Researchers have developed a new, more efficient tool for detecting the pathogens believed to be the cause of Rapid `Ōhi`a Death (ROD), according to a recently published study by the Hawaiʻi Cooperative Studies Unit at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, the USGS Pacific Islands Ecosystem Research Center (PIERC), and USDA Agriculture Research Service (ARS).

The authors of the report have developed a portable lab for diagnostic field testing for the two species of fungal pathogens that infect `ōhi`a (Metrosideros polymorpha). The portable lab, which provides quick results and reduces instrumentation costs, is currently being used by the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) to detect infected trees and identify the distribution of the pathogens.

“Having this portable lab gives us the capability to do our own diagnostics and get a quicker answer about whether or not a tree is positive for ROD. The result then allows us to take management actions right away or do more targeted testing,” said Bill Buckley, Forest Response coordinator for BIISC and leader of their ROD Early Detection and Rapid Response Team.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture is also planning to use the portable lab to help screen shipments of `ōhi`a logs for the pathogens.

ROD was first identified in the lower Puna District in 2014, and now infects more than 50,000 acres of private and state forest lands on Hawaiʻi Island. ROD is a serious threat and imperils long-term sustainability of watersheds managed by Department of Interior agencies, the State of Hawaiʻi, and State Watershed Partnerships.

For more information on the study and its findings, visit https://dspace.lib.hawaii.edu/handle/10790/3025.

Several members of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo community were honored at the 2017 End of the Year Awards and Recognition Celebration held on Tuesday, May 9.

Dr. Lara Gomez, director, clinical education, Department of Pharmacy Practice, was awarded the Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence and Innovation.

Gomez is responsible for experiential education, which makes up 30 percent of the doctor of pharmacy curriculum, and prepares students for their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiential rotations, where they spend their entire fourth year at different practice settings. Gomez and her staff work with over 300 students. They also train and guide some 200 non-faculty preceptors in Hawaiʻi, the South Pacific, continental U.S. and overseas. Her interdisciplinary simulation exercises via distance learning technology utilize the UH Medical School, the UH Hilo and UH Mānoa Schools of Nursing and other programs to provide robust inter-professional experiences that teach everything from handling a difficult patient to the most current laws in pharmacy practice.

Dr. Leng Chee Chang and Dr. Dianqing Sun, associate professors, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Dr. Supakit Wongwiwatthananukit, professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and interim associate dean, Academic Affairs, received the Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities.

Chang, Sun and Wongwiwatthananukit have collaborated with the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and universities in Thailand on their nearly decade-long research on “Natural Product-Driven Drug Discovery from Vernonia cinerea (VC).” Their research showed significant bioactivity from VC with no serious adverse effects and discovered new VC-derived compounds that suppress cancer growth and show anti-inflammatory activity. Their work has been recognized in numerous publications while earning them grant funding and a recent patent award. They are also co-investigators on a new five-year federal grant that will move them closer to their vision of safe and effective cancer treatment and prevention.

The Professional Staff Award was presented to recently retired Director of Facilities Planning and Construction Lo-Li Chih.

Colleagues consider Chih the foremost expert on facilities planning and construction. As a top-level advisor, he has contributed and advocated for UH Hilo in major construction projects, including the Student Life Center, Science and Technology Building, Haleʻōlelo, and Student Services Center. He also oversaw completion of complex federal grant-funded initiatives such as the Pacific Islander Student Center, Hale Kanilehua Living Learning Communities, Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center, and Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center. Chih initiated cost saving projects in renewable energy and utility monitoring and created “bus shelter” food concessions to address student preferences for additional food vendors on campus.

North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center (NHERC) Secretary Janet Lindsey received the Outstanding University Support Employee Award.

Lindsey is described by multiple nominators as the glue that holds NHERC together. From booking room reservations and processing personnel and fiscal paperwork to participating in outreach events and training and orienting new staff and directors, her role supports every aspect of operations at the Center. Outside of her assigned duties, Lindsey develops relationships with students, vendors and community members then leverages those relationships to strengthen community capacity building.

Raquel Zane, registration assistant, Office of the Registrar, was named Student Employee of the Year.

