The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy celebrated the recent March Match Day with 13 of its students from the Class of 2021 and one student from the Class of 2020 receiving good news.

“Residency match is a highly competitive process and occurs in two rounds, the first in late March, and a second in April,” explained Dean Carolyn Ma. “This year, 12 of the 24 DKICP students applying for residencies were matched in the first round. These impressive results demonstrate the high-quality of academics, service and scholarship these students achieved over their four years here.

“In addition, two students from the Class of 2021 have accepted fellowships at very prestigious post-graduate programs, making this year’s March Match results even more impressive,” she added. “On behalf of the DKICP faculty and staff, I congratulate all of these students on their accomplishments.”

Students who received offers for a post-graduate year-one (PGY1) residency include:

• Nichole Chaffin, Providence St. Peter Hospital, Olympia, WA

• Brooke Higa, VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System, Reno, NV

• Raha Hosseini, Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City, AZ

• Feng Ming Huang, Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City, AZ

• Noelle Lovesy, Sharp Memorial Hospital, San Diego, CA

• Christian Macaspac, VA Maryland Health Care, Baltimore, MD

• Shahrzad Mohammadi, VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System, Reno, NV

• Kimo Okamoto, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Hilo, HI

• Henry Quach, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA

• Tiana E. Ramos, CHI St. Alexius Health Mandan Pharmacy, Mandan, ND

• Donald Waddell, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Taylor Hori, Class of 2020, will be in a year-two residency at Kansas City VA Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Currently, she is completing a PGY1 residency at the VA Southern Nevada Health Care System, North Las Vegas, NV.

Karmen Wong, Class of 2021, has been accepted into the world-renowned Rutgers Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship Program, which partners with leading pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. One of 159 PharmD Fellows selected from 950 applications, she will take part in training to develop leadership in various areas of drug development, including clinical trial planning and execution, pharmacovigilance and safety, medical strategy and regulatory affairs.

Qixin (Sandy) Li, Class of 2021, has been accepted into the the Bayer and University of Washington Health Economics and Outcomes Research Fellow Program. This two-year program provides training and hands-on experience in a broad range of topics, and is structured to allow the Fellow to gain proficiency in these areas of research as conducted in both the academic and pharmaceutical industry settings.

A series of webinars on four different healthcare topics will be offered to the public in April and May by student pharmacists of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. All webinars are free to the public, and interested participants need to register ahead of time to receive the webinar link, which is available at: pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu, Latest News & Announcements.

Webinars include:

• Friday, April 9, 2021, Noon

“How to select appropriate over-the-counter pain relievers”

Tylenol, Motrin and Voltaren are a few of the brand-name pain relievers commonly seen in local pharmacies. When do you need to use them? And which one is right for you?

• Tuesday, April 13, 2021, Noon

“Protecting yourself from STI and pregnancy by knowing your rights and options”

Sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention can seem alarming and uncomfortable, but the right knowledge can keep you safe and prepared.

• Thursday, April 15, 2021, Noon

“The truth about vaccines”

Are vaccines safe? Can they make you sick? There are many questions when you are considering a vaccine for yourself. DKICP students will provide answers.

• Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Noon

“Relieving cold symptoms”

When should you treat it and what options are appropriate? Student pharmacists will help to educate you on what is most effective.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the public to attend a storytelling event created to build connections across the UH Hilo campus and with the wider community.

The latest episode of Wailau premieres Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. and explores A Just World. UH Hilo hosts include students Kuʻuhiapo Jeong and Dayva Escobar, along with topic expert Carlton Ruley, MSW, and special projects coordinator for the Hawaiʻi County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Restorative Justice Program. To attend the Wailau premiere online, go to: hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/watch.php.

Wailau aims to spotlight voices and stories that fit the event theme in interesting ways, showcasing five storytellers at each event. April’s Wailau features these storytellers and stories:

● Evangeline Lemieux, “An Apology”

● Nicholas Iwamoto, “I’d Like a Large Order of Justice With a Side of Justice”

● Taylor & Antoinette Smith, “Love Should Have No Bounds”

● Kathleen Baumgardner, “Lunch in a Just World”

● Reynelson K. Martin, Jr., “A Guarded Reflection”

View bios of hosts and storytellers at: hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau.

Wailau organizers include UH faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members, including UH Hilo's English Club. Students from the English Club determine Wailau themes, review applications and select storytellers.

Julie Mowrer, a Wailau organizer and acting director of the UH Hilo Center for Community Engagement, expresses her thoughts on April’s Wailau: “Sharing our stories with others is how we seek to be understood, because our stories are who we are. Now, more than ever, it’s so important that we listen to one another’s stories, broaden our understanding of the world through one another’s life experiences, and discover threads of connection that weave us all together.”

Join the watch page on the day of the premiere and click on the YouTube logo on the lower left corner to live chat with Wailau hosts and storytellers. The episode will also be available at the same URL immediately after the premiere.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the public to its virtual 2021 Spring Commencement, to be held Saturday, May 15, beginning at 9 a.m. The pre-recorded ceremony can be viewed on the UH Hilo Commencement webpage at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/. There will also be a drive-through opportunity for graduates only, which will be livestreamed beginning at 10 a.m. The livestream will also be available at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/.

Approximately 571 students have petitioned for degrees and/or certificates from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, Business and Economics, Pharmacy, Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, and for various post-graduate credentials.

The pre-recorded video includes a congratulatory message from Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin along with name cards that include pictures and messages from graduates. Also included are messages from keynote speaker Dr. Lorna Tsutsumi and three student speakers, who the selection committee voted “all exceptional.”

Tsutsumi, UH Hilo professor of entomology, specializes in honey bees in Hawaiʻi and developed and runs the UH Hilo apiary and bee garden, teaches about bees and beekeeping, and produces practical knowledge and scientific literature about honey bees that benefit local beekeepers. In addition to her research and teaching, she also has developed and marketed value-added bee products made from the honey and wax extracted by beekeeping students from the bee hives at the UH Hilo Ag Farm in Pana`ewa. Monies generated from sales help support UH students.

In 2011, Tsutsumi teamed up with Chef Alan Wong to launch the Adopt-a-Beehive with Alan Wong program to raise awareness of the critical plight of honey bees and to promote solutions to sustaining the local honey bee industry. In 2012, the program was recognized by the Hawaiʻi State Senate for its local and global contributions to the understanding of the importance of honey bees.

Tsutsumi was awarded the 2012 Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence and Innovation, the 2010 Chancellor’s Pūlama ʻIke Award recognizing significant contributions to the mission of UH Hilo, the 2008 Distinguished Service Award for Improving Student Life, and the 1988 Board of Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching.

