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August 30, 2002
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WELCOME BACK!
By today, I hope that everyone is settling into the new academic year. Welcome back to all of you, faculty and students. We have many new faculty members on board. It’s good to have all of you here. To our new and returning students, aloha! I have said many times, and it bears repeating over and over: CTAHR is as strong as its students and graduates make it. Thank you for being here. May your year be one of discovery and challenge and good times.

As a way for all of us to get acquainted, mark your calendars for the annual Welcome Back Ice Cream Bash in Sherman Courtyard, 12:30-1:30, Monday, September 16. All the ice cream you can eat for as long as it holds out. See you there!


CTAHR LEADS THE WAY IN MERITORIOUS TEACHING
Three CTAHR faculty members will be among those honored at the 2002 convocation to be held Monday, September 9, 10:00 a.m., at Kennedy Theatre. The three, Wayne Iwaoka (Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences), Sylvia Yuen (Center on the Family), and Michael Cheang (lecturer in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences) will be presented with the Chancellor’s Meritorious Award for Teaching. Once again, CTAHR has dominated the awards scene. Of the six UH-Manoa teaching awards to be made at the convocation, three are to faculty with CTAHR ties. Congratulations to all three.


THIRD ROUND OF PRIORITY STAFFING COMING SOON
I will be sending a call soon for the third round of priority staffing. Units should be thinking about their faculty staffing needs. We’re not certain yet how many positions we will be able to fill, but it is good to keep the hiring momentum moving forward.


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP MEETING NEXT WEEK
This is a reminder to those of you who have registered for the Business Development Partnership organizational meeting that’s scheduled for next Thursday, September 5. The meeting is planned for the Campus Center Ballroom. It will be a full agenda, beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at around 7:30 p.m. Continental breakfast, lunch, and a light dinner will be provided.

The tentative agenda is as follows:
8:00 Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 Introductions and expectations for the meeting
8:45 Rationale for the initiative
9:15 Perspectives from CTAHR Board of Advisors
9:45 Break
10:00 Strategic issues and goals
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Structural and organizational issues and goals
3:00 Break
3:15 Action planning
4:30 Evaluation
5:00 Light dinner served
7:30 Estimated closing

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in building the framework of a program that will set a new agenda and direction for CTAHR. I hope that as many of you as possible will participate.


MBBE HIGH SCHOOL INTERN WINS NIH HONOR
Aaron Wong, a 2002 Maryknoll High School graduate, who spent the summer as an intern working on MBBE’s bioremediation project underway in the Ala Wai Canal, won an award from NIH for his efforts. Aaron was among five Hawaii high school grads selected by NIH to participate in the NIH/Drew Summer High School Student Research Symposium. Aaron was paid a stipend for his summer work and earned a trip to Washington, DC, where he competed with other students from around the country by making both oral and poster presentations of the bioremediation work he did under the supervision of MBBE’s Renee Harada and Traci Sylva. Aaron’s award was for excellence in a research presentation. MBBE chair Charly Kinoshita was so impressed with Aaron’s work that he used it recently to make a presentation to the Office of Naval Research in search of funding to continue the Ala Wai Canal work. Aaron has now gone on to begin his freshman year at the University of Southern California. Congratulations not only to him but also to the MBBE faculty who clearly provided him a challenging and stimulating summer intern experience.


HONORS IN TPSS
Robert Paull, chair of the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences, in his regular department newsletter mentioned several honors awarded to TPSS faculty, students, and alumni. Richard Criley, horticulturist, will be presented with the Society of American Florists’ 2002 Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education at the Society’s annual meeting in late September. Horticulturist and geneticist James Brewbaker was honored by the Australian Center for International Research for his pioneering work on the use of his Leucaena hybrid KX2 in Vietnam’s rural communities. Graduate student Yoonsup So, who works with Jim Brewbaker, received a third place award for his presentation at the Western Society of Crop Science meeting. And, last but not least, TPSS alum Charles Clements won a National Order for Scientific Merit from the government of Brazil. Congratulations to all!


NATIONAL 4-H CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
Carol Ikeda sent this:

The national 4-H program is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Everyone is invited to a celebration to be held Sunday, October 13, 2:00-5:00 p.m., in the UH-Manoa Art Department auditorium. The program will be hosted by Larry Price, 4-H alumni. Join us as we recognize 4-H alumni across the state through our "Hall of Fame"; share exhibits and pictures of 4-H'ers and the 4-H program from the past; and submit the "World's Heaviest Lei" into the Guinness Book of World Records! (Garfield has been our official 4-H mascot for the centennial celebration, and we have made a coin lei for him.) For further information, contact Carol Ikeda at cikeda@hawaii.edu or 808-322-4892.


DEFRANK TO GIVE LECTURES ON MOLOKAI
Please refer to the calendar at the end of Dean’s Notes for details on four lectures (September 6, 13, 20, and 27) Joe DeFrank has scheduled for Molokai on the subject of small farm technology weed control. The lecture series has been certified by the Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Branch as continuing education for the restricted use pesticide licensing program. In addition to the listed lectures, a field day demonstration of living mulches will be held in early October. For more information, contact Joe DeFrank, 808-956-5698, defrenk@hawaii.edu. (Note: This *is* the correct e-mail address.)


POSTERS CAN BE PUT UP AT TROPICAL FRUIT GROWERS’ CONFERENCE
Virginia Easton Smith asked us to tell you the following:

Anyone who might want to display a poster at the Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers’ Conference (October 4-5, Kailua-Kona), should contact Virginia. She can put up your poster for you, if you’d like to send it to her. Contact her at 808-322-4892, vsmith@hawaii.edu.


CTAHR CALENDAR
Please remember to send your calendar items to Dean's Notes.