Co-workers say Zane possesses in-depth knowledge of University policies and procedures with an eye for detail. Her troubleshooting talents gained noteworthy attention this past year when a change in processing class withdrawals produced a flawed report. Zane’s discovery of the error and remedy earned the gratitude of the UH System Banner Central Office for a job well done. She also facilitated the most recent Fall Registration training and oversaw training for new student assistants.

The event also recognized retired employees and those receiving various years of service awards.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents the Big Island Taiko Festival 2017 featuring Taishoji Taiko, Hui Okinawa Kobudo Taiko, Puna Hongwanji Taiko Club, Kona Daifukuji Taiko and Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko. Performances are Saturday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 4, at 2 p.m.

“This exhilarating weekend of vibrant drumming and physical choreography will bring together the best of Big Island Taiko,” said Lee Dombroski, Performing Arts Center Manager and Festival Producer. “Taishoji Taiko, under the direction of Chad Nakagawa, was founded under the direction of Yoshihumi Ono at Taishoji Soto Mission in Hilo. Their energetic, dramatic style will have the audience feeling the rhythm right to their core!”

Hui Okinawa Kobudo Taiko, under the guidance of Advisor Milton Yafuso and Troy Sakihara, practices and performs a drumming style based on Okinawan martial arts.

“Our three-fold mission builds leadership and promotes and preserves the interest in and appreciation for the history and traditions of Okinawan culture and the arts,” explained Yafuso.

The Puna Hongwanji Taiko Club, under the direction of Rev. Earl Ikeda and

Paul Sakamoto, was founded in 2003 by Rev. Ikeda as a community-focused group, with drummers of all ages and experience, striving to perpetuate taiko as a cultural and recreational activity.

Kona Daifukuji Taiko was founded in 1988 by Rev. Tamiya and his wife and is comprised of youth from elementary through high school following the directions of their instructors, Akemi Iwamoto and Justin Fernandez.

Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko from Kohala will round out the program. Originally from Okinawa and nurtured by Akemi Martin Sensi, the group boasts over 100 active members across the Hawaiian Islands.

Tickets are General admission and priced at $15 General, $10 Discount, and $7 UH Hilo/Hawaiʻi CC students (with valid ID) and Children 17 and under. Summer Box Office hours are Tuesday-Friday, May 23-June 2, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Call 932-7490 or order online at artscenter.uhh.hawaii.edu.

Thirteen students from Hawaiʻi’s public and private high schools have been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Scholarship by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

The award, valued in excess of $28,000, covers four years of tuition for students graduating from a Hawaiʻi high school who earned either a GPA of at least 3.5, a combined 1800 SAT (reading, writing, math) or a composite score of 27 on the ACT while demonstrating leadership and/or community service.

Chancellor’s Scholars are required to enroll as full-time students and earn a minimum of 24 credits each academic year. They must also maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and participate in leadership activities and/or community service with other Chancellor’s Scholars.

The 2017-2018 recipients and their respective high schools include:

* Hailey Briseno, Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy

* Kekamamakoaaka`ilihou Caceres, Kamehameha – Kapalama

* Scott Dakofsky, Roosevelt High School

* Ariana Dolan, Pearl City High School

* Skyla Elder, Honoka`a High School

* Kaitlyn Evans, Kamehameha – Maui

* Presly Kaanaana, Kamehameha – Kapalama

* Polina Kozinskiy, Laupahoehoe PCS

* Sophia Smith, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Sciences

* Jaron Sugimoto, Waipahu High School

* Naneaikealau Thomas, Kamehameha – Hawaiʻi

* Vanessa Watkins, Waiakea High School

* Kamamaluwaiwai Wichimai, Kamehameha – Hawaiʻi

Ten high school seniors from Hawaiʻi Island who are enrolling this fall at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo have been awarded the Dorrance Scholarship.

The 2017 Dorrance Scholarship recipients and their schools are:

* Jeffrey Cushing, Kealakehe High School

* Stephanie Lewis, Kohala High School

* Jaylyn Mahoe-Subica, Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School

* Nicole Garza, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi

* Kamamaluwaiwai Wichimai, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi

* Chayna Yoshida, Kea`au High School

* Joy Boswell, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Science

* Emme Furuya, Hilo High School

* Tharin Lewi-Ohashi, Konawaena High School

* Alanna Pabre, Konawaena High School

The Dorrance Scholarship was established by Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance at the Arizona Community Foundation in June 1999. The innovative, four-year, need-based award provides local students who are the first in their family to attend college, up to $10,000 a year in direct financial assistance. Recipients will also participate in a custom-designed summer bridge program, international travel, conservation experience, an entrepreneurship program and employment preparation, bringing the total estimated value of each award to more than $90,000.

