.

The Scholarships for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is currently accepting applications through March 15, 2017 for the 2017-2018 academic year.

The S-STEM Program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation and provides support to students from economically disadvantaged families who are academically talented and motivated to complete STEM degrees in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Geology, Marine Science, Mathematics, Natural Science, or Physics. Each scholar receives an award of up to $5,000 per year or $20,000 for four years of undergraduate studies, providing the student maintains the required academic standing in their STEM major. The program also integrates and expands existing educational services for UH Hilo STEM students.

This scholarship is open to all qualifying UH Hilo incoming freshmen with the appropriate academic background and ready to take Calculus 1, returning UH Hilo students, and students transferring into UH Hilo as freshmen.

For more information on eligibility requirements and an application, visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/affiliates/s-stem/, contact Terrilani Chong at 932-7094 or terrilan@hawaii.edu, or Rebekah Loving at 932-7587 or SSTEMUHHilo@gmail.com.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a free presentation and workshop on Japanese bamboo flutes with Marco Lienhard, master of shakuhachi, on Monday, March 6, from noon – 3 p.m. in the main hall of UH Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language. Light refreshments will be served.

Participants will learn about the shinobue, shakuhachi, and Noh flutes, understanding the differences in structure, sound and technique. Following will be the opportunity to get hands-on experience exploring the fue, or shakuhachi, with Lienhard’s guidance. The afternoon will end with a one-hour beginner’s shakuhachi workshop.

Lienhard studied the shakuhachi under Master Katsuya Yokoyama and became a virtuoso solo artist. He also became a professional taiko player, and founded the group Taikoza in 1995. Lienhard now makes his home in New York and tours internationally.

Registration is required for this event due to limited seating. Parking passes are required, and must be purchased at the main gate of the UH Hilo campus.

The event is sponsored by the Kinzo and Fumiko Nishimura Japanese Cultural Fund.

For more information and to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or visit

http://hilo.hawaii.edu/ccecs.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo English Department host a public lecture by Dr. Yoshinori Kato on the early life of island businessman and labor martyr Katsu Goto on Wednesday, March 8 at noon in Kilohana: The Academic Success Center, located in the Mookini Library. Refreshments will be served.

Goto traveled to Hawaiʻi in 1885 at the age of 23 to work as a contract laborer on a Hāmākua sugar plantation. He later became a businessman and community leader in Honoka`a where he fought for the rights of his fellow community members working as plantation laborers. But his life came to a tragic end on October 29, 1889 when he was lynched and found hanging from a telephone pole in Honoka`a town.

“Deciphering the Stone: Revealing the footprints of Katsu Goto through a gravestone inscription” is based on Kato’s translation of the inscription on Goto’s recently discovered gravestone in Goto’s hometown of Oiso, Japan and backed by several years of research. Kato’s translation provides new information, including Goto’s early transfer to Yokohama for his vocation and his possible involvement with democracy advocates influenced by the Meiji Restoration of 1868 that may help explain Goto’s background and inspiration to help his fellow immigrants in Honoka`a in 1889.

Kato, a resident of Oiso, earned a bachelor of engineering degree from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan and a doctoral degree in chemistry from the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa.

The event is part of the UH Hilo English Department’s Brown Bag Series and presented with support by the Droste Foundation.

For more information, contact Patsy Iwasaki at piwasaki@hawaii.edu or call 932-7074. For disability accommodation, contact Disability Services at 932-7623 (V) or 932-7002 (TTY).

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers two Korean culture classes beginning in March.

Exploring Korean Culture: Basics of Korean Language will teach students basic greetings, social courtesies, and simple conversation to encourage them to engage in fun, real-life conversations to increase their comfort with and enjoyment of Korean culture and language. Instructor Aaron Martinson holds a master’s degree in education from Capella University, and lived and taught in South Korea for eight years. Classes will be held in College Hall Room 6 on Mondays from 4:30-6:30 p.m., March 6-April 10, with no class on March 27. The cost is $60.

