In observance of United Nations Day and Conflict Resolution Day, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo International Student Services invites the public to an online presentation by Cynthia Tai on Tuesday, October 19 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. Tai will share her inspirational journey from serving as the Hawai’i County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney to working at the International Criminal in The Hague, Netherlands for nearly seven years.

Since her return to Hawaiʻi Island, Tai founded Project Expedite Justice, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to justice to survivors of mass atrocities in some of the world’s most marginalized populations in conflict and post-conflict areas. She and her team of attorneys around the globe have worked on cases ranging from human trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia, to war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and other countries.

In 2020, Tai received the Champion for Social Justice Award from the Hawai’i State Bar Association. The award is given annually to an individual for their courageous legal work that helps promote the interests of justice. She hopes that as our society moves forward through COVID-19, people will do more to preserve what they value most.

The presentation will be of special interest to those interested in careers as an attorney and in the administration of justice, the foreign service, and social justice advocacy.

“I want people to know that you can do it,” said Tai. “I want kids to know that. You can grow up and be whatever you want to be. If you work hard, you can make a difference.”

Register for this free event online at http://go.hawaii.edu/PLm.

The presentation is sponsored by the UH Hilo International Student Services, Political Science/Administration of Justice Department, the International Student Association, and Rotary International’s Peace Action Group.

For more information, contact Dr. Su-Mi Lee at sumilee@hawaii.edu.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo physics professor led a team of scientists that recently solved the mystery of the light from a single galaxy being split into multiple distorted images, something that had puzzled astronomers for many years.

Dr. Richard Griffiths, affiliate professor of physics and astronomy at UH Hilo, and professor emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University, and his team discovered that the dark matter within the galaxy cluster is smoothly distributed on the scale of a few thousand light-years.

“This discovery, called ‘Hamilton’s Object,’ is important because astronomers still don't know what dark matter is, nearly a century after its discovery,” Griffiths noted. “The search for the nature of dark matter is one of the biggest problems in all of physics.

“This is one of only very few known galaxies where there is a chance that a star within the galaxy passes across a 'critical' line which is set by the gravitational pull of the cluster and the distances to the galaxy and the cluster,” he added. “When a star crosses this line, its brightness can be magnified by a few thousand times so it becomes clearly visible for weeks or months while the star is crossing the line.

“As this is happening, the brightness of the star will fluctuate because the dark matter in the cluster is clumped and the line is actually wavy. This would give a direct measure of the clumpiness of the dark matter.”

The team discovered that the immense gravity of an intervening, foreground cluster of galaxies was warping space, magnifying, brightening, and stretching the image of a distant galaxy behind it, a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. The gravitational pull of the cluster of galaxies is dominated by the dark matter within it.

“We know it's some form of matter, but we have no idea what the constituent particle is,” he added. “The significance of the limits of size on the clumping or smoothness is that it gives us some clues as to what the particle might be.”

Griffiths explained that in 2013, a small group of astronomers found a peculiar image seen with the Hubble Space Telescope, which had a doubled nucleus flanked by several parallel streaks, each of which was also doubled.

“The object was found in a Hubble image of the area near a supermassive black hole that was emitting x-rays, but the strange image had nothing to do with the supermassive black hole,” Griffiths said. “It was a completely serendipitous discovery and a big surprise to the Hubble observers.”

The image remained a puzzle to the discovery team until Tim Hamilton of Shawnee State University showed it years later to Griffiths, who recognized it as a “gravitational lens,” a galaxy whose image had been doubled and stretched because the light from it had passed through the center of a large cluster of galaxies.

“There should have been a third image, much less distorted, that showed the true shape of the distant, background galaxy,” Griffiths said. “By studying carefully the shapes and distortions in the lensed images, I was able to roughly reconstruct the shape and size of the anticipated third image, and then succeeded in finding it in the Hubble image, not far from the lensed images.”

Griffiths involved UH Hilo Physics and Astronomy students Mitchell Rudisel and Po-Chieh Huang to assist with data analysis, observations, and obtaining spectroscopic measurements using telescopes from Gemini and W.M. Keck observatories to show that the dark matter in the cluster of galaxies, which has the gravitational pull to double and stretch the background galaxy image, was smoothly distributed through the center of the cluster.

The analysis by the UH Hilo team, assisted by Dr. Jenny Wagner at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, showed that the dark matter may consist of ultra-light particles rather than the heavy particles favored by most physicists.

“Only the Hubble Space Telescope is capable of finding gravitational lenses like this one,” Griffiths said. “And at the time of the original discovery, there were no similar objects that had been found, so this was one of the first.

“There were no publications to guide us in the interpretation of what we had found, and world experts on gravitational lenses had never seen anything like this,” he added.

The team's paper (https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/506/2/1595/6276726?redirectedFrom=fulltext) appears in the September 2021 issue of The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (https://academic.oup.com/mnras/issue/506/2).

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center was recently awarded three new five-year grants totaling over $8 million through the Title III, Part F Alaska Native Native Hawaiian (ANNH) Serving Institutions program to help support the success of Native Hawaiian students.

The programs and their grant award include:

Pāʻieʻie: Indigenizing the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community Campuses ($2,998,734)

This cooperative grant is between UH Hilo (lead) and Hawaiʻi Community College with the following main objectives:

* Increase Native Hawaiian student enrollment and retention through Hawaiʻi Island place-based service-learning pathways

* Increase Native Hawaiian students, faculty, and staff engagement through the creation of Indigenous resources and spaces at UH Hilo-Hawaiʻi Community College Manono and Kō Education Center Honokaʻa

* Increase Native Hawaiian student graduation and transfer through faculty professional development activities

E halakau ai nā manu: Native Hawaiian Student Engagement and Support ($2,729,837)

This project aims to increase Native Hawaiian student persistence and retention in their first and second year at UH Hilo through three activities:

* Enhance student engagement through learning environments by renovating the Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center to better engage and support Native Hawaiian students

* Foster campus and community engagement to strengthen access for Native Hawaiian first-year students through peer mentoring

* Strengthen leadership development for second-year students through participation in leadership development opportunities

Hoʻolana: Access and Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation Success for Native Hawaiian Students ($2,675,468)

This project’s goal is to support Native Hawaiian student success from their freshmen to senior year at UH Hilo through the following:

* Facilitate student success for freshmen students, including summer bridge programs and a first-year experience course, that incorporates place-based, service-learning activities that increases understanding of the cultural significance of Hawaiʻi Island

* Enhance campus and community engagement for Native Hawaiian sophomores

* Strengthen leadership development for Native Hawaiian students that contribute to their persistence to graduation

“All of our project goals include increasing Native Hawaiian student enrollment through retention efforts, increasing Native Hawaiian student graduation rates, and increasing Native Hawaiian student engagement in Hawaiian language and culture learning pathways,” explained Principal Investigator Gail Makuakane-Lundin.

“I am especially gratefully to the Kīpuka staff, especially Associate Director Hualani Loo and Student Development Coordinator Hoʻoleina Ioane, who authored two of the grant proposals. The grants provide us the opportunity to work with our colleagues on campus and across other UH campuses to create new pathways for Native Hawaiian students to achieve success.”