The student speakers include Eric Tejada, Kiaria Zoi Nakamura, and Nina Sabahi.

Tejada is a Business Administration major who has received multiple College of Business and Economics Dean’s List recognition. He also is the recipient of several scholarships, including the CoBE Scholarship.

Tejada works with the UH Hilo First-Year Experience Program as a student office manager. He is also a member of the Lambda Psi Delta Sigma Pi professional business fraternity where he served as vice president of community service in 2020. He will continue to explore the financial industry with HFS Federal Credit Union, and aspires to pursue his Master of Arts in Teaching at UH Hilo.

Nakamura is a lifelong Buddhist with a passion for writing and a love for the stage. Between balancing four part-time jobs and being a full-time student, she spends her free time planning future travel plans, singing karaoke with friends, and binge watching RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Nakamura is graduating with a degree in English, minor in Performing Arts, and two certificates in Educational Studies and Creative Writing. Some of her proudest moments at UH Hilo include receiving the Presidential Award, choreographing for the Performing Arts Center’s Hawaiian Nutcracker, and making a presentation at the 2021 Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium. Her future plan includes a career in higher education.

Sabahi is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She is an active member of the Student Arts Association, having served as Treasurer, Vice President, and President. She is passionate about communication and uses her skills to volunteer for the Ku`ikahi Mediation Center as a mediator, and at the Crisis Text Line as a crisis counselor. She intends to go to graduate school to ultimately practice psychiatry.

For more information, see the UH Hilo Commencement webpage at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the public to a virtual forum on “Strategy and Negotiations for Denuclearizing North Korea” Friday, May 21, 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., at: http://go.hawaii.edu/sfP. Pre-registration is required by Friday, May 14, and may be made at: http://go.hawaii.edu/KfP.

“Efforts to denuclearize North Korea have been a long process lasting over four decades,” said Dr. Su-Mi Lee, UH Hilo associate professor of political science and event host. “Yet, in spite of both diplomatic and coercive measures employed, such efforts have been largely unsuccessful.

“At the public forum, nationally recognized experts will discuss the history of North Korea nuclear negotiations, the role that South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and Russia have played and can play in leading to successful negotiations with North Korea, and the threat North Korea’s nuclear program poses to the United States and the world. The attendees will also have a chance to ask questions.”

Forum experts include: Terence Roehrig, professor in National Security Affairs and director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the US Naval War College; Pamela Aall, senior advisor for Conflict Prevention and Management at the U.S. Institute for Peace; Scott Snyder, senior fellow for Korea Studies and director of the Program on U.S.- Korea Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations; Uk Heo, distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Paige Cone, assistant professor at the Air University; Fei-Ling Wang, professor at Georgia Institute of Technology; Yuki Tatsumi, senior fellow and co-director of the East Asia Program and director of the Japan Program at the Stimson Center; and Richard Weitz, director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at Hudson Institute.

For additional information, contact Lee at sumilee@hawaii.edu.

The public forum is sponsored by the Korea Foundation.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo recently celebrated its 2021 recipients of various campus awards with a commemorative video. The video also includes retired employees and faculty and staff recognized for various years of service as of December 31, 2020.

This year’s campus award recipients include:

• Allison Dupre, Women’s Center, Student Employee of the Year

• Dr. Justina Mattos, Assistant Professor of Drama, Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching

• Dr. Lissa Tsutsumi, Assistant Professor of Applied Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• Dr. Benjamin Zenk, Instructor of Business and Management, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Dr. Norman Arancon, Professor of Horticulture, Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence and Innovation

• Annette Sugimoto, Acting Director of Human Resources, Outstanding University Support Employee

• Malia Callo, Record Specialist and Supervisor, Professional Staff Award

• Dr. Shugeng Cao, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities.

The commemorative video is available at: https://youtu.be/LaFmduQPvio.

For a description of awards, see: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/uhh/awards/.

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

The award, valued in excess of $29,300, covers four years of tuition for students graduating from a Hawaiʻi high school who earned a GPA of at least 3.5 or higher while demonstrating leadership and/or community service.

All Chancellor Scholars are required to enroll as full-time students, and earn a minimum of 30 credits each academic year. They must also maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.25 and participate in leadership activities and/or community services with other Chancellor Scholars.

The 2021-2022 Chancellor’s Scholarship recipients and their respective high schools include:

• Kahoiwai Arce, Kamehameha Schools Kapalama

• Rosemary Beardan, Waiakea High School

• Kiara Clear, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Science

• Mia Dahl, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Science

• Sandy Galvez, Keaau High School

• Aion Kaneko, Hilo High School

• Aleah Kay, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi

• Tianna Lopez, Kamehameha Schools Maui

• Janna Panganiban, Waipahu High School

• Alexis Provencal, Kalaheo High School

• Kaitlyn Purdy, Lanai High & Elementary School

• Angel Wood, Konawaena High School

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Business and Economics announces the following Dean’s List recipients for Spring 2021:

Riezhelle Agpaoa, Keilynn Ann Aguiar, Sherrisa, K. Ai-Miyake, Shiela Mae Sagun Almazan, Rachel Jane Ancheta, Tyler Kainalu Ancheta, Saifoloi Gandhi Asiata, Aislen V. Bacalso, Karen M. Basham, Seth M. Bello, Brooke Bisel, Maria,Blizzard, Taryn Naomi Boehm, Cara M. Bolte, Madison McGregor Byron, Isaac Puu Wai Haokila Cabarloc, Elijah Timothy Carigon, Tari Amberle Carvalho, Cary K. Catrett, Luca Checchia Adell, Michael Baker Conboy, Alicyn Correia, Sandra Maria Dafincescu, Priscilla Debrum, Andrelyn Marie Delos Santos Dela Cruz, Alessio Demichelis, Megan Malia Donovan, Lindsay Baker Emerson, Charisma Felipe, Hokulani Kaleinanikaumanalimaokeakuamanalanikiekie Fortunato, Evonne Princess Alipio Fronda, Kilar McGuire Fujimoto, Christine Joy Halabas Galdones, Lei Kyna Rochelle Alcon Ganiron, Rayanne Mica V. Ganiron, Nicholas Shigeru Gomez, Kellen Goya, Terrone Jay Grantham, Luke Hiroo Hamano, Saesha Hanselman, Mingxia June Hawkins, Ethan Hironaga, Caesar Karl Hjerten, Steven Kawa'a Hubbell, Malie Keilenikelisinika Ibarra, Hana Isokawa, Ashton Elizabeth Jessee, Blaze Johnson, Noreen Kehaulani Kaloi, Catherine Rose Lea Kane-Paulo, Caroline Hope Karson, Rylen Kasashima, Cassidy M. Kelii, Kealaula Hanohanokawaiolaakane Keliikoa, Connor I. Kimura, Alyssia Rose Kuenzi, Rich Choi Kuhlmann, Kayla Kanoelani Kunihisa, Kamuela Alaka'i Kahana Labasan, Noah Allen Lau, Jodi Emiko Lillie, Luca Alexander Lippert, Christian Alba Lopez, Ginate Mahuru, Brooklyn-Haley Nokeakua Maltezo, Reynelson Kealo-alii Martin Jr, Gage Nohea Masato Matsumoto, Makeila Deanna Mahealani May, Evan James Merrier, Jared Akeo Miyamoto, Taylor Keani Moniz, Kristine Villanueva Muerong, Amber Akemi Nagata, Hihona Nakatani, Macy Noelani Napoleon, Niger Junior Nogo, Mika Odaira, Kaitlyn M. O'Dell-Lambeth, 'Onipa'a Olanapuaopi'ilani Olds, Braeden Patrick ONeill, Patricia Samantha Garnace Orozco, Shane H. Ota, Ryan Kaiulani Pacheco, Jamie Enrica Gardenia Pagan, Kayla Christin Phillips, Victoria Marie Ramos, Robert Risley, Wentworth Rivera III, Jacob D. Rouse, Rikelle Chieko Sakoda, Cameron Marshall Scudder, Naomi K. Sensano, Macey A. Soares, Venice Soriano Subia, Jaron Takeo Sugimoto, Macy Marie Chiemi Takahama-Ahuna, Revlyn Shizuko Takayesu, Eric Gani Tejada, Brian Tran, Meagan Chassidy Gorospe Ventura, Tom Vorkastner, Sienna Lynn Wareham, Cydney L. Watts, Baillie Anne Setsuyo Wiggins, Jasmine Xie, James Ichiro Kalani Yamane, Evan Aukai Yung, and Albert Alcaraz Zuniga.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has once again been selected as one of the 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs by ACPA-College Student Educators International (ACPA) and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. The announcement was made earlier this month recognizing UH Hilo and 29 other schools nationwide. UH Hilo first received this honor in 2019.

Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs is a national recognition that celebrates student affairs workplaces that are vibrant, diverse, supportive and committed to staff work-life balance, professional development and inclusive excellence.

“Thank you to the ACPA-College Student Educators International and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education for recognizing UH Hilo with this honor again this year,” said Vice Chancellor for Students Affairs Farrah-Marie Gomes. “Now more than ever, the work of student affairs professionals is critical for providing the holistic support that students need to be successful in college.

“I am proud of our student affairs professionals for serving students in exceptional ways,” she added. “These are the same professionals that contribute to the building of a welcoming, safe and inclusive foundation upon which students and staff will continue to thrive in. I have profound gratitude for all of our student affairs professionals who exude compassion and grace for our students while also demonstrating care for one another. There is no other group of professionals that I would choose to do this important work with.”

For the list of 2021 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs, see https://diverseeducation.com/article/216927/.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Master of Arts Program in Counseling Psychology (Specialization: Clinical Mental Health Counseling) recently received full re-accreditation by the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC) for the period of June 2021 through June 2029. The MPCAC accredits academic programs in psychology and counseling, which promote training in the scientific practice of professional psychology and counseling at the master's level.

“Accredited programs must demonstrate a commitment to science-based training and to enhancing services to the consumer and the public at large,” noted Dr. Charmaine Higa-McMillan, professor of psychology and director of the MA Counseling Psychology Program. “The program provides multicultural, student-centered training in counseling psychology with a specialization in clinical mental health counseling.

“There is a shortage of qualified mental health counselors in Hawaiʻi, particularly in rural areas, and employment opportunities in this field are expected to grow at a faster than average rate over the coming years,” she added. “Graduates of the program have employment opportunities in a number of settings, including, but not limited to, community mental health clinics, public and private elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, correctional facilities, vocational rehabilitation and career counseling, residential care, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, child welfare, and military counseling settings. Graduates of the program are also eligible for the Mental Health Counselor license, which allows those who are licensed to open a private practice and receive third-party payments from health insurance companies.”

In 2018 the program expanded its reach to all residents of Hawaiʻi through distance education.

For more information on the MA Counseling Psychology Program, see: http://counseling.uhh.hawaii.edu/.

An assistant professor of geography at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is the co-author of a perspective in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that concerns coffee leaf rust (CLR), the most significant coffee plant disease in the world.

Dr. Chris Knudson’s research, titled “Epidemics and the future of coffee production,” also addresses how Covid-19 can lead to a worsening global CLR epidemic.

“CLR was found in Hawaiʻi for the first time last October,” Knudson noted. “Until then, Hawaiʻi was the only major coffee-growing region without CLR.

“In this perspective, we draw on recent scientific research on the coffee leaf rust (CLR) epidemic that severely impacted several countries across Latin America and the Caribbean over the last decade to explore how the socio-economic impacts from COVID-19 could lead to the re-emergence of another rust epidemic. We describe how past CLR outbreaks have been linked to reduced crop care and investment in coffee farms – as evidenced in the years following the 2008 global financial crisis,” he added.

“We conclude by arguing that COVID-19’s socio-economic disruptions are likely to drive the coffee industry into another severe production crisis… [However,] by increasing investments in coffee institutions and paying smallholders more, we can create a fairer and healthier system that is more resilient to future social-ecological shocks.”

The perspective is co-written by Kevon Rhiney (Rutgers University), Zack Guido (University of Arizona), Jacques Avelino (CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Turrialba, Costa Rica), Christopher M. Bacon (Santa Clara University), Grégoire Leclerc (CIRAD, UMR SENS, Montpellier, France), M. Catherine Aime (Purdue University), and Daniel P. Bebber (University of Exeter) and is available at: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2023212118.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo School of Education has been awarded its full seven years of accreditation by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation.

The Master of Arts in Teaching, Year 1 (Licensure Year), has been awarded full accreditation through June 30, 2028. Full accreditation acknowledges that a program prepares effective educators who continue to grow as professionals and has demonstrated the commitment and capacity to maintain quality.

The decision is accompanied by a commendation, which reads: “The Accreditation Commission commends the program for its structure, clinical partnerships, and cohort model, which foster deep and ongoing collaboration for professional learning among the community of program completers in keeping with the program’s signature cultural ethos. This commendation pertains to AAQEP Standard 3, program capacity to ensure completer professional competence, as shown particularly in the evidence for Aspect 2f, which addresses program completers’ ability to collaborate with colleagues to support professional learning.”

