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Issue 36 | February 12, 2015 | Archive | Subscribe News & EventsAward Yourself at the Awards BanquetIt’s not
too early to start anticipating the 27th annual CTAHR Awards Banquet, which
will take place on Friday, May 8, at the Ala Moana Hotel. Pioneering
Big Island farmer Richard Ha and renowned breadfruit expert Dr. Diane Ragone
will be honored at the Banquet as Ka Lei Hano Heritage awardee and Outstanding
Alumna; many other award-winners will soon be announced. “The work of both
honorees contributes greatly toward achieving food security and sustainable
agriculture production in Hawai‘i,” said Dr. Maria Gallo, CTAHR dean and
director for research and Cooperative Extension. “They are visionary leaders
who find solutions that tap the wisdom of the past in meeting the needs of the
future.” Find out more about the Banquet here. The Greening of Higher EducationNREM senior and student leader
Kristen Jamieson will be giving some of the opening remarks at the annual Hawai‘i in Higher
Education Summit on Friday, February 27, at 8:55 a.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. The
Summit runs 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 26, and 8:00 a.m. to 5
p.m. on the 27th, with an additional Student Summit from 12:30 to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday
the 28th. It’s a
yearly event for empowering higher education in Hawai‘i to lead the
sustainability transformation of our communities, its website explains.
Faculty, staff, students, and administrators from the UH System, Hawaii Pacific
University, Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Chaminade University, and
University of Phoenix’s Hawai‘i campus as well as invited politicians, state
and federal officials, local and national sustainable business representatives,
leaders of non-profit organizations, and community members will meet to establish
and advance sustainability goals through work sessions, sharing best practices,
tools, and strategies to build lasting relationships to support institutional
sustainability transformation in Hawai‘i. Plant Power!Want to find out more about your relationship with
your leafy friends? Andy Kaufman (TPSS) will speak on “Aloha of Plants: The Power of
Plants in Our Lives” at the next meeting of the Honolulu Science Café,
sponsored by the Hawaii Academy of Science. The meeting will be held on Tuesday,
February 17, at JJ’s Bistro,
located at 3447 Waialae Avenue in Kaimuki (between
9th and 10th Avenues). The social/dinner
hour starts at 6 p.m.; the talk starts 7 p.m. Everybody is welcome; there’s no
admission charge. Andy has published research on urban forests, rooftop
gardening, Hawaiian native plants, landscaping, classroom environments, and
human reactions to plant colors. Unwanted GuestsAccording to the Hawaii Department of
Agriculture (HDOA), the coffee berry borer (CBB) has now been found on
O‘ahu—until now, the only place it was in Hawai‘i was the Big Island. CBB, one
of the most devastating coffee pests, was first detected in Kona in Sept. 2010
and in Ka‘u in May 2011. Find out more about the borer here.
Coffee growers in non-infested areas are encouraged to be vigilant and report any suspected CBB infestations to
HDOA’s Plant Pest Control Branch on O‘ahu at 973-9522 or by email at hdoa.ppc@hawaii.gov. Also spreading across the Islands is
basil downy mildew. First discovered in 2011, the pest has sparked a chain
reaction of support from CTAHR researchers Miaoying Tian
(pictured) and Janice Uchida (both PEPS) and PEPS graduate student Mark Dragich, as well as Jay Bost from GoFarm
Hawai‘i, LCC undergraduates, HDOA, and the organic seed company Vitalis. This
research, extension, and instruction collaboration is evidence of the mission
of the land-grant university at work, and more such collaboration will be
needed to face this new spread! Grants & AwardsWeed and SeedJames Leary, Linda Cox, and John
Yanagida (all NREM), and co-authors from the Maui Invasive Species Council and the Pacific
Cooperative Studies Unit were honored by the Weed Science Society of
America with an Outstanding Paper award. The paper, published in Invasive Plant Science and Management, is
titled “Reducing Nascent Miconia (Miconia calvescens DC) Patches with an Accelerated
Intervention Strategy Utilizing Herbicide Ballistic Technology” and describes
how 48 patches of the invasive weed tree were identified, targeted, and
eliminated in remote areas of Maui watershed in just over a year using the
revolutionary HBT.