Kīpuka also received a one-year supplemental ANNH grant of $551,298 to expand and enhance the Kūkulu: Strengthening Native Hawaiian Leadership by Building Retention and Graduate Efforts program.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo professor specializing in humpback whale behavioral ecology and communication recently received a $5,000 grant from the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation to study stress in humpback whale mothers in the Hawaiian breeding grounds.

Dr. Adam Pack, professor of biology and psychology and founder of the UH Hilo Marine Mammal Laboratory (https://hilo.hawaii.edu/faculty/adam-a-pack/marine-mammal-lab/), is currently conducting research on “Assessing Stress in Humpback Whale Mothers Early and Late in the Breeding Season in Maui Waters by Comparing Blubber Cortisol and Corticosterone Concentrations to Body Condition Health Measures” through August 31, 2022. His grant will help support his collaborative work with the Marine Mammal Research Program of the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, the Pacific Whale Foundation, the Dolphin Institute, and University of Alaska Fairbanks to examine stress hormone concentrations in humpback whale mothers over their extended residency in Hawaiian waters during winter and spring months, which may last 50 or more days.

“The Hawaiian Islands are the principal mating and calving grounds for North Pacific humpback whales,” Pack said. “In Hawaiʻi, mothers fast and have to support their own energy needs as well as that of their nursing calves by relying on metabolized fat stores they have accumulated during summer months in Alaska while pregnant.

“My colleagues and I measure cortisol and corticosterone concentrations (two stress-related steroid hormones) in mothers with newly-born calves by extracting from them a tissue sample of blubber about the size of a pencil eraser using a sterile biopsy sampling technique. The biopsy sample can also be analyzed for progesterone concentration to reveal if a mother is also pregnant with her next calf. In conjunction with biopsy sampling, a drone is used to measure the mother's body condition -- as well as that of the calf -- and identification images are taken of the mother's tail flukes to match against archival catalogs to determine her minimum age and reproductive history,” he added.

The number of male escorts present with the mother-calf pair is also documented as Pack's earlier studies have shown that males seeking mating opportunities with mothers lead these females to expend more energy than if left alone with their calves.

“The findings from this study will help establish the natural stress response experienced by humpback whale mothers during the breeding season and allow researchers, the public and state and federal agencies charged with protecting humpback whales to better understand how natural stress variation may be compromised by anthropogenic stressors such as entanglement, vessel collisions, and underwater noise,” Pack explained.

Pack will present his research at the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary virtual research symposium November 4 & 5, 2021. The symposium, which is open to the public, will be held 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. HST to highlight research taking place in sanctuary waters.

Fall 2021 is a landmark semester for the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. In addition to a 2.5% increase in enrollment, the University launched a new brand created entirely in-house through the collaboration of faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

The new brand – “Your Journey is our Focus” (ʻO kāu huakaʻi ko mākou kuleana) and “Connecting Learning, Life and Aloha,” (ʻO ka ʻimi naʻauao, ke ola a me ke aloha kā kākou e huliāmahi ai), speaks to UH Hilo’s values and strengths, with the student at the piko, or center, of its message.

“This new way of capturing our University's strengths speaks to the support we give to students in both their academic and personal journeys,” said Chancellor Bonnie Irwin. “Every student who comes to UH Hilo can feel the spirit of aloha permeate our excellent academic and support programs.”

Drawing inspiration from the UH Hilo Student Association (UHHSA) Pledge written by UH Hilo students, the brand is “student-driven” in concept, focus and execution.

“Our new television spot features students reciting the UHHSA Pledge, and our radio spots are voiced by UH Hilo students, taken from Vulcan V.I.B.E. (Vulcans Involved by Engagement) interviews conducted by students themselves,” said Nyssa Kushi, director of institutional marketing.

Kathleen Baumgardner, UH Hilo Strategic Planning project manager, helped facilitate the rebranding workshops for UH Hilo’s Marketing and Social Media Advisory Group (MSMAG), organized by Kushi in 2019. The MSMAG is comprised of the college deans, a Faculty Congress member, a UHHSA representative, a community member, and various departments campuswide, with input from Strategic Planning. Overall, the group encompasses 27 campus units or organizations that provide UH Hilo’s Institutional Marketing Office with collaborative guidance.

“Our brand is comprised of the stories, experiences, and attributes that define us,” Baumgardner explained. “It is the sum of all the interactions our audiences – students, alumni, community members, faculty, staff, research partners – have with UH Hilo. It is what they feel about us and what they say about us.”

The new television spot, “Your Journey is Our Focus,” debuted during Merrie Monarch in June 2021, and a complete redesign of the UH Hilo website by Web Services and Graphics Services followed in July. Institutional Marketing in the Office of University Relations also expanded coverage statewide, to include newspaper ads, radio spots and television.

Graphics designer Tanya Ibarra, who created the new design, said: “The design reflects the experiences of aloha that UH Hilo students will have, and to be sure they understand that that aloha experience will continue to guide them throughout the rest of their lives.”

“Mahalo to the MSMAG and our UH Hilo ‘ohana for their extraordinary efforts in creating an institutional identity that truly reflects our rich diversity of culture, hands-on learning, and the Hawaiʻi Island environment, all of which make UH Hilo an ideal place to start a student’s journey in life,” said Kushi.

UH Hilo’s redesigned website can be viewed at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/. The Brand Guide and Toolkit are available at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/~graphics/brand, while the new brand television spot is posted on UH Hilo’s YouTube channel at: https://youtu.be/oOdJIvBHMv4.

Three University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo students are recipients of various scholarships to study abroad for the 2021-22 academic year.

The students are:

Kit Neikirk, a graduate of Connections Public Charter School, is a triple major undergraduate student focusing on the study of genetics. He received the Audrey S. Furukawa Scholarship and the Gertrude E. McVickar Scholarship toward his current semester at Stirling University in Scotland. His journey through Europe continues next semester when he attends Uppsala University in Sweden.

Taylor Barongan, better known as U`i, is a sophomore biology major who also graduated from Connections Public Charter School. She is studying at Stirling University in Scotland through a virtual program. Barongan is the recipient of the Gilman Scholarship, an organization renowned for supporting international education. She will attend Uppsala University in Sweden in spring 2022.

Taimane Kekauoha-Chartrand graduated from Kealakehe High School and is now a senior business management student. She is attending Chung-Ang University in South Korea. Kekauoha-Chartrand is the recipient of various scholarships, including the Gilman Scholarship, Freeman Scholarship, Na Ho'okama a Pauahi Scholarship, and the Second Century Scholarship.

See https://hilo.hawaii.edu/studyabroad/ScholarshipOpportunities.php for a complete list of scholarships available at UH Hilo for study abroad.

First-year students took the Oath of a Pharmacist as part of the annual University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICIP) White Coat Ceremony, held Sunday, October 17 at 10 a.m. in Hale Kihoʻihoʻi. Attendance was limited to P1 students and a small number of faculty and staff, but family and friends were able to watch the livestreamed ceremony online. A recording can be viewed on the DKICP YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3J3qn4xTOk.