*August 29-September 1: Kauai County Farm Bureau Fair, Lihue (contact: Terry Sekioka, terry@hawaii.edu, 808-274-3471)

*September 5: Planning meeting for the Business Development Partnership, 8:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom (contact: Barry Brennan, barryb@hawaii.edu, 956-8397)

*September 6: Weed control lecture: Introduction to weeds and their adaptations for weediness, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Maui Community College Education Center, Molokai, room 107 (contact: Joe DeFrank, 808-956-5698, defrenk@hawaii.edu)

*September 13: Weed control lecture: Weed control resources and methods of controlling weeds, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Maui Community College Education Center, Molokai, room 107 (contact: Joe DeFrank, 808-956-5698, defrenk@hawaii.edu)

*September 16: "Production and Application of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculum," Sherman Laboratory, room 103, 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. $12 fee for lunch. For nursery operators, organic farmers, and foresters working in habitat restoration and native plant species propagation. Attendance limited. (contact: Mitiku Habte, mitiku@hawaii.edu, or Carl Evensen, evensen@hawaii.edu; include letter indicating current use of and future intent to use AMF technology)

*September 16: Welcome back ice cream bash, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Sherman Lab courtyard (contact: Allene Chun, chuna@ctahr.hawaii.edu, 956-6733)

*September 16-17: Farm managers’ meeting, Kahului, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., September 16, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., September 17 (contacts: Barry Brennan, barryb@hawaii.edu, 956-8397; Catherine Chan-Halbrendt, chanhalb@hawaii.edu, 956-8131)

*September 20: CTAHR Alumni Association annual dinner, 6:00 p.m. buffet dinner, Manoa Grand Ballroom, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 S. Beretania Street (contacts: Steve, 395-6447; Freda, 484-3721; Wendy Abe, wabe@bbh.org)

*September 20: Weed control lecture: No-tillage farming, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Maui Community College Education Center, Molokai, room 107 (contact: Joe DeFrank, 808-956-5698, defrenk@hawaii.edu)

*September 20-21: 38th annual conference, Hawaii Papaya Industry Association, Ocean Resort Hotel, Waikiki (contact: C.L. Chia, 808-956-7899, chian@hawaii.edu)

*September 21: Corn Field Day, Waimanalo Field Station, 9:00 a.m.-noon (contact: Jim Brewbaker, brewbake@hawaii.edu, 956-7985)

*September 21: Getting Ahead Financially, noncredit course, Outreach College, taught by Ron Wall, $20 fee, 9:00-11:30 a.m., Sakamaki Hall C101 (contact: Paulette Feeney, 956-2037)

*September 27: 4-H Keiki Water Fest, Pokai Bay-Waianae, collaborative effort among 4-H, NREM, and Waianae Coast (contact: Maryknoll Spotkaeff, maryknol@hawaii.edu, 808-

*September 27: 2002 Autumn Festival, Urban Garden Center, enrollment filled (contact: Steve Nagano, snagano@hawaii.edu, 453-6054)

*September 27: Weed control lecture: Living mulch for vegetable crop production in Hawaii, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Maui Community College, Molokai, room 105 (contact: Joe DeFrank, 808-956-5698, defrenk@hawaii.edu)

*September 30: Creating Green Environments conference, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and pau hana time, Ala Moana Hotel, fee $75 before September 20, $90 thereafter (contact: eileen@outdoorcircle.org, 808-593-0300)

*October 5: Pre-retirement Planning, noncredit course, Outreach College, taught by Ron Wall, $20 fee, 9:00-11:30 a.m., Sakamaki Hall C101 (contact: Paulette Feeney, 956-2037)

*October 13: 4-H Centennial Celebration, 2:00-5:00 p.m., UH-Manoa Art Department Auditorium (contact: Carol Ikeda, cikeda@hawaii.edu, 808-322-4892)

*October 14-16: Short course: Pesticide Risk Reduction Education, Lihue, Kauai; fee: $100; registration deadline: September 20; registration form at http://pestworld.stjohn.hawaii.edu/studypackets/ordrfrm2.html (contact: Charles Nagamine, charlie@hpirs.stjohn.hawaii.edu, phone 808-956-6007, fax 808-956-9675)

*October 24: First Annual Agricultural Conference, all day, Sheraton Waikiki (contact: Alan Tin, tin@verizon.net, 808-732-2294).

*October 25-26: Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting and farm tour, Sheraton Waikiki (contact: HFBF, hfbf@hfbf.org, 808-848-2074)

*October 26-27: Hawaii Noni Conference, Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hilo, Hawaii (contact: S. C. Nelson, noni@hawaii.edu, 808-959-9155; details, registration form
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/commodities/noni/2002conference.asp)

*October 31: Evaluation, Nutrition, and Physical Activity (a Food Stamp nutrition education project conference), 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Hale Ikena, Fort Shafter, Honolulu, registration $40 until September 30, $50 thereafter, registration form at web site http://www.hawaii.edu/foodskills/foodstampconf.htm (contact: Pamela Kutara, 956-7212, kutara@hawaii.edu)

*November 2: Long-Term Care Insurance and Its Alternatives, noncredit course, Outreach College, taught by Ron Wall, $20 fee, 9:00-11:30 a.m., Sakamaki Hall C101 (contact: Paulette Feeney, 956-2037)

*December 7: Financial Security in Later Life, noncredit course, Outreach College, taught by Ron Wall, $20 fee, 9:00-11:30 a.m., Sakamaki Hall C101 (contact: Paulette Feeney, 956-2037)


The next issue of Dean's Notes will appear September 13, 2002.

Have a safe and pleasant Labor Day weekend.

Aloha,
Andy Hashimoto
deansnotes@ctahr.hawaii.edu
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Last updated on 12/10/02