“The Dorrance Scholarship has become a model for providing educational opportunities to first-generation college students,” said Chancellor Don Straney. “Their generous gift helps us to address that need, which is a core part of UH Hilo’s mission.”

The Dorrance Foundation began offering up to 10 scholarships a year to Hawai’i Island high school graduates attending UH Hilo in 2012. The latest awards bring the total number of recipients to 59.

For more information about the Dorrance Scholarship, visit

www.dorrancescholarship.org or contact Mathew Estrada, program coordinator,

Dorrance Scholarship Programs, at mestrada@azfoundation.org or (808) 339-4500.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo honored members of its faculty with excellence in teaching awards during this year’s Spring Commencement held on May 13.

Dr. Adam Pack, professor of psychology, is the recipient of the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Pack is regarded by students and colleagues as an outstanding, engaging and enthusiastic teacher at the graduate and undergraduate levels, an extremely effective advisor, and a wonderful mentor that operates both inside and outside the classroom. Pack also serves as chair of the Department of Psychology, co-director of the Listening Observatory for Hawaiʻi Ecosystems Bioacoustics laboratory, and holds a joint appointment in Biology. He is a world-renowned mammal behavior expert with a passion for his research. Students are inspired by his teaching, which includes the

infusion of relevant examples from his own marine mammal research and the use of whole class experiments to communicate complex material.

The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching was presented to Physics and Astronomy Instructor John Hamilton.

Hamilton tirelessly excels at helping students gain real-life experiences through his work with various projects, including the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and the UH Hilo Robotics Team. He also helps students write grants, apply for internship programs, and attend conferences.

Students find these experiences, such as volunteering with NASA scientists for live experiments, to be incredibly valuable in advancing their careers by connecting them with scientists from prominent space agencies. Students say his teaching has shown them that learning is much more than equations and memorizing facts, but about the work they put in and the skills they develop along the way.

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching was awarded to Dr. Alexander Nagurney, instructor in psychology.

Nagurney models excellence and creativity both inside and outside of the classroom. His students say he can communicate difficult concepts and key principles even in such challenging subjects like Statistical Techniques and Research Methods. His use of “gamification” techniques to enhance student engagement earned him recognition for teaching ingenuity by the Apereo Foundation in 2015 and 2016. Nagurney has produced numerous scientific publications, which he regularly utilizes for upper-level courses in Personality, Social Psychology and Interpersonal Relationships to inspire his students to further assist him in future studies. He also offers cycling classes at the University’s Student Life Center to promote physical and mental well-being and conducts evening group study sessions for students in need of assistance.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) announces the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) series. Classes will be held every other Saturday from 1 -5:30 p.m. in the UH Hilo Old Gym, June 3 through July 29, with a retreat day on July 15 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuition is $150.

This in-depth program is taught by Bernie Schreck, a long-time instructor of meditation and mindful living. Participants will learn to manage the symptoms of stress, chronic illness or pain, and improve their quality of life through diverse techniques such as guided meditation, gentle, mindful yoga and breathing exercises. They will also receive daily home practice assignments. A Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Workbook by Bob Stahl, Ph.D. and Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is required. Participants will also need to bring a yoga mat and light blanket.

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 and to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/ccecs/.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Business and Economics announces its Dean’s List recipients for spring 2017:

Eva Abraham, Amerfil Grace Acob, Babatunde Michael Adebayo, Andrew Bayang, Brittni Byron, Marson Cabay, Lexi Dalmacio, Andrew Dawrs, Conner Ebright, Cayla Michelle Esposo, Charles Fernandez, Manuel Fernandez, Darcy Gaylord, Danielle Getzinger, Madison Heavener, Lara Hughes, Brooke Isa, Janine Iseri, Julia Jaitt, Hinano Jinnai, Darius Johnson-Wilson, Juvette Kahawaii, Jordan Kamimura, Cherilyn Kelii, Kyli Kim, Eui Joon Kim, Zoe Kimura, Joseph Krapfl, Ellen Kryder, Marissa Lai, Chelsey Lai, Courteney Larson, William Lewis, Xiaoting Liu, Anna Liu, Kainoa Lyman, Victoria Magana Ledesma, Raeann Mukini, Wyatt Nelson, Jesus Ortega, Cortney Oshiro, Haruka Ozeki, Amber Pabustan, Kahiau Peralta, Alyssa Reinking, Nicole Saito, Erin Swain, Luke Taniguchi, Barbara Townsend, Calvin Uemura, Onosa`i Va`a, Maria Vicente, Kinsey Volkart, Thomas Warren, Selina Williams, Danielle Wilson, YingYan Wong, Tahiya Zaman, Yuye Zhao, and Xiaoqing Zheng.