Students were addressed by Dean Carolyn Ma, who shared her own personal story of growing up on O`ahu and the emphasis her parents put on education in achieving personal goals. She stressed to students the importance of commitment to their new profession, how they will be challenged, but how eventually their commitment will become their bedrock and a platform for helping to maintain the health and wellbeing of others.

This year’s keynote speaker was Rear Admiral (ret) Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD., who served as the U.S. Assistant Surgeon General and 10th Chief Pharmacist Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service from 2014-2018.

“Pharmacists are now playing such a critical role during the pandemic by providing COVID testing and vaccine administration, and by ensuring uninterrupted delivery of routine pharmacy services,” she said. “The COVID-19 pandemic has been a game-changer for our profession, and you’re coming into it as this transformation comes to a peak.”

Schweitzer also encouraged students to help their family members in maneuvering through the healthcare system.

“Everyone needs a healthcare advocate and you will become experts at this. COVID-19 has brought to the forefront the importance of having strong healthcare infrastructures in our communities. Many of you will be part of improving that infrastructure for years to come.”

A drive-by celebration was held on A`ohoku Street following the ceremony.

The Class of 2025 continues a DKICP tradition of being diverse. Along with many students from within the state of Hawaiʻi, the new cohort includes a sizeable group from the Continental United States, as well as from American Samoa, Puerto Rico and South Korea.

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

The fall episode of Wailau premieres online Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. and will explore Getting from Point A to Point B. Student Kuʻuhiapo Jeong, along with topic expert Desmon Haumea, canoe culture practitioner, hosts the event.

Wailau spotlights voices and stories that fit the event theme in interesting ways. The fall Wailau showcases these storytellers and stories:

• Bonnie Irwin, “Getting Lost”

• Catherine Kalama Becker, “Lessons from The Mother Road”

• Jon Sakurai-Horita, “The Journey is the Reward”

• Nikki Gour, “Embracing Opportunity”

• Tori Matsumoto, “Puzzle Pieces”

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

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.

To attend the Wailau premiere online, go to: hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/watch.php.

Join the watch page on the day of the premiere. To live chat with a Wailau host, storytellers, or other members of the online audience, click on the YouTube logo on the lower left corner of the watch window. The full episode will also be available at the same URL immediately after the premiere.

Learn more about Wailau at: hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo was recently represented at Pacific Business News’ 4th annual Business of Pride Awards, held October 21, 2021 on O`ahu. The event recognized LGBTQ leaders, companies, and allies in Hawaiʻi who are successful in their careers, active in their communities, and advocates for inclusion and equality.

Individuals who were honored in the 2021 installment of the event included Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Farrah-Marie Gomes, who was recognized for making the workplace more inclusive and being a strong advocate for UH Hilo students. Other honorees represented the film industry, health care, real estate, and county government.

“In addition to policy work and administrative changes early on in her career at UH Hilo, Gomes has been creative in doubling the number of student employees working in the university’s LGBTQ+ Center,” PBN said in its announcement of selectees. “She preserved its physical office and secured funding to increase its operating budget and grow events. Most recently, Gomes helped add counseling services campus-wide through a free app.”

Gomes has also been successful in securing philanthropic support to establish the first endowed scholarship for LGBTQ+ students across the UH System as well as securing funding to increase the LGBTQ+ Center’s operating budget by $25,000 a year for the next four years. The $1 million gift will allow the awarding of approximately $40,000 in scholarships to LGBTQ+ students starting in Fall 2022.

“Now more than ever, our students are met with many more obstacles along their academic journey and providing the holistic support they need can feel daunting,” Gomes noted. “As an institution of higher education, we have an important role of staying focused on student learning, engagement and development as that is central to our purpose.

“At the same time, we must also remember that two of the best ways to support success of our students is for us to remain committed to sustaining an inclusive campus climate and to ensure equitable access and opportunity for all students,” she added. “This is what makes the work we do worth all the effort. It’s a pleasure to serve not just our students, but our entire campus and community, because an inclusive workplace has benefits that stretch much farther than the boundaries of our institution.”

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo has been selected by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to participate in the newly launched Transformation Accelerator Cohort (TAC). The program is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and designed to help institutions eliminate race, ethnicity, and income as predictors of student success.

The inaugural TAC cohort, which was selected through a competitive application process, includes the following AASCU institutions:

• Albany State University (GA)

• California State University-Fresno

• Central Connecticut State University

• College of Staten Island CUNY

• Metropolitan State University of Denver

• PASSHE/Bloomsburg University, Lockhaven University, Mansfield University (PA)

• SUNY College at Oswego

• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

• Texas A&M Kingsville

• Prairie View A&M University (TX)

• Texas A&M University System

• Texas A&M University-San Antonio

• University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

• University of Maryland Eastern Shore

• William Paterson University (NJ)

Among the participants are seven Hispanic-serving institutions, three historically Black colleges and universities and Predominately Black Institutions, and three Asian American and Native American Pacific-Islander serving institutions.

The TAC cohort involves peer-to-peer learning across institutions in-person and virtually. Participants will have access to resources, including online modules and webinars, and receive support from subject matter experts in data analytics, equity, student success, advising, institutional transformation, and strategic and systems planning.

“UH Hilo is thrilled to partner with AASCU and an extraordinary, diverse group of minority-serving campuses, all of whom share in our commitment to advancing student success and eliminating equity gaps in completion,” noted Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Kris Roney.

“Having personally witnessed the transformations that come from AASCU projects like this one and knowing the successes of some of our partner campuses, I know UH Hilo's communities will benefit from these challenging conversations and spaces for innovative projects designed with equity for our students and communities in mind.”

A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Professor Emeritus of Biology has his article on the rediscovery of the azure-tailed skink on Hawaiʻi Island published in the December 2021 issue of Herpetological Review.

Professor William Mautz is the author of “The Azure-tailed Skink, Emoia impar, Remains Extant on Hawai‘i Island, USA,” which reports that the lizard species, once common throughout the Hawaiian Islands, had not been seen in 50 years and was thought to be extinct in Hawaiʻi. However, a population was rediscovered in 2000 on Mokapu Islet off Moloka`i.

“I first became aware of this lizard on Hawaiʻi Island in 2017 when Aaron Mickelson, a former student in UH Hilo’s Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science graduate program, sent me a photograph taken by Gary Miller and asked me if I knew what this lizard was,” Mautz explains. “I said I know what it is, but it is not supposed to be here anymore. The little brown skinks common in Hilo backyards are a different species called the delicate skink. They may have a slate-colored tail but it is not a true blue. The azure-tailed skink also has a stripe over the top of its head.”

These observations set off a hike led by Miller to the lizard population, which is confined to a small grove of pandanus trees at the edge of the ocean cliffs near Ninole. Mautz explains that cliff-edge populations of rare wildlife restricted there by ecological pressures like habitat destruction and invasive predators and competitors are vulnerable to local extinction.

He adds that in addition to habitat destruction, the disappearance of azure-tailed skinks across the Hawaiian Archipelago over the past 100 years could be due to feral cats, rats, mongoose, and invasive species of ants.