The authors donated their $1000 award to the KUPU Hawaii Youth Conservation
Corps, which, as its website explains, empowers youth to serve their
communities through character-building, service-learning, and environmental
stewardship opportunities that encourage pono with ke Akua, self and others.
Congratulations to the authors for their great research, writing skills, environmental
stewardship, and generosity! A Good Crop of Funding and FamersThe GoFarm Hawai‘i program received $712,000 from the USDA’s
Beginning Farmer Rancher Development Program to provide and evaluate new farmer
training at their collaborating partner locations at Windward, Leeward, and
Kaua‘i Community Colleges; at the Waimanalo Agricultural Research Station; and
on Hawai‘i Island through The Kohala Center. GoFarm Hawai‘i, which focuses
on producing new commercial farmers for the Islands, is Hawai‘i’s premier new-farmer
training program. In addition to the USDA grant, the program has received
support from the U.S. Department of Labor, Kamehameha Schools, the Ulupono
Initiative, HDOA, and the Doc Buyers Fund at the Hawaii Community
Foundation. Tracking BuyingYoungjin Bahng (FDM) was recently honored
at the Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Association International (ABEAI)
conference 2014, where she was given a Best Paper award in tracking Case
Studies in Finance, Operations, Business Law, and Marketing. Her paper, “Retail
Buying Behavior and Strategies: A Study of Retailing in Hawai‘i,” is one of the
studies within her primary research line, which analyzes and develops
strategies for successful retail businesses in the globalized environment. This
study is also part of her Hatch project supported by USDA NIFA and managed by
CTAHR. The research was conducted with two co-authors, Marie (Abby) Cristi-Kim
and Shu-Hwa Lin (both FDM). Slide on BySoojin Jun (HNFAS) with co-PIs Yong Li (HNFAS) and Chang Hwan
Choi were recently awarded a 3-year, $500,000 grant from USDA/NIFA’s Improving
Food Safety Project for the “Prevention of Microbial Adhesion in Food
Processing Environment Using Multifunctional Nanopillared Surfaces.” As their
proposal explains, one of the major challenges in the fields of food science
and biosafety is effectively preventing the formation of biofilms—basically,
bacteria in a matrix of slime—on the surfaces of food-processing equipment and
in facilities. Nanoscale surface patterning and treatment techniques can
control the molecular, physical, and biochemical interactions governing the way
bacteria adhere to surfaces, so their project is aimed at developing a novel
multi-functional antimicrobial surface—that is, a “robust and durable
nanopillared surface with extrinsically low surface-free energy integrating
with multifunctional elements such as superhydrophobicity and -slipperiness.” So
biofilms won’t form on surfaces, because they won’t be able to stick to them.
The implications sound far reaching! Get Support While You Support the EnvironmentHau‘oli Mau Loa Foundation is offering three graduate assistantships
to NREM MS students for the next academic year. Assistantships are given for
two years (second year pending satisfactory academic performance) and include a
generous salary, benefits including full tuition waiver, and an allowance for
supplies and travel. Qualified candidates will have a minimum 3.0 GPA, have
graduated from a Hawai‘i high school, be pursuing an MS Plan B degree, show a
record of supporting Hawai‘i’s environment, whether through internships,
volunteering, etc., and be planning a long-term career in natural resource
management in Hawai‘i. Previous scholarship recipients are pictured here. It’s a great opportunity, so if you qualify, start the
application process today! Completed applications are due by February 15, 2015.
Contact Creighton Litton for more information at 956-6004 or litton@hawaii.edu.