“Congratulations to the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and to all of the faculty, staff, and stakeholders who have achieved their goal of national accreditation by AAQEP,” said AAQEP President and CEO Mark LaCelle-Peterson. “The program succeeds admirably both in meeting national standards and in embodying Hawaiian cultural values and knowledge that inform and enrich the local educational community.”

“This accreditation process was beneficial as it helped in our role as reflective practitioners,” said Dr. Diane Barrett, professor and director, School of Education. “The School of Education strives to be the HEART of our learning community, and through this process, we listened to what our community had to say and used these data to improve our program. I am grateful to our faculty (current and emeritus) for all their hard work and dedication in make this a success!”

National accreditation assures the quality of professional preparation programs through a nongovernmental, nonregulatory process of self-study and peer review. AAQEP promotes and recognizes quality educator preparation that strengthens the education profession’s ability to serve all students, schools, and communities, and to do so equitably. AAQEP is nationally recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

Students from theUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo turned in a strong performance at the 44th Annual HOSA – Future Health Professionals International Leadership Conference held virtually June 23-26, 2021.

Junior Jaclyn Tennett was UH Hilo’s top performer, earning 3rd Place in Clinical Specialty for her presentation/career portfolio of an Emergency Medicine Physician and skill video of a wound closure via suture.

Senior Travis Makana Taylor placed 4th and freshman Jennifer Nakano placed 5th for their speech and paper on “Technology Use: Does It Make Us More or Less Connected?” in the Persuasive Writing and Speaking category.

Sophomore Zyrill Dayne Dela Cruz finished in 4th Place in Medical Math and freshman Sophia Shea took 5th Place in Epidemiology.

Sophomore Kit Neikirk in Biology and Taylor in Leadership finished 10th in the National Geographic Learning Academic Testing Center events.

Senior Daniel Kimura served as the Hawaiʻi HOSA’s Postsecondary/Collegiate Voting Delegate who participated in the election of the 2021-2022 International HOSA Executive Council.

Taylor, who served as Chapter President/State Postsecondary VP, was one of 74 HOSA members who earned a $1,000 HOSA Scholarship at VILC from sponsor University of Phoenix, and was also honored during the VILC Opening General Session.

Dr. Jarred Prudencio, Faculty Chapter Advisor from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, was honored as Hawaiʻi HOSA’s postsecondary recipient of the Outstanding Local Advisor Award.

Over 9,000 delegates attended the virtual conference, including HOSA’s international chapters from American Samoa, Canada, China, and Korea.

Competition resumes in November/December 2021 with the Hawaiʻi Island HOSA Regional Conference.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Natural and Health Sciences announces its Dean’s List recipients for Spring 2021:

Zoe Marie Acosta, Zyrene Mae Afan, Cristine Anne Pablo Afan, Joie Keala Agard, Sienna JKMM Aipoalani, Evan Kupuakalaukoa Kunio Aiwohi, Shantel-Lee Kamaluonalani Akau, Dason Charles C Albano, Gemmy Ramos Alegre, Jack Alan Andersen, Breeann Pili'auko'imaikalani Andrade, Maria Esther Eugenio Aurelio, Aldwin A Badua, Arielle Tasha M Bagcal, Joshua Dylin Lamug Baldonado, Uilani K Barajas-Alconcel, Kaimilani Sinclaire Beatty, Emma Rose Benoit, Alexis Hannah Berlin, Ryclan Bernal, Glaiza Ferrer Biason, Harrison Bierman, Randi lee ann Rasay Borge, Katelin Lili'inoe Rose Branco, Bailee Brennan, Sarah Elaine Munja Brinkman, Ryan Thompson Brown, Aaron F Brown, Krisha Nobelle Bugajski-Sharp, Rod Neil Aglibut Burbano, Madeline Emma Bush, Brooke Elizabeth Bush, Mark Anthony R Cadiz, Tevin Loma Kawaihau Canda, Devyn Capellas, Chelsea Ann Dalmacio Carlos, Quintin Kehau Carvalho, Mahealani J Case, Edward B Cashman, Tyron Devera Chavez, Brandee Anne Auli'i Chinen, Ryan Andrew Cho, Mikaela Alexa Chong, Lokelani Shyann Chong, Caden Alec Christensen, Marinel Aguinaldo Clemente, Ryan Patrick Coad, Piper Taylor Mateo Collado, Nancy Hoku'ukali Costales, Clarence Woodson Cox, Rochelle Kay Tabisula Cudal, Kelsie J Dait, Deepa Anagol Davies, Jorge Xavier De Leon Tye, Zyrill Dayne Taguicana Dela Cruz, Sophia Michelle Dent, Allegra Diaz, Alexander Nicholas Dodge, Chloe Kawehilani Domingo, Jarryd Kentaro Dote, Chelsea Marie Dumo, Bryana-Marie Napuakeanani Ebbers, Angelbert Galiza Eder, Clayton E Eitel, Taylor Pulelehua Eleola, Brooke Emma Enright, Neve Sherie C Enriquez, Haena Joy Adame Espejo, Starlyne J Estrada, Avery Justice Ewell, Alyssa L Faletoi, Leiema R.Y. Fano, Andrew Feifarek, Sheilla Mae Balila Felipe, Christopher Chikara Ferreira, Larissa Marie Figley, Emma Jane Files, Kela Marie Fitzgerald, Kirstie Anne Tsuyako SeuLing Flores-Oishi, Maile Uilani Fox, Mackenzie A Fugett, Emme Lee Furuya, Ammina-Josie Makalapua Palaganas Galdones, Charlene Mae Quezon Galvez, Ruel Ganitano Ganitano, Evelyn Grace Gardiner, Lily Kukuiliilii Prani Gavagan, Neilsen Orpilla Gazo, Maxwell Jake Geiger, Kari Nicole Gillespie, Jemma Moani Godbout, Breanna Lynn Gonzalez, Kasumi Goto, Carson Phillips Green, McKenna Y Green, John Tsubasa Grover, Frank Ventura Guillermo, Serena K Gulland, Stephanie L Hake, Urban M Halpern, Christopher Kalani Hanley, Cydney M. M Harkness, Anthony Lazaro Cabreira Haskett, Patti Lynn Hatzistavrakis, Kukui U Haumea, Lily Noel Heavner, Ian Kalani Herman, Ciara Lindsay Hester, Rachel Loni Heu, Justin Masayoshi Higa, Hannah Highsmith, Julia Marie Hill, Tori Yukie Hironaga, Tani K Hoke, Megen Mika Wan Loy Horiuchi, Daniel Makamua Hoshino, Maire Kieran Howell, Israel Rose Huss, Madison J Hwang, Breanne Takeko Ihara, Hokulani S Iseri, Finnigan Jack Israel, Madeline Rose Jablin, Samantha Magaoay Jacinto, Kaela R Jelsma, Mark Jimenez, Crismel Duldulao Juan, Taira Kawailehua Kaawaloa, Jarod Kuichi Kaneshiro, Jaden Kealii Cayme Kapali, Mandi Kehaulani Kawaha-Amar, Kawena Luka Sanae Kawelu, Joey Alyssa Keegan, Ryan Hyun Min Kim, Megan Tomiko Malie Kimata, Micah Tsuruo Kimura, Dylan L Kobs, Laura Ayako Koike, Joshua Raymond Kosloski, Caleb Kainalu Kow, Stephanie Gi Ying Kung, Dorian-Gray Kekamakoa Lacno, Annie Makaye Larson, Gaea K Latta-Bard, Jomina M Lawin, Bailey-Ann K.K. Lee, Abigail Elizabeth Lewine, Lillian Rosaline Lewis, Sydney Lyn Lewis, Marvin Ligohr, Caitlin K Lochmann, Christian Alba Lopez, Brian Anthony Loredo, Sarah Kahiau Loving, Nevan Tibor Lowe, Nowel Ann Lucas, Cooper Shaun Lund, Thuong Hoai Ly, Miranda J Maassen, Jasmine Gayle Garano Madamba, Teagan Maher, Ginate Mahuru, Ashley Zenia Malek, Courtney Rhiana Kuuleilani Malina, Micah J. Marshall, Yurise Martin, Miranda Martin, Dominique Danielle Martinez, Ryan Akio Mashiyama, Tyler Kekoa Matsukawa, Chanel Mattheus, Alexis Ella Ramos Matundan, Kelley Marie McComb, Kaitlyn C McCubbins, Baylee Rose McDade, Julie McDonald, Aaron Kenji McLean, Rachel Louise Meade, Kekailiko Kurt Rio Abalos Medeiros, Raelyssa N. K Medeiros, Roxie Kaehukaimaikalani Medeiros, Brandon Kahalimalulani Haaheo Meyers, Olivia Kate Miller, Mandee Teiko Miyake, Aris Ayumi-Lylah Miyazono, Summer Kazumi Mochida-Meek, Chloe Utoctoc Norkiwoh Nalyal Molou, Kimberly Ann Kam Yee Mow, Shane Jay Murphy, Nina Kimberly Nabor, Marche Susan Yuriko Nagao, Shanxi Keaonani Nakaahiki, Jennifer Mariko Nakano, Keane Kiyoshi Nakatsu, Kit Callahan Neikirk, Nena Nena Jr., Cindy Nguyen, Sadie Que Nguyen, Kenneth Kahiau Niheu, Jaycie Akiko Ka-Makana Nishimura, Skyler Shinji Nishiyama, Nicole Chelsea Jean Nonies, Kayla A Okazaki, Bryanne K Olson, Riku Omata, Sydney Amara O'Neal, Macie Ann Otenbriet, Reinalynn Kaleikupanahaokalani Pa'aluhi, Katelin Riingen Paderan, Jake M Padilla, Jaisele Ann Paguirigan, Brenna R Palmer-Perry, Christiane Miyo Pang, Rudy Villa Pasion, Charles Jake Humilde Patris, Jaedyn J Pavao, Allison Pina, Marcus Simon Plataniotis, Ashley R Plumb, Thomas James Mcdonnell Power, Angelina Rose Prewitt, Jun Young Pyo, David Gilberto Quinones, Herald Jasffer Yuson Racadio, Kirsten Marie Acosta Ragasa, Roberto Sagario Ramos, Exel Reeio Ramos, Haley Keala-Faith Rasse, Hailey Michelle Rauch, Krista Kaylynn Rego, Andrew Faamuasili Rehedul, Finn Reil, Isabella A Rekart, Jovelia Antonio Repullo, Kayla Real Revelo, Emmalani Isabella Reynolds, Vrna Rainbeau Sales Rice, Alyssa-Jade Mariko Riglos, Brenna Alyse Rill, Zariah Guia Q Rivera, Melody Mica Robbins, Christopher Jay Roof, Cheyenne Kalehuamae'ole Roque, Camryn Caroline Rosskamp, Teddy S Rubenstein, Cecelia Marie Rudo, Trevor Reese Olakeakua Rufino, Kristine May Barbaquino Ruiz, Carly Sharon Ryder, Ashley Jean Rynkewicz, Kalen Raine Sabean, Gavin Tsugio Sako, Brooke Violet Sakuma, Isabelle Jane Pilapil Salvador, Grant Ernest Sanderson, Leah Jo Scanlon, Marissa Noelani Schott, Hana Kristen Scully, Travis J Siebert, Akane Toyoda Sinatra, Jasmine Teiko Kylie Smeraglia, Teana Lei Smith, Anuhea Lucille Mae Sonnenberg, McKendree Walter Springer, Nicholas Austin Starr, Domini Kanahi Stein, Taylor-Ann Kau'ionalani Shizue Stewart, Natalie Rose Strauss, Camille Antonia Strazzo, Seth Soren Swaney, Gage MacLeod Swenson, Kelina Anuhea Sylva, Mikayla Shanellyn Tablit, Tory K Taboniar, Rodel Abel Domingo Tagalicud, Alyssa Marie Pimentel Tagata, Taryn H I Taguma, Tara Marie Rebuenog Takafuji, Jenna Tamashiro, Kangping Tan, Carly Kahiau Tanimoto-Scott, Lexie Ilihia Taylor, Jaclyn Tennett, Chloe Atsuko Teramoto, Taylor Yvonne Kanani Tolentino, Emily Kay Travis, Jonathan Lian Tsao, Majorette U Umayas, Maria-Rovella Ventura Umayas, Anouk Elizabeth van Hoek, Krystal Jane Serraon Velasco, Kaiea Laiku Vera, Lorenzo Villela, Sinni Vo, Sasa Vuksanovic, Aidan Jared Walk, Quinn Kelly Wallace, Chloe Yuriko Waters, Vanessa Ambayec Watkins, Dylan Enrique Wentz, Daniel Kawika Wetter, Clara Reigel Whetstone, Madison Alicia Whitney, Danielle Kay Wilde, Kassidy Haleakua Wilkin, Rachel Brittany Willard, Haley Kathleen Williams, Kaylie Joy Wolverton, Michaela Wong, Sylvia Xaivong, Kaleb Dean Yamasaki, Casey Nobutori Yamauchi, Katelyn Barbra Yockey, Kailee Yoshimura, Brende Masako Anne Yoshizumi, Valerie Marie Zbezinski, Nicole Julia Zielinski, Juliana Audrey Zolopa, and Anne Zwartjes.