“The other difficulty for cliff edge populations of wildlife on Hawaiʻi Island is that residential property development is rapidly proceeding on the Hamakua Coast,” Mautz notes. “Newer developers favor ocean views over small farms and set landscaped houses close to the edge of the sea cliffs.” Mautz says that it is not known if the azure-tailed skinks are restricted to pandanus tree groves and if there are other populations of the lizards elsewhere on the island.

“There is a rumored sighting of a blue-tailed skink in pandanus forest in the Kohala Mountains,” he says. “I have been searching the fragmented cliff-top pandanus groves on the Hamakua Coast and Kohala Mountains for more lost treasure lizards, so far without luck.”

The article can be viewed at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/faculty/mautz/documents/faculty/mautz/mautzAzureTailedSkinkExtantHawaiiIslandPreprintHerpReview5242021.pdf.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo celebrates its 2021 Fall Commencement with two in-person ceremonies, to be held Saturday, December 18, in Vulcan Gym. The ceremony may also be viewed via live stream at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/. The ceremonies have been modified from previous years to provide for COVID-19 safety protocols.

The first ceremony begins at 9 a.m. for students in the College of Arts and Sciences, Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of Hawaiian Language, and College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management. The second ceremony begins at 2 p.m. for students in the College of Natural and Health Sciences, College of Business and Economics, and Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy. Approximately 232 students have petitioned for degrees and/or certificates and for various post-graduate credentials. Students are allowed to invite two guests that must be registered and present a proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test in order to enter Vulcan Gym.

Dr. Steve Lundblad, professor of geology at UH Hilo, provides the keynote address.

Originally from Yakima, WA, Lundblad said he experienced first-hand the eruption of Mt. St. Helens as it covered his town with ash during his high school years. This coupled with his interest in the outdoors fostered an interest in geology that continues today.

Since 2003, Lundblad has been teaching a wide variety of geology courses for majors and non-majors at UH Hilo, including field courses to the southwestern United States. Along with his students, he measures ground movement of Kilauea Volcano both near the summit caldera and in the lower east rift zone, which continues a decades-old data collection program begun by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

In collaboration with Peter Mills of the Anthropology Department, they run UH Hilo’s Geoarchaeology Laboratory, which specializes in the non-destructive analyses of basalt, including volcanic artifacts from the Pacific in order to determine their source and exchange. They were major contributors to the analysis of lava flows from the 2018 lower east rift zone eruption in Puna and continue to provide geochemical analyses for a variety of projects.

Lundblad has supported pre-college science and mathematics education with the generous donation of his time and talents to local science fair participants as well as to a number of outreach endeavors. He is also active in local bicycling groups.

Lundblad is the recipient of the 2018 University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2019 Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Excellence and Innovation Award.

He received his B.A. from Harvard University, master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina.

The student speaker is April Alohalani Kaluhiokalani Housman, a Ph.D. candidate in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization.

Housman was a faculty member with Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke’elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language and served as the Director of the Hale Kuamo’o Hawaiian Language Center before retiring in 2015. She was honored as the NHEA Educator of the Year in March 2008 for her many years of service in the Hawaiian language revitalization movement. She is a mother of four and grandmother of eight Hawaiian-speaking children, and has a long and distinctive career in public education that began in 1984 as the Leeward District Hawaiian Studies Resource Teacher.

In addition, she was the first to pioneer the Hawaiian language immersion program in the Hawaiʻi public school system on Oʻahu in 1987, mentored and trained new teachers, developed curriculum, and taught elementary through intermediate immersion education throughout Hawaiʻi, and in 1991 received the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Education Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Leeward District Teacher of the Year Award. In 1999, the Hawaiʻi State Senate awarded her for work in Hawaiian Immersion Education. She is currently teaching as a faculty member of the Hawaiian Studies program at Brigham Young University - Hawaiʻi.

The ceremony will also be recorded and available for viewing at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/.

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

Pauline Marie Adkins, Riezhelle Agpaoa, Keilynn Ann Aguiar, Summer K. Ah Choy, Dallas Kamakana Alip-Sanchez, Kamera Ka'ua'noelani Amuro, Rachel Jane Ancheta, Kiana K. Aniu, Saifoloi Gandhi Asiata, Martha Miochy Aten, Seth M. Bello, Rojean Millare Bernal, Brooke Bisel, Nicholas Kenyang Boo-Rivera, Madison McGregor Byron, Keaweakoa Conrad Cabebe, Mason Anthony Campbell, Bernard Cantorna, Elijah Timothy Carigon, Madison T. Carvalho, Cary K. Catrett, Callista Lynn Cava, Luca Checchia Adell, Rio Nai'a Chopot, Julia Hunt Congdon, Alicyn Correia, Sandra Maria Dafincescu, Alexandra Sophie Victoria Davis, Andrelyn Marie Delos Santos Dela Cruz, Alessio Demichelis, Chase Kealiiokalani DePrue, Megan Malia Donovan, Allison Leilani Dupre, Emery Jacob Eberhard, Lindsay Baker Emerson, Evonne Princess Alipio Fronda, Kilar McGuire Fujimoto, Christopher James Furman, Rayanne Mica V. Ganiron, Rachel Ann Goblet, Nicholas Shigeru Gomez, Kellen Tatsuo Goya, Mingxia June Hawkins, Johnathan Douglas Herbert, Barron Wesley Holtz, Malie Keilenikelisinika Ibarra, Betty Andrew Isaac, Hana Isokawa, Blaze Johnson, Mariah Janae Johnson, Reece Yasuharu Kadota, Kaiya-Lynn K. Kaha, John Julian Kekupono'okanakanui Kea, Jeehye Kim, Connor I. Kimura, Jaedon Christian King Wah Kow, Alyssia Rose Kuenzi, Rich Choi Kuhlmann, Kayla Kanoelani Kunihisa, Keisuke Kurihara, Evan Kainoa La Rochelle, Trevor Olin Lairmore, Mia Dori-Ann Lily Lesseos, Jodi Emiko Lillie, Luca Alexander Lippert, Ginate Mahuru, Caroline Afaga Manzanilla, Reynelson Kealo Ali'i Martin, Jr, Luca David Matheiowetz, Gage Nohea Masato Matsumoto, Makeila Deanna Mahealani May, Conor Sean Meehan, Kamryn J. Mitchell, Jared Akeo Miyamoto, Taylor Keani Moniz, Kristine Villanueva Muerong, Wataru Muto, Andruw-Vincent Kupono Nakamura, Hihona Nakatani, Macy Noelani Napoleon, Mika Odaira, Tasha Sue Mieko Ohta, 'Onipa'a Olanapuaopi'ilani Olds, Braeden Patrick ONeill, Shane H. Ota, Jamie Enrica Gardenia Pagan, Sinarleen R. Peres, Nhu Quynh Phan, Kayla Christin Phillips, Christian Diongson Presiados, Everette Matchiau Reklai, Wentworth Rivera III, Rysen Naku'ihaokila Ross, Kristine May Barbaquino Ruiz, Mary Rose Juan Russo, Daytlyn N. Sanborn, Mayalee Saneishi, Naomi K. Sensano, Carli Saori Shimokihara, Eric Hiroto Shinjo, Maylina Silbanuz, Kuliaikanuuowaialeale Rhyan Silva, Riley Desiree Spector, Peter Scott Stachowicz, Michael Kahekolani Sullivan-Ambriel, Joe Takahashi, Revlyn Shizuko Takayesu, Elaera Reiko Estantino Tamura, Kai Shigeharu Tanaka, Basil Tavake, Tyula K. Temarsel, Angelique L. P. Thompson, Brian Tran, Moana Tsukahara, Tom Vorkastner, Tyler Waltjen, Baillie Anne Setsuyo Wiggins, Cappi Kaya Winters, Jasmine Xie, James Mitchell Yamasaki, Kaile Rae La'ake'a Yasui, Devan Justin Eddie Yoshimura, Evan Aukai Yung, Albert Alcaraz Zuniga

TheUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites the community to apply to be Wailau storytellers.