Ke kukala aku nei ko ke Kulanui o Hawai'i ma Hilo koleke `o Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani, i na inoa o na haumana kaha `oi no ke kau Kupulau 2017:

(The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of Hawaiian Language announces its Dean's List for the Spring 2017 semester):

Jainine Abraham, Rhonda Akano, Destanie Alayon, Zion Apao, Joshua Bass, Laura Birse, Christopher Chow, Ramzen Coakley, Kaleimomi Dolera, Jayme Doyle, Kalamaku Freitas, Roberta Gaskin, Ezra Grace, David Griffith, Karise Hallsten, Stephen Hasegawa, Jetamio Henshaw, Kameron Ho, Pomaikai Iaea, Alexa Iannantuano, Yukako Iha, Alana Kanahele, Mary Kealaiki, Hyesun Kong, Brittany Laddusaw, Yan Liu, Sheena Lopes, Haruka Miura, Lauren Mizuba, Ashley-Anne Morishita, Ashley Nakoa-Kawahakui, Ikaaka Pang, Moananuimaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld, Sarah Rafferty, Samantha Reis, Sharnelle Renti Cruz, Josiane Saccu, Steven Sayers, Kaulana Stanley, Taylor Traub, Jessica Valladares, and Kotaro Yogi.

The following students from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy have been named to the Dean’s List for the 2017 spring semester. The Class of 2017 has been on experiential rotations during their final year of study.

Class of 2018: Chelsea Aipoalani, Tiffany Alberg, Ciara Butts, Goody Cacal, Robby-Sean Cayetano, Matt Chen, Jane Choi, Karen Christian, Mathew Eng, Sara Evanko, Erik Ferreira, Jennifer Fujio, Cierra Gauvin, Kelli Goo, Kelsy Kam, Jui-Yu Kao, Jonathan Kataoka, Macie Kim, Krystle Kiyuna, Katrina Kutter, Bernice La, XuanLam Le, Tram Le, Jessica Lee, Nicolette Lew, Miyuki Miller, Niaz Nafisi, Christopher Nakagawa, Kerri Nakatsu, Vicky Nguyen, Phuong Nguyen, Phuong An Nguyen-Huu, Megan Olaguer, Marina Ortiz, Carli Owan, Jessica Penaranda, Tran Pham, Joann Phan, Niko Pogorevcnik, Caroline Rhee, Lauren Sato, Lauren Skorheim, Andrew Skorheim, John James Taman, Ha Tran, Quan Truong, Paolo Vinh Tuan Truong, Amber Uto, Zebedee Walpert, Candace Woo, Seungyeun Yoo

Class of 2019: Sydney Barney, Deniz Bicakci, Athena Borhauer, Rene-Scott Chavez, Torrence Ching, Katrina Downey, Samantha Gonzalez, Cathlyn Goo, Leigh Heffner, Faith Hicks, Vance Hill, Tyler Hirokawa, Preston Ho, Kaylee Hoang, Kelly Kofalt, Logan Kostur, Kevin Lei, San Ly, Kate Malasig, Tyler Millar, Jennifer Nguyen, Kelsey Noetzelmann, Kara Paulachak, David Pham, Gam Phan, Rachel Randall, Jessica Regpala, Lindsey Reinholz, Desiree Shouse, Clement Tran Tang, Shannon Trinh, Nicholas Tsoi, Ashley Uehara, Nancy Wong, Veronica Wong, Krystin Yasay, Carrie Yeung