Ke kukala aku nei ko ke Kulanui o Hawai'i ma Hilo Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani, i na inoa o na haumana kaha 'oi no ke Kau Ha'ulelau 2020 a me ke Kau Kupulau 2021: (The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikolani College of Hawaiian Language announces its Dean's List for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters.)

Kau Ha'ulelau 2020 (Fall 2020):

Taecia Kukuikuho’okahilehuanokaala Yuen-Sin Akana, Anya L Amaral, Helekunihiakahikina Antonio, Carley Shigeko Kekaimimikiuilani Atkins, Kekamamakoaaka'ilihou Kaleilani Kamohali'i Cacares, Kaluhea Fay Lu’ukia Dudoit, Kamuali'i Kalamakuikealamaikalani Estrada, Sheadon Makuali'ikalaniwai Freitas, Rhyan Noelani Kaimalie Hayashida, Alaka’i Ku’uleihiwaokamanu Iaea-Russell, Waihulakapu Y Kaho’okaulana, Namelemanukukalaao Kapono, Zena Ka’awaloa Kauaula, Leile Kepa’a-Cannella, Leiali’i Kahekaopaia Makekau-Whittaker, Keala Keahi Punahele Mamala, Roy B. McGrath, Kapua’olu’olumaikalani Apetahinotemehani Peleiholani-Blankenfeld, Shannon Kamalei Purdy, Leslie Kaiali'iokalani Roberts, Rikako Sakai, Narumi Suzuki, Elena-Marie Kalehuaoimakakoloa Waianuhea, Kiana Jade Davis, Maria Emiko dePillis-Shintaku, Sheadon Makuali'ikalaniwai Freitas, Kanae Inoue, Ned Kealoha, Rikako Sakai, Fa'afalea'i Silva Samau, Lourival Moreira Serra Junior, Mirei Sugita, Narumi Suzuki

Kau Kupulau 2021 (Spring 2021):

Taecia Kukuikuho’okahilehuanokaala Yuen-Sin Akana, Anya L Amaral, Carley Shigeko Kekaimimikiuilani Atkins, Kauakeakipunikawekiu Awana, Kekamamakoaaka'ilihou Kaleilani Kamohali'i Cacares, Kapaia'alaopuna Saichi Earle, Kamuali'i K Estrada, Alaka’i Ku’uleihiwaokamanu Iaea-Russell, Waihulakapu Y Kaho’okaulana, Namelemanukukalaao Kapono, Zena Ka’awaloa Kauaula, Zyshana Kolokea Selepa Kauaula, Zachary George Kaleikaumaka Tamayo Lorenzo, Leiali’i Kahekaopaia Makekau-Whittaker, Roy B. McGrath, Junko Mukai, Kau’ionalani M Navas-Colburn, Micah Kaliko Pascua, Kalen Raine Sabean, Rikako Sakai, Sean Tatsuo Segundo, Narumi Suzuki, Elena-Marie Kalehuaoimakakoloa Waianuhea, Steaphanie Grace Castillo, Maria Emiko dePillis-Shintaku, Sarah Kestrel Graser, Revis Anthony Petitt, Rikako Sakai, Narumi Suzuki, Jake Patrick Unger, Daniel Emerson Vera-Brannon, Ariel K Young-Ziegler

The following students in the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Arts and Sciences are recipients of the Dean’s List for Spring 2021:

Maximilian Abraham, Kiani Aburamen, Julian Ackroyd, Kupono Aguirre, Taecia Akana, Aurora Alkazar, Briyana Allen, Anya Amaral, Yeshaya Amichai, Kelsen Ray Aninion Pacheco, Kirsten Aoyagi, Kiai Apele, Nicole Arruda, Bailey Artienda, Kassandra Atkins, Kylie Aurello, Joseph Awong, Neggin Azar, Jennifer Bade, Jojo Balagot, Amanda Banfich, Alana Bayless, Bria Beale, Kaimilani Beatty, Sheann Belmes, Aaron Jay Bernardio, Megan Berrelleza, Jamie Bethune, Sara Bhatt, Leilani Blair, Diane Kay Bonoan, Sabina Boo Rivera, Nathaniel Booth, Hailey Briseno, Hunter Bugado, Brenna Burch, Emily Burkhart, Madison Byron, Caitlyn Cabral, Kekamamakoaaka'ilihou Caceres, Danford Calica, Julia Canfield, Elijah Carigon, Jakzen Carta, Jennifer Marie Carter, Quintin Carvalho, Christian Casados, Koryn Castaneda Sako, Sierra Cavaletto, Cassidy Chun, Marinel Clemente, Athena Coley, Piper Taylor Collado, Dustin-James Colleado, Taylor Collier, Gissele Corpuz, Alyah Cortez, Amanda Cox, Cole Crays, Skye Crosby, Andrew Curley, Charlotte Dadzie, Makanamakamaeonalani DaMate, Cienna-Lei Daog, Casydee De Mattos, Agata de Oliveira, Kaile De Soto, Tyler Deal, Miki'ala Demello-Miller, Sophia Dent, Maria dePillis-Shintaku, Kapaia'alaopuna Earle, Angelbert Eder, Lindsay Emerson, Lesly Enciso Cruz, Dayva Escobar, Joelle Stephanie Eversdijk, Audreea Ewing, Randal Fantaci, Lawson Faria, Sofia Ferreira Colman, Faatuputala Fiame, Kalanihuia Forbes, Daisy Franco Rodriguez, Joshua Franklin, Melanie Franze, David Freund, Evonne Princess Fronda, Nevaeh Fukui-Stoos, Jadelyn Fukunaga, Desiree Fukuoka, Lilliana Galarneau, Christine Joy Galdones, Amylia-Rae Gandolf, Billie Jean Garcia, Nadia Garcia, Emile Garry, Neilsen Gazo, Samantha Gehrman, Savanna Geiger, Jessica George, Mohala Gonsalves, Jared Goodwin, Hannah Graham, Sarah Graser, Katina Gronowski, Makanalani Guillermo, Cedrei Jan Guinto, Vyas Hale, Paige Hamada, Kathryn Harada, Lillian Harwood, Anthony Lazaro Haskett, Patti Hatzistavrakis, Trina Henry, Shawn Hernandez, Ciara Hester, Maka Hickcox, Imio Hicking, Hannah Highsmith, Jennipher Himmelmann, Lisa Hiraishi, Taylor Hiraki, Mana Ho, Alexander Hobgood, William Holsworth, Anela Holt-Mizuguchi, Tristine Honea, Annastasia Hurt-Moran, Alakai Iaea-Russell, Scott Igawa, Phoebe-Ohia Inciong, Erica Ingram, Vanessa Isaak, Karina Jacang, Olivia Jarvis, Amanda Jarvis, Scott Jennings, Ku'uhiapo Jeong, Ashton Jessee, Junita Jetley, Tromainne Joab, Jasmine Joao, Skyylerblu Johnson, Shola Kahiapo-Trevino, Yvonne Kahikina, Kaitlin Kaipo, Noreen Kaloi, Yuka Kaneko, Emma Kanoa, Leoshina Kariha, Noa Kauhi, Mindy Kawaha-Amar, Caitlin Kawaiaea, Bronwyn Kay, Alysa Kealoha, Heather Kekahuna, Vaughn Kelii, Jolie Kim, Melanie Kim, Casey Kishimori, Jennifer Ko, Kendall Kott, Tiani Kow, Linda Krewson, Kailani Kritzler, Josef La Bolle, Kaitlyn Lacombe, Noah Lau, Josephine Lee Hong-Mauga, Naomi Lemieux, Joshua Gerard Chongyu Liu, Gabriel Lopez, Tasha Lorenzo, Zachary Lorenzo, PulamaNamauu Louis, Nowel Lucas, Teia Magaoay, Rebekah Magers, Justin Maglinti, Elizabeth Manuel, Luca Matheiowetz, Alyssa Mathews, Lusia Matila, James Matsumoto, Kaiulani Matsumoto, Ashley Matt, David Mayser, Komela McAuliffe, Jaime McCampbell, Katrina McCarthy, Julia Rose McGann, Maya McGarry, Mia McGrath, Lyrik McNeil, Shivana Mendiola, Marshall-James Mindoro, Michael Mishina, Mandee Miyake, Missy Miyashiro, Chantel Mizuuchi, Summer Mochida-Meek, Reese Mokuau, Jordyn Moniz, Kyle Morin, Gregory Morrical, Makena Morris, Lawrence Nahalea, Talan Nakamura, Kiaria Nakamura, Mara Nansen, Marilynn Nashalook, Setsuko Ned, Kit Neikirk, Noah Nihipali, Brianna Ninomoto, Hina Nishida, Trinity Oakland, Abby Obryant, Amy Odaira, Mika Odaira, Markie Okamoto, Lauren Okinaka, Amy Okura, Bryanne Olson, Kaelyn Onodera, Jacob Orr, Alanna Pabre, Ryan Pacheco, Alyssa Padilla, Kristine Palilio, Mekaila Pasco, Maisie Paulson, Samantha Peck, Emma Piianaia, Marcus Plataniotis, Kiana Poasa, Roberto Ramos, Aston Benjamin Ramos, Shania Rapoza, Kaleinani Rapoza, Mia Ray, Amy Beth Raynard, Anntashia Rettin, Geneba Revuelta, Chloe Rich, Christina Rico, Brenna Rill, Sophia Rodriguez, Lindsey Rohlf, Christopher Roof, Mia Rosa, Cailey Rosario-Cabral, Gina Rudine, Alexandra Runyan, Megan Ryan, Hera Salmeron, Kylie Sasaki, Sarah Sato, Evan Sato, Braden Savage, Kailey Scanlon, Joseph Scott, Andrew Shell, Pancho Shelton, Jaysie Shimabukuro, Sara Shimizu, Maruko Sigrah, Quiyamah Simpkins, Macey Soares, Christina Souza, Elisabeth Spiker, Keilani Steele, Domini Stein, Taylor-Ann Stewart, Lauren Sugai, Seth Swaney, Kenneth Sweezey, Kmes Tabelual, Royden-Glen Tagalicud, Alyssa Marie Tagata, Amber Tai, Paul Jacob Taisacan, Jace Taka, Robert Tanoue, Katrina Taylor, Travis Taylor, Trent Terada, Naneaikealaula Thomas, Shaelyn Thomas-Carvalho, Joni Thompson, Arjun Thompson, Daelenn Tokunaga, Taylor Tolentino, Serenity Tollefson-Kelly, Niki Rae Torres, Claurissa Tremaine, Laura Tsunehiro Kang, Kyla-Marie Turner, Harris Ubedei, Kaelyn Uchida, Majorette Umayas, Jake Unger, Jessica Valladares, Anouk van Hoek, Pohakalaokeaolani Van Veen, Sarah Var, Meagan Chassidy Ventura, Daniel Vera-Brannon, Kaleihulu Victor, Angela Marie Lei Viernes, Linh Waddell, Makaniho'ola'eokealohakupa'a Walker, Adam Wall, Nalani Wall, Quinn Wallace, Jane Walsh, Natalie Walsh, Sienna Wareham, Aaron Wehrman, Robert Wheeler, Kulenalehua Wiebe, Alexandre Wilhelm, Haylee Willie, Kassidy Wilson, Keli Wong, Chase Wood, Venetia Worthington, Ploysuay Wu, Casey Yamauchi, Giselle Yaude, Katelyn Yockey, Chayna Yoshida, Kailee Yoshimura, Bertajane Younce, Ariel Young-Ziegler, Isabella Zingray.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the public to be a part of Wailau, a storytelling event meant to build connections across the UH Hilo campus and with the wider community.

The third episode of Wailau will take place in Fall 2021 with the theme, “Getting from Point A to Point B.” Storyteller applications are being accepted through Friday, September 3.

Organizers for Wailau, which means “where water from diverse sources comes together to commingle and become a more powerful, unified whole,” aim to spotlight voices and stories that fit Wailau themes in interesting ways, showcasing five storytellers at each online event: a UH faculty member, UH staff member, UH student, UH alum and a community member. Submissions are also welcome from former faculty and staff and storytellers of all ages.

Between the application deadline (Friday, September 3) and the premiere (Saturday, November 27), storytellers will be recorded sharing their stories of “Getting from Point A to Point B” on UH Hilo’s Performing Arts stage. If storytellers are unable to attend on-stage taping, self-taped stories will be accepted.

Applicants have an opportunity to view earlier episodes before completing their storyteller applications at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/archives/.

Wailau organizers include UH faculty, staff, students, alums, and community members, including UH Hilo's English Club. Students from the English Club determine Wailau themes, review applications, and select storytellers. Wailau episodes are hosted by students Kuʻuhiapo Jeong and Dayva Escobar and a topic expert to explore each episode’s theme.