Wailau is a storytelling event meant to build connections across the UH Hilo campus and with the wider community. The fourth episode of Wailau premieres in spring 2022 with the theme Tales of Misunderstanding. Storyteller applications are

being accepted through Friday, February 11, 2022.

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 Hilo faculty member, staff member, student, alum, and a Hawaiʻi Island community member. Submissions are also welcome from former faculty and staff members and storytellers of all ages.

Between the application deadline (Friday, February 11, 2022) and the premiere (Saturday, May 7, 2022), storytellers are offered a coaching session, take part in an on-stage meeting/rehearsal, and then recorded sharing their Tales of

Misunderstanding on UH Hilo’s Performing Arts stage in advance of the online premiere. If storytellers are unable to attend on-stage taping, self-taped stories are accepted.

UH Hilo students play a major role in staging Wailau, from selecting the theme and stories, to operating lights, sound and cameras, to participating as hosts and storytellers. Students from the English Club determine Wailau themes, review

applications, and select storytellers.

Students Braden Savage and Evangeline Lemieux share their thoughts on the spring Wailau theme: “We misunderstand things all the time, and we’re sure this is a common experience with many people. Interesting situations can arise out of these misunderstandings. They can place us in circumstances we couldn’t have expected at all.”

Those interested in being a storyteller have an opportunity to view earlier episodes before completing their application. Visit the Wailau Archives at https://hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/archives/.

To apply to be a Wailau storyteller and learn more, see: hilo.hawaii.edu/wailau/.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo was recently selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to host a Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center (https://www.aacu.org/initiatives/truth-racial-healing-transformation-campus-centers). Established in partnership with AAC&U and hosted by 47 other colleges and universities across the country, including UH Mānoa, TRHT Campus Centers pursue the shared goal of preparing the next generation of leaders and thinkers to break down racialized practices and to dismantle the belief in a hierarchy of human value. TRHT is a comprehensive, national and community-based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

Led by a task force comprised from members of the Chancellor’s Committee for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UH Hilo’s TRHT Center, known as Waiolama, aims to provide a safe space for the campus community to engage in critical conversations around racial disparities and systemic injustices, both past and present, and promote healing and understanding of shared humanity. Through Waiolama, faculty, staff, students, and community members will be invited to participate in events throughout the year and collectively learn, collaborate, and implement transformative campus and institutional changes.

Waiolama will be celebrating its kick-off event virtually with guest speaker Dr. Valli Kalei Kanuha on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the National Day of Racial Healing. Kanuha, an indigenous, feminist, activist-practitioner scholar with a focus on gender violence against women and children, and the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender and sexual identity, will speak on “The Beloved `Ohana: Modern Abolition, Social Justice, Liberation & Freedom.” Registration is required, and can be done at: https://hawaii.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FQ12drF2Q5ODSxp84hlqtA.

“The structural framework for this initiative was inspired by the reflective insight and campus engagement around the Huliau Series, which was first hosted during the summer of 2020,” explained Jenna Waipa, co-chair of the DEI Committee and co-author of UH Hilo’s Waiolama action plan. “Our goal is to provide thoughtful and intentional learning opportunities for all members of our campus community to promote courageous conversations and necessary dialogue around urgent concerns impacting our campus.”

Kekai Lindsey, who also assisted in drafting the action plan, noted the background and significance of the naming of UH Hilo’s TRHT Center, Waiolama.

“Waiolama is inspired by a tributary and marshland inland of Hilo One, once famed for its glistening sands. Waiolama was dredged and filled for ‘economic progress,’ forevermore transforming our landscape, its history and cultural heritage becoming unrecognizable to today’s generation.

“This is one example of a multitude that reflects an imbalance in our perspectives and values and its impact,” he added. “The restoration of water is a metaphor that reflects our experience as Kānaka. It is a reminder of the guiding principles of our objectives to orient ourselves to our past to inform our actions now and hereafter, and to foster an environment that restores our relationship to self, family, community, and to our environment.”

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo invites listeners to Season II of Ka Leo o ka Uluau, a podcast created to ho`okama`āina or acquaint listeners to Hawaiʻi Island. The podcast is named to honor a Hawaiian makani or wind of Hilo and to represent the conveyance of people’s voices and thoughts.

The second season consists of 12 episodes beginning in January 2022 with a shift from moʻolelo and kaʻao (stories) on Hawaiʻi Island to Hawaiian cultural practices that inform listeners how to meaningfully and sustainably interact with the place we live based on those traditional knowledge systems.

Season II episodes will be released throughout the year on the Hilo moon phase of every malama (lunar month) to raise awareness of this ancient yet relevant practice of keeping time and will feature guests who are knowledgeable in various Hawaiian cultural practices. These include ulana lau hala (lau hala weaving) with Gloria Pualani Muraki (January 2) and lawaiʻa pono (sustainable fishing) in Miloliʻi with Kaʻimi Kaupiko and Uʻilani Nāipo (February 3).

Podcast co-host Leilani DeMello, an alumnus of both Hawaiʻi Community College and UH Hilo, shares her hopes for the effort: “Season II of Ka Leo o ka Uluau will share traditional Hawaiian practices that are still very much alive and well in today's modern world. Hawaiian ways of thinking and doing are not something antiquated that you only read about in books. Through this podcast, I hope more people will learn about the connections that people and practice have to Hawaiʻi island.”

Her podcast co-host Drew Kapp, an instructor at HawCC and former lecturer at UH Hilo, adds: “This thematic shift from one season to the next should allow our listeners to build upon a foundation, set in 2021 and with moʻolelo wahi pana. In 2022 listeners will be exposed to and inspired by many different indigenous cultural practices rooted in place. Such practices are sustainability, beautifully manifested.”

Season II is made possible by grant support from UH Hilo’s Hanakahi Council, a campus-based caucus group of faculty and staff who are Native Hawaiian or associated with campus programs, colleges, or departments in Hawaiian Studies, Hawaiian language, or Hawaiian education or targeted to serve Native Hawaiian students.

Ka Leo o ka Uluau is live on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and all episodes are released through the podcast blog where other resources like guest biographies, photos, and glossaries are available.