Exploring Korean Culture: K-dramas will explore the culture, language, and history of popular Korean television dramas through lecture, watching the programs, and discussion. Instructor Sohee Lee is a former South Korean national judo player and a longtime Korean drama enthusiast. Classes will be held in College Hall Room 6 on Wednesdays from 4:30-6:30 p.m., March 8 - April 19, with no class on March 29. The cost is $70.

Classes can be taken separately, or for a discount of $105 for both.

For more information and to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or visit

http://hilo.hawaii.edu/ccecs.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a workshop on basic computer skills. Classes will be held Tuesday - Friday, February 28- March 3, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in UH Hilo’s PB-7 (Computer Lab). Tuition is $75.

Evan Clark, who has taught technology classes to adults for over 10 years, will show participants how to effectively manage their computer by using the basic Windows applications, including WordPad, NotePad, Task Manager, Calculator, Paint, and Internet Explorer. Students will also learn how to protect their data, understand malware, and customize their computer.

For more information and to register, call CCECS at 932-7830 or email ccecs@hawaii.edu.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Physics and Astronomy program invites the public to a presentation on “Discovering New Particles” by Dr. Sally Seidel, professor of physics at the University of New Mexico, on Thursday, March 16, at 7 p.m. at the UH Hilo Science and Technology Building, Room 108.

Seidel’s presentation will address the discovery of new particles involving teams of people from dozens of nations working together to build experimental facilities so large that if they weren't buried deep underground, they would be visible from space. Seidel’s focus searches for new physics processes with the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider and development of new instruments for particle detection. In 2014, her group discovered a new particle, the Bc(2S).

For more information, contact John Coney at 932-7187, email uhhpa@hawaii.edu, or visit http://astro.uhh.hawaii.edu/.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a trio of workshops focusing on the fundamentals of professional development for supervisory and management personnel. The classes can be taken for a bundled discount of $125 for all three, or separately for $45 each.

Effective Interviewing: Matching Candidates with the Job will be held on Thursday, March 16, from 5 -8 p.m. in Wentworth Hall Room 9, Present with Poise, Power and Punch is scheduled for Thursday, March 23, from 5-8 p.m. in Wentworth Hall Room 9, and Evaluating Your Employees’ Performance will be held on Thursday, March 30, from 5 -8 p.m. in Wentworth Hall Room 9.

The sessions will focus on practical instruction that demonstrates the essential skills required to become a better employer, supervisor or manager. Participants will gain insights into choosing the right candidate for a position to communicating confidently and evaluating performance indicators.

The workshops will be taught by Siniva Pota, who has extensive supervisory and management experience and employs an energetic, people-oriented approach to promoting unity and building a happy workplace environment.

For more information or to register, call CCECS at 932-7830, email

ccecs@hawaii.edu or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/courses.php.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a hand-on class in outdoor field photography with professional digital videographer and graphic designer Artin Mardirousi. The class will be held on Saturday, March 4, from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. in UH Hilo’s PB-7 (Computer Lab) and at various sites, including Liliuokalani Park, Wailoa State Park, Downtown Hilo, and Rainbow Falls. Tuition is $85.

Participants will learn practical photography skills using the manual setting on their camera to optimize real-world situations in real time. A digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera, basic camera skills, and clothing appropriate for hiking are required.

To register and for more information, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or email ccecs@hawaii.edu.

Students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo claimed top honors in multiple categories at the 12th Annual HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) – Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference held recently on O`ahu.

HOSA at UH Hilo members Leslie Arce, Jerold Cabel, and Marjie Retundo captured 1st place in the Public Service Announcement event with their 30-second PSA on “My Preparedness Story: Staying Healthy and Resilient!” To view the PSA, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cGSS1b-bk.

Individual winners included Chrisovolandou Gronowski in Behavioral Health and Kateleen Caye Bio in Pharmacology. Lark Jason Canico placed 2nd in Prepared Speaking with his topic on “Leadership, Service, and Engagement.”