Class of 2020: BJ Isaac Acosta, David Cao, Brandi Chun, Wilson Datario, Joshua Dillon, Jensine Melody Domingo, Courtney Elam, Amelia Furlan, Jhoana Paula Gonzales, Taylor Hori, Su Hyon Kwon, Kamala Lizama, Tracy Lopez, Mary Lui, Vincent Manalo, Jarin Miyamoto, Shahrzad Mohammadi, Tony Moua, Stacey Nguyen, Andrew Nguyen, Kathleen Nguyen, Brent Ocker, Rachel Paragas, Tyler Peterson, Felix Rasgo, Robyn Rector, Taumie Richie, Shaina Saiki, Reid Shimada, Samantha Texeira, Andrew Thai, Jared Toba, Johnny Tran, Kelsey Trujillo, Kyle Tsubota, Thi Hong Vo, Stacie Waiamau, Brooke Zarriello

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers summer non-credit dance classes for adults of all levels of experience.

Dance for Everyone: Popping 101 covers the basics of popping, which is a low impact dance style that emphasizes contracting and relaxing muscles. Participants will learn tutting, botting, dime stopping, isolations and more. Instructor Max Belliard has been dancing for seven years and is known for his patient and nurturing style of teaching. Classes will be held on Thursdays, June 1 – August 3, from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at the UH Hilo Old Gym. Cost is $75.

Dance for Everyone: Hip Hop Basics is an upbeat, high energy class that explores a variety of styles, including contemporary, ballet, popping, jazz and more. Each class will include a warm up, conditioning exercises, moving across the floor, and learning choreographed movement. Instructor Lawrence Mano has been studying dance for five years and enjoys breaking down movements to help students learn to move in new ways. Classes will be held on Fridays, June 2 – August 4, from 7 – 8:15 pm at the UH Hilo Old Gym. Cost is $85.

Both classes require comfortable clothing and dancing either in bare feet, socks, or dance shoes.

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 non-credit classes and programs designed especially for children this summer:

• Beginners Boxing for Keiki with Perry Harada: For ages 8-12. Wednesdays,

3 – 4 p.m., May 31 – July 12, with no class on June 28. UH Hilo Old Gym.

Cost is $60. https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/BoxingforKeiki.php

• Hip Hop for Kids with Max Belliard: For ages 7-12. Fridays, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., June 2 – August 4. UH Hilo Old Gym. Cost is $65.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/HipHopForKids_000.php

• Knitting Basics for Kids with Catherine Southern: For ages 8 and up.

Thursdays, 9 – 10 a.m., June 8 – July 27. UH Hilo PB-7 Meeting Room.

Cost is $75. https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/KidsKnitting.php

• Yoga for Kids with Catherine Southern: For ages 5-10. Thursdays, 3 – 4 p.m.,

June 8 – July 27. UH Hilo Old Gym. Cost is $75.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/YogaforKids.php

• Art for Keiki: Mixed Media with Kellie Miyazu: For ages 7-10.

Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:30 – 6 p.m., June 19-July 12. UH Hilo’s

Kanaka`ole Hall Room 107 Cost is $105.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/ArtforKeiki.php#p2

• Art for Keiki: Adventures in Drawing 2 with Kellie Miyazu: For ages 7-10.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30 – 6 p.m., June 20 – July 18 with no class on

July 4. UH Hilo’s Kanaka`ole Hall Room 107. Cost is $95.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/ArtforKeiki.php#p1

• Beginning Japanese Language for Children with Hiroko Igarashi: For ages 12

and up. Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., June 26 – July 26. UH Hilo

College Hall Room 6. Cost is $100.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/ccecs/JapaneseforChildren.php

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

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

A statistical researcher who grew up in Hilo is the first faculty member hired to create a new Data Science program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. The program is funded through UH Hilo’s participation in the $20 million `Ike Wai project awarded to the state last year by the National Science Foundation’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

Dr. Grady Weyenberg, who assumes his duties on August 1, is the first of four tenure-track assistant professors the University will hire in mathematics, computer science and the natural and social sciences by late 2019. The new hires will work with existing faculty to develop a Data Science Certificate Program, followed by a baccalaureate degree. In addition to developing curricula, they will also teach courses and mentor students.

Data Science students will analyze data sets generated by the `Ike Wai project’s five-year study to create a data-driven, sustainable water future for the state of Hawaiʻi and its Pacific neighbors and those from previous EPSCoR-funded projects. They will also have opportunities to hone their data analysis skills by supporting the University’s active research faculty, whose projects generate large amounts of data.