Listen to Ka Leo o ka Uluau at: hilo.hawaii.edu/uluau/.

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

Kiani M Aburamen, Zoe Marie Acosta, Samuel Adair, Cristine Anne Pablo Afan, Kristle Leilani Akau, Dason Charles C Albano, Kailey Meghan Alcosiba, Gemmy Ramos Alegre, Preslee Jaide Alonso, Katherine Lynn Uchral Anderson, Breeann Pili'auko'imaikalani Andrade, Maikani O Andres, Ainsley Hannah Go Antonio, Gary Tesorio Aquino, Shaedyn T Arita, Shannon Anela Augustin, Maria Esther Eugenio Aurelio, Manuela Fiorenza Badii, Lylia Jeannine Selma Bahri, Dylan Bailly, Gavin Keola Baptiste, Irish Anne Inay Basilio, Marcelino MI Bautista, Rosemary Gladys Bearden, Kaimilani Sinclaire Beatty, Olivia J Becker, Kiana K Benavente, Alexis Hannah Berlin, Ryclan Bernal, Michelle Marie Biete, Kendall J Binder, Kortney Nicole Birch, Elijah K Blankenship, Ella Blanton-Yourkowski, Erik Borg, Kyle Kanon Bowlin, Kaia K Bradford, Nikolai Victor Braedt, Katelin Lili'inoe Rose Branco, Bailee Brennan, Ryan Thompson Brown, Yuki Brown, Kenneth L Bugado, Rod Neil Aglibut Burbano, Blaise Patrick Kaeo Cachola, Alexandria Elise Cain, Wincel Joyce Ballesteros Cardines, Chelsea Ann Dalmacio Carlos, Katie J Cartee, Edward B Cashman, Tyron De Vera Chavez, Brandee Anne Auli'i Chinen, Ryan Andrew Cho, Alana Leone Christen, Caden Alec Christensen, Jessica K.I.Funtanilla Clanton, Marinel Aguinaldo Clemente, Ryan Patrick Coad, Chloe Lea Cockram, Piper Taylor Mateo Collado, Devynie Leimomi Faye Coloma, Nancy Hoku'ukali Costales, Rochelle Kay Tabisula Cudal, Chloe B Culanding, Deepa Anagol Davies, Shailah-Anne K De Coito, Zyrill Dayne Taguicana Dela Cruz, Sophia Michelle Dent, Skylar Dentlinger, Michael Leroy Devaney, Annie To-Uyen Do, Jarryd Kentaro Dote, Jana Dubova, Chelsea Marie Dumo, Clayton E Eitel, Brooke Emma Enright, Neve Sherie C Enriquez, Avery Justice Ewell, Larissa Marie Figley, Ryan Foley, Lichen Amelia Forster, Maile Uilani Fox, Sierra Mackenzie Franklin, Jenessa Leann Freitas, Mackenzie A Fugett, Aurelia S Gallagher, Gabriel A Gallardo, Sandy V Galvez, Maxwell Jake Geiger, Makena Goldbeck, Rylie Jean Gonzales, Emmanuel E Gonzalez, Sylvie Sky Graham, Carson Phillips Green, McKenna Yanmiao Green, Bradley Ross Greenbaum, Nathaniel Albert Greenwald, Alyssa Anne Greenwell, Serena K Gulland, Stephanie L Hake, Adam Hales, Urban Gilbert Macario Halpern, Kassidy Lynn Hammer, Christopher Kalani Hanley, Cydney M. M Harkness, Anthony Lazaro Cabreira Haskett, Alexis Yooko Kealaonapua Hata, Patti Lynn Hatzistavrakis, Ian Kalani Herman, Kelsie Brenna Heyer, Justin Masayoshi Higa, Hannah Highsmith, Alexandra N Higley, Marin Hirano, Tori Yukie Hironaga, Ty K Honda, Megen Mika Wan Loy Horiuchi, Lauren Tran Huynh, Brycen Minoru Ibarra-Niimoto, Akari Ichikawa, Hokulani S Iseri, Alise Rakelle Jackson, Taylor Kaleihooheno Sanae Jennings, Hyung Won Jeon, Mark Jimenez, Jennifer Lynn Johnson, Logan Jones, Adam Igarta Kaanaana, Marques Daniel H Kahawaii, Aulike Mililani Kaiawe, Ihilani Kawaipunahele O'omoka'a Ihi Kamau, Aion Kaneko, Claire Elizabeth Kaneshiro, Jarod Kuichi Kaneshiro, Melvin Kaneshiro, Mandi Kehaulani Kawaha-Amar, Makaiwakeala K Kekoa, Taralee Haunani Kimokeo, Micah Tsuruo Kimura, Shintaro Kizaki, Madison Kobayashi, Caleb Kainalu Moon Wah Kow, Maxwell Kunnert, Christine Lei Kurohara, Max Lewis Kushner, Amy Damo Lacara, Annie Makaye Larson, Seasun L Legaspi, Abigail Elizabeth Lewine, Anna Marie Lippy, Mary Lynn De Guzman Llaguno, Christian Alba Lopez, Leigh Ann Pasion Lopez, Tianna Akemi Kapuaokaolena Lopez, Josiah K Loving, Sarah Kahiau Loving, Parker J Lowney, Nowel Ann Lucas, Cooper Shaun Lund, Torii S Lynch, Miranda J Maassen, Jasmine Gayle Garano Madamba, Teagan Maher, Ginate Mahuru, Alyana Carimat Malpal, Dominique Danielle Martinez, Ryan Akio Mashiyama, Darien Lee Matlock, Jadee Sadami Mayo, Baylee Rose McDade, Joseph Todd McDaniel, Maria Katherine McKee, Aaron Kenji McLean, Sheyanne Mary Mendez, Alexis Miller, Olivia Kate Miller, Koji Miyakawa, Aris Ayumi-Lylah Miyazono, Chloe Utoctoc Norkiwoh Nalyal Molou, William Joseph Moseley, Kara T Murphy, Nina Kimberly Nabor, Pomaikaimaikekukunaokalamekaho M Nahuina, Jennifer Mariko Nakano, Keane Kiyoshi Nakatsu, Katie Marie Neles, Jessica Constance-Verhelst Nelson, Nena Nena Jr., Lily Desabah Nez, Cindy Nguyen, Trevor Dylan Shigeyoshi Nishida, Jaycie Akiko Ka-Makana Nishimura, Izaak T Nitkowski, Hazel Bongolan Nitura, Kayla A Okazaki, Bryanne K Olson, Dean Olsson, Sydney Amara O'Neal, Kaila Pakani, Daniella Andrea Panasyuk, Janna Garcia Panganiban, Zarah T Paresa, Fernanda Braga Paulsen, Lauren Pepper, Adam Scott Petersen, Sophia Rose Pierucci, Allison Pina, Marcus Simon Plataniotis, Emma Leigh Poland, Cameron Paige Pollack, Kailyn A.L. Powell, Thomas James Mcdonnell Power, Angelina Rose Prewitt, Alexis Sophia Provencal, Jun Young Pyo, Andrei T Quines, Kieran Patrick Rajagopal Switzer, Exel Reeio Ramos, Roberto Sagario Ramos, Finn Reil, Kayla Real Revelo, Emmalani Isabella Reynolds, Alyssa-Jade Mariko Riglos, Malia Kini Risdall, Zariah Guia Q Rivera, Cheyenne Kalehuamae'ole Roque, Eliza Joan Rossi, Camryn Caroline Rosskamp, Teddy S Rubenstein, Sequoia Rose Rueger, Mario Ruiz, Emily Rose Rushing, Joshua Michael Ancheta Rushton, Jotis Kamakanaalohamaikalani Russell-Christian, Carly Sharon Ryder, Patricia Aiko Saiki, Leah Jo Scanlon, Courtney R Seale, Ethan Sick, Brittany Ann Simison, Riley E Sokol, Anuhea Lucille Mae Sonnenberg, McKendree Walter Springer, Maya Michaela Stratman, Aurea Kaikua'ana Otomi Streadbeck, Jace Sugimoto, Kestrel Morrison Swift, Kelina Anuhea Sylva, Mikayla Shanellyn Tablit, Caley Tadeo-Etrata, Rodel Abel Domingo Tagalicud, Aniwaniwa Alan Tait-Jones, Ayrton T Takane, Roi Tsutomu-Sang Tanimoto, Jessica Sue Tappeiner, Jaclyn Tennett, Kanaikoa Sonny Belanio Tolentino, Majorette U Umayas, Taitusi Camanilotu Vadei, Hunter K Valencia, Sarah M Van Fleet, Landon Lyn Van Geem, Alondra Vargas, Mishell Sylvia J Vasquez Morales, Krystal Jane Serraon Velasco, Vincent VanDyk Venuti, Kaiea Laiku Vera, Phillip Aola Ke Vierra, Silje Vigeland, Stacey Kiyomi Villaver, Sinni Vo, Edward Jeffrey Ward, Chloe Yuriko Waters, Stacy Watkins, Haley Kathleen Williams, Elijah Winger, Kaylie Joy Wolverton, Michaela Wong, Angel Sue Wood, Kierstyn N.A. Yamamoto, Casey Nobutori Yamauchi, Earl Duke Yasuda, Lino Yoshikawa, Jaydlin T Yoshioka, Brende Masako Anne Yoshizumi, Sharmin Norah Zaman, Nicole Julia Zielinski, Juliana Audrey Zolopa.