In other results, HOSA at UH Hilo was awarded Honorable Mention as one of the largest post-secondary chapters in the state. The gathering also elected Canico, the Immediate Past President (local chapter) and Hawaiʻi Island HOSA Regional Coordinator, as the new Hawaiʻi HOSA Post-secondary Vice President.

“HOSA at UH Hilo’s growth and performance over the years has been impressive,” said Dr. Cecilia Mukai, who steps down as faculty advisor at the end of the semester. “I want to thank everyone who has supported this group, which has a positive influence on students pursuing health-related careers.”

The HOSA at UH Hilo team now moves on to the International Conference, scheduled for June 21-24, at Disney’s Coronado Springs in Orlando, Florida.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a Microsoft Windows 10 introductory workshop. Sessions will be held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 13, 14 and 15, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in UH Hilo's PB-7 (SeniorNet Lab). Tuition is $75.

The class is designed for current Microsoft Windows users who are transitioning to Windows 10. Evan Clark, who has taught technology classes to adults for over 10 years, will show participants how to personalize user settings, menus, browser options, applications, and security features.

To register and for more information, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or email ccecs@hawaii.edu.

The all-male dance company Compagnie Hervé Koubi presents “What the Day Owes to the Night” at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Choreographer Hervé Koubi grew up in France and graduated from the world-renowned Rosella Hightower School of Dance in Cannes. He gained professional experience as a dancer with the Opera de Marseille.

Since then, he has developed numerous contemporary dance projects in collaboration with various artists, writers, choreographers, and musicians from around the world. “ What the Day Owes to the Night,” is a 12-man mash-up of hip-hop, Brazilian martial arts, street performance, and contemporary dance inspired by Koubi’s own personal journey and discovery of his Algerian heritage.

Tickets are Reserved seating and priced at $30 General, $25 Discount and $15 UH Hilo/Hawaiʻi CC students (with a valid student ID) and children, up to age 17, pre-sale, and $35, $30 and $20 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the UH Hilo Box Office at 932-7490 or by ordering online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.

The public is invited to a screening of He Named Me Malala to celebrate Women’s History Month at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, scheduled for Wednesday, March 22 at 5 p.m. in UCB Room 100.

The film is a portrait of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani educational activist who was wounded when Taliban gunmen opened fire on her and her friends' school bus in Pakistan's Swat Valley in 2012. The then 15-year-old teenager, who had been targeted for speaking out on behalf of girls' education, was shot in the head, sparking international media outrage. Yousafzai has since emerged as a leading advocate for the rights of children worldwide and in December 2014 became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

The event is sponsored by the UH Hilo Women’s Center.

For disability accommodation, contact Lehua McClung at 932-7380, 932-3334 (TTY), or lmcclung@hawaii.edu.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a workshop for supervisory and management personnel on improving presentation skills on Thursday, March 23, from 5-8 p.m. in Wentworth Hall Room 9. Tuition is $45.

“Present with Poise, Power, and Punch” will teach participants how to communicate effectively, persuasively and with presence using their own style. Participants will learn how to use body language for impact, discover ways to keep the attention of the audience, how to develop and organize a presentation in an easy framework, and respond to challenging questions.

Instructor Siniva Pota has extensive supervisory and management experience, and employs an energetic, people-oriented approach to promote unity and build a happy workplace environment.

For more information or to register, call CCECS at 932-7830, email ccecs@hawaii.edu, or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/courses.php.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a course on basic beekeeping. Sessions will be held April 4, 11, 18, 25 and May 2 and 4 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. in UH Hilo’s College Hall Room 6, and April 22 and May 6 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. at Paradise Nectar Apiaries in Pahoa. Tuition is $120 and includes the text book.

Benefits of Beekeeping is designed for anyone new to bees as well as those who have bees and are interested in new ways to relate to and care for them. Participants will learn about treatment‐free beekeeping practices based on bee biology and how to develop a relationship and understanding of bees, their castes, and the roles each caste contributes to the hive.