Weyenberg was born on Maui, but came to Hilo at an early age and attended Waiakeawaena, Waiakea Intermediate and Waiakea High School before relocating to Arizona for his final two years of high school. Weyenberg has been a research assistant in the Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom since 2015. He previously taught various statistics courses and held related research appointments at the University of Kentucky from 2010 - 2015.

Weyenberg has co-authored several studies on statistical methods for analyzing the evolutionary relationships between organisms, which were published in Bioinformatics and Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. His research projects in Bristol include studies of the genetic diversity and structure of the British Isles and Europe.

Weyenberg earned a Ph.D. and Master`s degree in statistics from the University of Kentucky, along with Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics and physics from the University of Arizona.

For more information on the Data Science program and the `Ike Wai project, visit

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/epscor/.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers non-credit American Sign Language (ASL) classes open to anyone age 15 and older.

American Sign Language Level 1A will introduce the basics of ASL, including grammar and vocabulary for simple social conversation. Participants will also learn about deaf culture and rules of social interaction. Instructor Vicki Linter has been an ASL interpreter for 25 years and has taught ASL in community settings in California and Hawaiʻi. Classes will be held in Wentworth Hall Room 9 on Tuesdays from 5 - 6:30 p.m., June 6 – August 15, with no class on July 4. The cost is $150.

American Sign Language Level 1B is for anyone who has some experience with ASL. Participants will focus on advancing expressive and receptive conversational skills. The class will be taught by Pam Bond, a deaf instructor and native in ASL, with 12 years of teaching experience at Brigham Young University and at the high school level in Utah. Classes will be held in Wentworth Hall Room 9 on Thursdays from 5 - 6:30 p.m., June 8 – August 10. The cost is $150.

Both classes require the Signing Naturally Student Workbook, Level 1, Units 1-6.

For more information and to register, call 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 The Mindful Eating Lab, which focuses on changing the way people experience foods they eat. Classes will be held on Mondays, from 5 – 7 p.m., June 5 – 26, at UH Hilo’s Kanaka`ole Hall Room 112. The cost is $50.

Instructor Sarah Josef, who holds a B.S. in dietetics and an M.A. in holistic health education, will teach students how to create a personal diet that is enjoyable and healthy. Participants will learn the health benefits of slowing down the eating process, how to use cues such as hunger and fullness to guide the amount of food they eat, and how to get greater enjoyment from foods. Basic diet and nutrition education will also be included.

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 course on series writing with professional screenplay evaluator Adam Sydney. Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 6 –29, from 5 – 7 p.m. in UH Hilo’s University Classroom Building Room 331. The cost is $100.

Creating a Series: Series Writing will provide students with the skills they need to develop their own show for television, a web series, or just for fun. Participants will learn how to develop a “bible,” look at writing teams, and discuss strategies for casting, budgets and studio vs. location productions.

For more information and to register, contact CCECS at 932-7830 or visit http://hilo.hawaii.edu/ccecs/.

The following students in the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Arts and Sciences received Dean’s List recognition for spring 2017:

Paige Aamoth, Eva Abraham, Jozie Acasio, Taylor Acheson, Kendra Adams, Clifford Agcaoili, Jaster Agcaoili, Keinan Agonias, Brandon Aguiar, Breanna Aguiar, Brandon Ajari, Rhonda Akano, Leahi Akao, Eric Alabanza, Jeannelle Alejo, Marife Allen, John Alokoa, Sylvia Amaral Arquitola, Brian Anderson, Kaleigh Anderson, Kinsley Anderson, Harrison Andina, Jenna Andre, Dwayne Anefal, Nicole Antonio, Zion Apao, Ralph Aquino, Kathleen Aragon, David Arakawa, Justin Araki-Kwee, Tearina Asiata, Nicholas Asuncion, Braxston Bailey, Sharlene Bala, Kellsie Ballesteros, Sage Barcia, Kaitlin Barcoma, Ashley Barhite, Rachel Barletta, Reagan Barnhart, Joshua Bass, Natalie Baus, Crystal-lynn Baysa, Meyer Beckner, Chase Benbow, Eunice Bernal, Angelica Berson, Jahnu Best, Isabella Beuckens, Kateleen C. Bio, Victoria Birrenbach, Kalaiakea Blakemore, Casey Blanchette, Chloe’ Blandino, Chelsea Blaquera, Zachary Block, Hannah Blue, Chad Booth, Jennifer Bragg, Andre Brouillette, Matthew Brown, Jennifer Bruce, Rachel Bruck, Kailah Buchanan, Amberly Buer, Malia Byram, Sydney Cabanas, Cheyrub Cabarloc, Jerold A. Cabel, Alexis Cabrera, Leischene Calingangan, Ryley Callaghan, Litah Campbell, Amanda Canda, Kirsten Cannoles, Jessicamae Caravalho, Renee Carlson, Livia Carr, Nicholas Carrion, Anne Carsey, Briauna Carter, Micah Carter, Cjay Carvalho, Kyla-Jo Carvalho, Malia Case, Gisele Cassarotti Prescott, Genier M. Cayabyab, Kahana Cazimero, Talia Ceja, Allison Chai, Jennifer Chai, Justin Chandler, Andy Chang, Vincent Chang, Royce Chee, Pono Christianson, Victor Ciaramitaro, Kayla Clarke, Ciera Cline, Ramzen Coakley, Zoe Coffman, Michael Coombs, Elyse Cote, Keri Coughlin, Monica L. Covarrubio, Seneca Cox, Brenna Cranswick, Tifaine Crivello, Trixie A. Croad, Cheyana Crossman, Angela Cruz, Kawelina Cruz, Patricia L. Cubangbang, Ramon Cubangbang, Caitlin Cullen, Claire Curley, Kendrick J. Dalmacio, Crystal Dasalla, Uilani Dasalla, Stephanie Dawrs, Tatiana De La Cruz, Emily De Wulf, DaShon Dean, Ersa DeBrum, Kaylee Decambra, Edwina Degrood, Marissa Dellomo, Carey Demapan, Tyler DeNardo, Billi Derleth, Ileana Derouin-Loando, Ty Desa, Holly Diop, Savannah Directo, Lael Dobson, Kanoelani Dodd, Danielle Dodge, Lorelei M. Domingo, Princess Dianne Domingo, Joctan Dos Reis Lopes, Sadie Dossett, Jordan Drewer, Jennifer Eastin, Caili Ebaniz, Bryana-Marie Ebbers, Raelyn Eckert, Jamie Economy, Jon Ehrenberg, Kenji Emerson, Kristel Emerson, Tiffany Erickson, Duke Escobar, Raynell Espaniola, Raeoirasor L. Espejo, Charlotte F. Esquida, Herbert Estes, Hannah Estrada, Starlyne Estrada, Mackay Eyster, Jade Farmer, Sheilla M. 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Wasser, Tino Wells, Candace Wharton, Zoe Whitney, Brian Wild, Jade Wong, Tiana Wong, Sarah Wottlin, Christopher Wung, Linda Xiong, Lisamarie Yagruw, Yuto Yamauchi, Jia Hao Yao, Phillip Yawata, Kanani Yockman, Kotaro Yogi, Ivana Yoon, Mari Yoshida, Deanna Young, Tyler Young, Jenna Yugawa, Adrianna Zablan, Luana Zablan, Tahiya Zaman, Turfa Zaman, Tabetha Zapata-Mitz, Kaimalie Zirker, and Gregory Zukeran.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Campus Center Student Leadership Program recently presented Ka Lama Ku Student Leadership Recognition awards and certificates to individuals and student organizations for their contributions to UH Hilo and the community during the 2016-17 school year.

The Ka Lama Ku Umeke Awards and a Ka Lama Ku Plaque Award were

presented to:

• Alaka`i Award–Leadership: Rebekah Loving (Mathematics)

• `Ike Pāpālua Award-To Have the Gift of Vision: Elise Inouye

(Communication and Gender and Women’s Studies)

• Laulima Award - No Task is Too Big When Done by All: Justin Araki-Kwee (Computer Science and Japanese Studies)

• Ka Lama Ku Koa Plaque Award: Alexandra Huizar (Business Administration)

Two student organizations were recognized with a Ka Lama Ku Leadership

Plaque for their contributions to UH Hilo and Hawai’i Island communities:

• `Ike Pāpālua Award Plaque- To Have the Gift of Vision: Colleges Against Cancer

(Alexandra Huizar, Brittney Luna, Ashley Maldonado, Sarah Kapalihiwa Bilyeu, Kash

Laeda, Ali Nakata, Brooke Higa, Kimi Taguchi, Norie Anne Rosal Calit, Jade Wong,

Misty Figuera, Jualin Sable Guting, Ruby Ann Sales, Ellie-Jean Kalawe, James Drescher,

Sheryl Cariaga, Jayahmie Drio, Shaylyn Fujii, Erin McClure and Stacy Mae Gelacio)

• Ka Lama Ku Hui Koa Award Plaque- Exemplifies the five values of Ka Lama Ku: Nā

Haumāna Huaka`i i Kaho`olawe (Sarah Kapalihiwa Bilyeu, Sophie Kaleimomi Dolera,

Joshua No`eau Kalima, Alana Kanahele, Sheena Kau`i Lopes, Aaron Kahea Morton,

Isaac Ku`uiponohea Pang, Ulupuamahinamaikalani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld and Kiliona

Young)

The Ka Lama Ku Certificate of Leadership was presented to individual students

and organizations in the following categories:

• Alaka`i Certificate - Leadership: Kalaiakea Blakemore (Art)

• Kuleana Certificate - We are Accountable and Responsible: Bennjamin P Siemers

(Kinesiology Education) and the 2016-17 Psychology and Kinesiology and Exercise

Science Peer Advising Team (Alia Alvarez, Cheyrub Cabarloc, Zach Gorski, Keian Shon, Julie Tom, Leahi Akao, Chelsea Mitsuda, Froile Queja, Kaylee Rapoza, Bennjamin Siemers, Roget Chan, Jamie Ouye and Gabriella Sanchez)

• `Ike Pāpālua Certificate - To Have the Gift of Vision: Lara Hughes (Business Administration)

• Mālama `Āina Certificate - Taking Care of the Land and Environment: Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science (Erin Busch, Keolohilani H Lopes Jr., Kailey Pascoe, Rose Hart and Jessica Kirkpatrick)

• Mālama `Ohana Certificate - Taking Care of Our Families: Kanani Daley (Art)

The Ka Lama Ku Student Leadership Recognition Awards are sponsored by the UH Hilo Campus Center Fee Board, the Ka Lama Ku Student Advisory Council, the Student Activities Council, University Radio Hilo and Vulcan Video Productions, Ke Kalahea, and the Division of Student Affairs.

The College of Continuing Education and Community Service (CCECS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo offers two Korean cooking classes this summer.

Exploring Korean Cooking: Kimchi Dishes will teach participants how to prepare various dishes based on kimchi, including pancakes, stew, and fried rice, and introduce new types of traditional Korean kimchi. The class also includes preparing a main entree and multiple home-style side dishes. Classes will be held Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11, from 9 a.m. – noon at Hilo High School Classroom L-1. The cost is $95.

In Exploring Korean Cooking: Summer Foods, participants will learn to prepare a traditional Korean summer meal. Recipes originate from the Jeolla Provinces of South Korea and are home-style dishes that will vary based on seasonal availability of ingredients. Classes will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, from 9 a.m. - noon at Hilo High School Classroom L-1. The cost is $95.

Classes can be taken separately or for a discount of $175 for both.

Instructors Aaron and Sohee Martinson bring a diverse background and style of teaching to their folk cooking classes. Sohee and her family own and operate a popular restaurant in Seoul. Aaron lived and taught in South Korea for eight years, and is also a writer, editor, public speaker, digital artist and filmmaker.

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 an introductory seed saving workshop on Saturday, June 24, from 9 a.m. – noon in UH Hilo’s PB-7 Meeting Room. The cost is $45.

Seed Saving for the Home Gardener will teach participants how to save and store high quality, locally adapted seeds for use in their garden or for sharing in the community. Topics will include basic reproductive biology of flowering plants, processing techniques, equipment, best storage practices and germination testing.

Instructor Ilana Stout is an avid gardener and sustainability educator. She has taught in Hawaiʻi for over 10 years and is currently a lecturer at Hawaiʻi Community College.

Materials will be provided. However, students are encouraged to bring any seeds they would like to share in a seed exchange at the end of the class, along with a quart-size airtight container to use in creating a seed bank.

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

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