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Kris Roney announces the appointment of Dr. Miriam Mobley Smith as the interim dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy following the UH Board of Regents meeting held virtually January 20, 2022. Mobley Smith’s appointment is effective February 1, 2022. She replaces Dean Carolyn Ma, who retires February 1, 2022.

“As Interim Dean for DKICP, Dr. Mobley Smith is committed to listening to members of the College and stakeholders for DKICP, reviewing practice and policy, advising me regarding change, and preparing the College for the search for a permanent dean, which is intended to commence in late summer 2022,” Roney said.

“That she is not affiliated with the University or program brings the benefit of outside perspective and experience. She has expressed considerable excitement about DKICP and is already contemplating spaces for revenue generation, budget correction, and pathways into DKICP that we may not yet have explored fully.

“This is pivotal time for the future of DKICP, and it is imperative that we have an experienced administrator at the helm, even in the interim period,” she added.

Mobley Smith has a long history in pharmacy education. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy with High Honors at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she served in numerous faculty positions for over 13 years until moving to Chicago State University College of Pharmacy. At Chicago State University College of Pharmacy, her positions included associate professor and chair for pharmacy practice, interim dean, and dean and full professor until her retirement in 2015. After her retirement, she has continued her long-standing work with the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as an educational consultant and site reviewer.

She continued her service to the profession when she served as interim dean and visiting professor in 2020-2021 for Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

“Dr. Mobley Smith has received multiple commendations from her peers as a leader and as an advocate for students, her communities, and the profession,” Roney said. “I am excited that she has agreed to bring her experience and enthusiasm here to help navigate this year.

“I also want to share my thanks to Dean Ma for her years of service as faculty and dean at UH Hilo, as well as for her service to the profession. She has been a particularly important voice as we have navigated the pandemic, and the dean team and I wish her the restful, adventurous, and wonderful retirement that is so very well earned.”

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 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 Semester 2021.)

Hawaiian Studies:

Anastasia K Benbouzid-Hewitt, Yukimi Chiba, Joel Kwincell Mauric Epps, Kamuali'i Kalamakuikealamaikalani Estrada, Rhyan Noelani Kamaile Hayashida, Kahuaka'i Kaleihulumanu Iaea-Russell, Namelemanukukalaao Kapono, Zyshana Kolokea Selepa Kauaula, Zena Filomina Ka'awaloa Fekei Kauaula, Leila Kepaa-Cannella, Zachary George Kaleikaumaka Tamayo Lorenzo, Leiali'i Kahekaopaia Makekau-Whittaker, Roy Buntin McGrath, Kekailiko Kurt Rio Abalos Medeiros, Kayla Kalehuahulale'aikamoana Ontai, Micah Kaliko Pascua, Airi Sadamoto, Masaki Sato, Sean Tetsuo Segundo, Narumi Suzuki, Macy J.I. Tancayo, Elena-Marie Kalehuaoimakakoloa Waianuhea, Vaianu Yung

Linguistics:

Stephanie Grace Castillo, Maria Emiko dePillis-Shintaku, Joel Kwincell Mauric Epps, Justin Kallin Gebbie, Alya-Joy Ligaya Kamalu Kanehailua, Revis Anthony Petitt, Silvia Tremols Shaw, Narumi Suzuki, Yoshino Taira, Jake Patrick Unger

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo College of Arts and Sciences recognizes the following students as Dean’s List recipients for the Fall 2021 semester:

Marissa Aguiar, Kailey Alcosiba, Briyana Allen, Rebecca Alvarenga, Kaylee Andrade, Kemey Shirley Andrew, Jacinda Angelsberg, John Anson, Kirsten Aoyagi, Kiai Apele, Kobe Arellano, Bailey Artienda, Kassandra Atkins, Sheree Aulerio, Kylie Aurello, Neggin Azar, Tehani Baculpo, Jojo Balagot, Julia Barden, Frances Bautista, Alana Bayless, Tristan Beasley, Kaimilani Beatty, Graecin Beebe, Kristen Beiner, Brennyn Belay, Sara Bhatt, Kelly Black, Michelle Bond, Diane Kay Bonoan, Sabina Boo Rivera, Christina Boyd, Mariah Boyd, Hunter Bugado, Madison Byron, Jocelyn Cabatu, Julia Canfield, Elijah Carigon, Madison Carvalho, Koryn Castaneda Sako, Asia Castillo, Paige Castillo, Stephanie Castillo, Paige Chaves, Jennifer Chew, Alyssa Chiquita, Jee Won Choi, Savannah Christensen, Marinel Clemente, Piper Taylor Collado, Dustin-James Colleado, Emily Collyer, Caley Coloma, Kylan Constantino, Bethany Correia, Mykaela Cox, Maxine Crawford, Cole Crays, Jackson Culhane, Charlotte Dadzie, Makanamakamaeonalani DaMate, Nicholas D'Avirro, Casydee De Mattos, Kaile De Soto, Reginald Debrum, Angelo Teddie Dela Cruz, Mark Gabriel Dela Cruz, Sophia Dent, Maria dePillis-Shintaku, Amanda Duyao, Kesrinia Elidok, Emmaline Elsbree, Francesca Emig, Lesly Enciso Cruz, Elena Espinoza, Suliasi Fa'anunu, Kelsey Fernald, Kara Fernandez, Sofia Ferreira Colman, Faatuputala Fiame, Jaclyn Fraise, Melanie Franze, Dartagnun Fredrick, David Freund, Evonne Princess Fronda, Shoko Fujita, Jadelyn Fukunaga, Desiree Fukuoka, Edward Fukushima, Jackson Fuller, Lilliana Galarneau, Joseph Gallagher, Savanna Geiger, Ava Goble, Victoria Gomez, Jared Goodwin, Hannah Graham, Filippa Graneld, Kayla Grigsby, Colton Grimes, Katina Gronowski, Makanalani Guillermo, Vyas Hale, Kassidy Hammer, Lilia Hansen, Alexandra Hanzlik, Kathryn Harada, Sophie Harris, Caitlin Harrowby, Anthony Lazaro Haskett, Patti Hatzistavrakis, Rachel Haver, Tyler Hayashida, Nanealani Heidenfeldt, Talen Heinicke, Tu'upuamalamakahonua Helekahi, Hannah Highsmith, Jennipher Himmelmann, Lisa Hiraishi, Echo Hirata, Amaya Hirata, Jamieson Hirayama, Ethan Hironaga, Mana Ho, Alexander Hobgood, Tiffany-Ann Hoota, Ava Hupka, Annastasia Hurt-Moran, Phoebe-Ohia Inciong, Cassandra Ingemi, Erica Ingram, Joshua-Codie Inouye, Karina Jacang, Olivia Jarvis, Scott Jennings, Ku'uhiapo Jeong, Junita Jetley, Makiara Jibas, Riana Jicha, Yumin Jo, Skyylerblu Johnson, Ruby Johnson, Grace Kalili, Noreen Kaloi, Kekuhikuhipu'uoneonaali'iokohala Kanahele, Alya-Joy Kanehailua, Yuka Kaneko, Holland Kanne, Jaden Kapali, Peighten Kapper, Leoshina Kariha, Noa Kauhi, Mandi Kawaha-Amar, Shylynn Kawamoto, Aleah Kay, John Julian Kea, Alysa Kealoha, Levi Keen, Yunjae Kim, Koa Kim, Taralee Kimokeo, Mari Kimoto, Casey Kishimori, Kendall Kott, Alissa Kozohara, Tomislav Krakovic, Linda Krewson, Kailani Kritzler, Christine Kurohara, Kaitlyn Lacombe, Alexis Lacy, Jessie Ladouceur, Noah Lau, Natasha Lawrence, Alyssa Le, Josephine Lee Hong-Mauga, Ericka Lehtinen, Samantha Leon-Bantol, Tehani Lindsey, Christopher Liu, Joshua Gerard Chongyu Liu, Mary Lynn Llaguno, Gabriel Lopez, Zachary Lorenzo, Nowel Lucas, Leilani Lulgjuraj, Jacob Luna, Miranda Maassen, Kaitlyn Maeda, Paola Magana Ledesma,Teia Magaoay, Rebekah Magers, Justin Maglinti, Lili Mahuka-Cummings, Ashley Malek, Mindy Mancia, Melissa Martella, Gianna Martin, Alyssa Mathews, Tori Matsumoto, Ashley Matt, David Mayser, Kathryn McClary, Kaitlyn McCubbins, Maya McGarry, Mia McGrath, Chloe Medrano, Irma Mendoza Canales, Amani Mengerink, Andrew Meyer, Jennifer Millard, Nicole Miller, Rina Miura, Reese Mokuau, Mari Monico, Jordyn Moniz, Jayanna Moon, Sabrina Morales, Krystah Jaime Morita, Gregory Morrical, Ka'inapau Mossman, John Moyer, Lawrence Nahalea, Setsuko Ned, Keith Ng, Brianna Ninomoto, Skye Nowicki, Trinity Oakland, Abby Obryant, Mika Odaira, Kai O'Dell, Kaitlyn O'Dell-Lambeth, Sungeun Oh, Amari Ohara, Kailey Oki, Nohea Olsen, Bryanne Olson, Magnus Olsson, Siddha Osborne, Alyssa Padilla, Jayza Paguirigan, Janna Panganiban,Topanga Paragas, Alexandria Parisian, Kaiama Parker, Mekaila Pasco, Aileen Pascua, Maisie Paulson, Samantha Peck, Stefani Pelletier, Filip Luka Petrikic, Kahelani Phillips, Kayla Phillips, Emma Piianaia, Marcus Plataniotis, Eric Pohlman, Kaitlyn Purdy, Aston Benjamin Ramos, Roberto Ramos, Amy Beth Raynard, France Vivien Respicio, Anntashia Rettin, Dana Revilla, Brianna Reyes, Kiane Rode, Starcy Rodriguez, Sophia Rodriguez, Cheyenne Roque, Mia Rosa, Marvin Joubin Rositzki, Keaheakekehau Ross, Ava Rossi, Gina Rudine, Megan Ryan, Hera Salmeron, Evan Sato, Reidrick Sato, Reyanna Savedra, Kailey Scanlon, Isabel Schwartz, Sara Shimizu, Quiyamah Simpkins, Noah Slife, Leilani Slusser, Kohlby Soong, Sophia Sotelo, Elisabeth Spiker, Peter Stachowicz, Keilani Steele, Kanon Sudo, Futaba Suzuki, Kenneth Sweezey, Kestrel Swift, Kmes Tabelual, Taryn Taguma, Hinako Taira, Tehya Tanigawa, Katrina Taylor, Amena Tep, Kolten Texeira, Arjun Thompson, Daelenn Tokunaga, Harris Ubedei, Kaelyn Uchida, Majorette Umayas, Jake Unger, Karah Unten, Mirei Usui, Katheryn Valle, Pohakalaokeaolani Van Veen, Derrick Vanhousen, Jaeda Ventura, Tysha Vesperas-Saniatan, Kaleihulu Victor, Angela Marie Lei Viernes, Linh Waddell, Saedie Wakida, Makaniho'ola'eokealohakupa'a Walker, Nalani Wall, Aaron Wehrman, Brittany Wells, Noah Wengler, Robert Wheeler, Kulenalehua Wiebe, Anna Wienkes, Alexandre Wilhelm, Robine Wille, Haley William, Kassidy Wilson, Cappi Winters, Alicia Wolfgramm, LiAnn Yamamoto, Casey Yamauchi, Tomoka Yarita, Kamakalehua Yoshida, Lino Yoshikawa, Vaianu Yung, Zoe Zedalis, Natalia Zelaya, Isabella Zingray