Instructor Jen Rasmussen has been caring for honey bees on Hawaiʻi Island since 2008. She has developed various methods of maintaining her hives without the use of chemicals or treatments, and organized the beekeeping program at the Island Princess Macadamia Nut Farm.

Private and non-government employers/businesses may qualify for a 50% tuition waiver through the State’s Employment & Training Fund (ETF). For details, visit

http://labor.hawaii.gov/wdd/home/employers/etf/micro/ and apply at least 10 business days before the start of class.

For more information or to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or email ccecs@hawaii.edu.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers a workshop for supervisory and management personnel on evaluating employees on Thursday, March 30, from 5 - 8 p.m. in

Wentworth Hall Room 9. The cost is $45.

Evaluating Your Employees’ Performance will teach participants how to evaluate potential employees, judge the capabilities of the current ones and reveal what factors make for a reliable evaluation program.

Instructor Siniva Pota has extensive supervisory and management experience and employs an energetic, people-oriented approach to promote unity and build a happy workplace environment.

For more information or to register, call CCECS at 932-7830, email ccecs@hawaii.edu or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/courses.php.

Nominations are currently being accepted for the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Ka Lama Ku Student Leadership Recognition Awards for the 2016-2017 school year.

Both the University and community-at-large are eligible to nominate students with six or more credits and Fall 2016 graduate students with a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA to be recognized for their formal and informal leadership roles. Students individually, in a group, team or organization who have demonstrated strong evidence of future leadership potential can be nominated for the following:

• Alaka`i AWARD: Leadership

• `Ike Papalua Award: Gift of vision

• Kuleana Award: Accountable and responsible

• Laulima Award: No task is too big when done by all

• Malama Award: Taking care of others

Additional criteria and nomination forms are available at the Ka Lama Ku website: http://hilo.hawaii.edu/campuscenter/leadership/.

Only printed nominations and essays will be accepted, and must be submitted no later than 3 p.m., Tuesday, April 4, to Campus Center Room 309. Winners will be announced at the Student Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday, May 3.

For more information, contact the Student Leadership Development Program at kalamaku@hawaii.edu or Leomi L. Bergknut at 932-7377.

Evita, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about the rise of Eva Duarte Peron as the First Lady of Argentina, will open a two-weekend run at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center beginning Friday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. Other performances are April 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 9 at 2 p.m.

A 50-member cast will bring Eva’s story to the stage, under the direction of Jackie Pualani Johnson, in her final directorial undertaking of a 38-year career as a drama professor. Her artistic team includes Musical Director Armando Mendoza, Choral Director Christopher Tomich, Choreographer Celeste Staton, and Designer Ariana Bassett.

Heading up the cast is Malu Debus in the title role of Evita, Doug Scheer as Juan Peron, Scott Wuscher as Che, Norman Arancon as Magaldi, and Simone Tincher as the Mistress. Debus has appeared in previous UH Hilo productions, including Hilo: Da Musical, Pinocchio, and Guys and Dolls. Wuscher is a UH Hilo Performing Arts graduate, who has appeared in numerous productions, including Miss Saigon, where he played the American G.I. Aranacon, a faculty member at UH Hilo, played the Engineer in Miss Saigon, and appeared in several musicals at Hilo’s Palace Theatre.

Johnson said Evita combines a fairy-tale love story with the dark underbelly of fate playing a tragic hand. And that true story has maintained its appeal several decades after the events upon which the show is based.

“Eva was a radical game-changer in her time, rising from poverty to power in a few short years. She fought for change, so the Peron government established eight-hour work days, sick pay and increased wages to give poor workers a fair shot,” Johnson said. “She did all she could before expiring at the age of 33 when cancer stopped her meteoric rise.”

Tickets are Reserved seating and priced at $20 General, $15 Discount and $7 UH Hilo/Hawaiʻi CC students (with a valid student ID) and children, up to age 17, pre-sale, and $25, $20, $12 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the UH Hilo Box Office at 932-7490 or ordering online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.