“My hope is that Wailau becomes more than we initially intended and that it brings people in the community even closer together post pandemic — all through the power of stories,” Jeong said.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language faculty member’s publication in Oceanic Linguistics provides evidence for a major revision of understandings of the origins of Hawaiian and other East Polynesian languages.

Professor William H. Wilson had previously shown that East Polynesia was settled by people from small Polynesian Outliers. His latest article, “East Polynesian Subgrouping and Homeland Implications Within the Northern Outlier–East Polynesian Hypothesis,” confirms that people from those Outliers sailed directly east into the Phoenix and Line Islands and that Hawaiʻi was then settled from the Northern Line Islands.

“For some 50 years Polynesianists believed that East Polynesia was settled from the Sāmoa area with Hawaiʻi then settled from the Marquesas,” Wilson noted. “However, no one could connect the archaeological or linguistic record from Sāmoa directly with that of East Polynesian.

“That problem became more acute as archaeological dating began to indicate that all of East Polynesia, including Hawaiʻi, was settled much more recently than previously believed. How had East Polynesians become so different from Polynesians of the Sāmoa area in such a short time? And was the Marquesas really the source of the first Hawaiians?”

In 1985, Wilson published evidence that East Polynesian (EPn) languages were most closely related to languages spoken on small Central Northern Polynesian (CNO) Outlier atolls: Takuu, Nukumanu, Nukeria, and Luangiua. But that answer long remained ignored by other Polynesianists. Wilson put the issue aside and instead focused on the work of his College in developing a full Hawaiian language medium education system from preschool through doctorate.

In 2012, with the Hawaiian language medium system in place, Wilson returned to publishing on Polynesian historical linguistics. His 2012 publication and several following it showed the step-by-step development of East Polynesian languages from ancestoral languages spoken in the Outliers.

“Linguists began to accept my proposal but questions remained as to exactly where in East Polynesia did those initial Outlier-derived people first settle,” Wilson said. “Now in the journal Oceanic Linguistics, I provide linguistic evidence answering that question.”

Wilson also identifies the specific area within that homeland from which Hawaiian originated.

Wilson has determined that the original settlers of East Polynesia (EPn) sailed nearly 2,000 miles directly east from the Central Northern Outliers (CNO) to colonize a formerly uninhabited swath of the Central Pacific stretching some 2,300 miles west to east and some 1,200 miles north to south. This area includes the Phoenix, Line and Marquesas Islands. Wilson said there is evidence that colonists of this area continued to keep in contact with each other. However, the huge distances involved resulted in linguistic differentiation.

“Low coral island dwellers living in the Phoenix and Line Islands first differentiated from those living in the high Marquesas Islands,” Wilson explained. “Among the widely-spaced low coral Line Islands, those living in the Northern Line Islands then differentiated somewhat from those in the Southern Lines.” Wilson’s evidence shows that it was from the Northern Line Islands that Hawaiʻi was first settled.

Wilson does not dismiss a Marquesan connection to Hawaiian. He provides evidence that although the Marquesas were not the immediate source of the first Hawaiians, the navigational skills of the early East Polynesians resulted in continued contact and the borrowing of some words between different East Polynesian languages.

“Hawaiian borrowed some words from Marquesan, but those words are marked as such by reflecting a Marquesan sound system rather than the sound system characteristic of Hawaiian,” Wilson said. “That core sound system of Hawaiian provides the evidence of its ancestors living in the low coral Line Islands and before that in the Central Northern Outliers far to the west.”

Wilson’s article is available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/797960.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has been named one of the most ethnically diverse campuses among national universities by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 report of college rankings.

UH Hilo received a diversity index of 76 percent, sharing the top spot with Stanford University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, and University of San Francisco.

“Our diversity is one of UH Hilo's greatest strengths,” noted Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin. “It contributes to a great environment both in and out of the classroom for our students to learn from one another. I am proud that we can provide an educational home here in Hilo, itself a diverse city, for such a wide array of students.”

Data was derived from each institution’s Fall 2020 total undergraduate degree-seeking student body as reported to U.S. News & World Report.

Students at UH Hilo in Fall 2020 reported being 15.5 percent Asian, 8.3 percent Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 1.2 percent Black or African American, 19.1 percent white, 15.1 percent Hispanic/Latino, and 37.3 percent two or more races.

UH Hilo was named the most ethnically diverse campus in the national publication’s 2020 and 2021 reports.

The entire list of ethnically diverse campus rankings can be found at: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/campus-ethnic-diversity.

The latest scientific research on Rat Lungworm Disease by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy faculty member was recently published in a reader-friendly format targeted for educators, healthcare professionals and the general public in an effort to increase public awareness of the disease and how to minimize risks of contracting it.

Dr. Susan Jarvi, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is the lead editor, along with associate Kay Howe, of Informational Briefs from the 6th International Workshop on Rat Lungworm Parasites, a 40-page publication featuring research on a variety of topics related to this parasite and the disease it causes.

“This modified version of the scientific papers published in the journal Parasitology (Vol 148:2 Feb 2021) provides the same information in a condensed, more reader-friendly format,” Jarvi explained. “It was done with the full support of journal editors at Cambridge University Press.”

Rat Lungworm, a disease that has sickened nearly 100 people on Hawaiʻi Island over the past decade, is caused by a parasitic nematode found in the pulmonary arteries of rats. It is commonly transmitted to humans when first-stage parasites in rat feces are eaten by snails or slugs, which then develop and are accidentally ingested by humans on unwashed produce or in water.

“Research on ways to reduce human risk of infection is also critical, including mechanisms and tools to better educate the public,” Jarvi said. “That’s why we felt it was important to share the results of these scientific studies with the general population in a less technical, more accessible format.”

Jarvi’s latest publication is the result of cutting-edge research summarized by scientists from eight countries who presented their findings at a workshop in January 2020 in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

Jarvi, who also serves as head of the Hawaiʻi Island Rat Lungworm Working Group, said the international workshops are held every two to three years and are crucial for advancing research and knowledge not only about diagnosis and treatment of the disease, but on research relating to infection and transmission levels in humans, as well as the expanding range of infection in non-human species.

The publication can be accessed online at: http://dspace.lib.hawaii.edu/handle/10790/6170.

Jarvi also created a new video where she describes Rat Lungworm and the associated disease. The video is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSe6d7NDt6Y.

Jarvi and Howe provide a new online education program on the prevention of Rat Lungworm Disease. The 1¼-hour course provides current information on the parasite’s lifecycle and how to reduce risk of infection. It’s available to the public and includes continuing education credits for healthcare professionals. Learn more about the program at the Jarvi Lab website: https://pharmacy.uhh.hawaii.edu/research/jarvi-lab.