Hau‘oli Mau Loa also has two similar assistantships available for students at
the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology or the College of Natural
Sciences, so tell your friends! Spotlight on Our CommunityA Fruitful HarvestKaua‘i’s Garden Island newspaper has a glowing article
about Village Harvest, a program created by CTAHR’s Kaua‘i Master Gardeners in
partnership with the sustainability-focused nonprofit organization Malama
Kaua‘i to provide fresh produce for schools, after-school programs, and the
Food Bank. Volunteers began by harvesting the fruit grown at CTAHR’s Kaua‘i
Agricultural Research Center, but now other growers are donating their extra
crops, and the program is searching for more. Amazingly, almost 3,000 pounds of
food have been donated through the program in the two and a half months it has
been in existence! Interim Kaua‘i County Administrator Russell Messing is quoted
in the article as saying that contributing to the community is part of the
college’s mission, and he is proud that this program is helping to fulfill
that mission. Fair DayAt CTAHR’s third annual
outdoor carnival-themed Spring Event, over 200 students, faculty, and staff
came out for free food, fun, and games. This year’s booths featured a beanbag
toss, Frisbee tic-tac-toe, rainbow roulette trivia, and ring toss. People
showed off their alter egos as mermaids or gladiators thanks to caricature
artist Frank Uratani, and brave faculty volunteered for the dunking booth. Some
were introduced to the water by…less conventional means, such as Alan
Titchenal, pictured here being “helped” in by Joannie Dobbs. Donations—over
$200—were collected to support the CTAHR student organization Innovators of
Fashion and their Annual Senior Fashion Show. Big thanks to all who gallantly
submitted to dunking; mahalo to Ryan Kurasaki for assisting with food
arrangements and the carnival layout; and great thanks to Janice Uchida for
donating potted plants for prizes and to Steve and Karen Sato for sponsoring the
event. Mahalo also to the Spring Event student committee, to the scholarship
recipients and student ambassadors who volunteered, to ASAO for their time
and dedication, and to everyone who attended and donated to this year’s cause! Eating the IslandsFindings
in a research article authored by PingSun Leung (NREM) and Matthew Loke (NREM, HDOA) recently received
mention in Gov. David Ige’s first State of the State address. Their article
titled “Economic Impacts of Increasing Hawai‘i’s Food Self-Sufficiency”
evaluated the economic multiplier effects of replacing food imports with local
food production by 10%. As the governor emphasized, doing this could have
dramatic effects: “The cost of importing foods adds up
to more than $3 billion leaving the state annually. If we replace just 10
percent of imports with locally grown food, it would generate $188 million in
total sales, $94 million for farmers, $47 million in wages, $6 million in new
taxes and 2,300 jobs.” Sounds good…let’s do it! Outstanding in the FieldPEPS graduate Tyler Daguay was on the go while he was at CTAHR, and he’s
continued after graduation. He was one of four students who participated in the
college’s first international volunteer project at Wing Lung Ecological Farm in
Hong Kong in the summer of 2014. Along with Sylvia Trinh and three other CTAHR
students, he visited local farms and learned about the unique crops, insects,
culture, and history that have shaped much of Hong Kong’s agricultural
practices. Check out the group’s action-packed blog! He’s now a research assistant
at the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC), where he gets to experience
all aspects of the agricultural industry—including getting up close and
personal with scarecrows! He credits Helen Spafford with inspiring him to join
PEPS after he took an entomology course with her the spring semester of his
freshman year that piqued his curiosity to find out more about the world of
insects. Coincidentally, during his time at CTAHR he was also able to study
abroad in Australia, Helen’s birthplace, taking entomology courses at Deakin
University there. He writes, “Every day I am learning something new...I am
thankful to have taken the necessary courses at UH Manoa that gave me a solid
foundation to build upon.” Bracing for the BorerThough the coffee berry borer has not yet
been found on Kaua‘i, growers are convinced that it’s probably only a
matter of time, especially in light of the beetle’s recent discovery on O‘ahu. Kaua‘i’s
newspaper, the Garden Island, recently ran an article about how coffee farmers
on the island are getting ready for the borer, and how CTAHR is helping them to
prepare and monitor their fields. Russell Messing (PEPS) is featured
prominently for his help, especially for the state’s largest grower, Kauai
Coffee Company. At least one grower is quoted as saying that if the borer makes
growing coffee untenable, he’ll switch to growing cacao—another crop that CTAHR
has been instrumental in making feasible for local growers! In the CowtainerInterim
Associate Dean of Extension Ashley Stokes (HNFAS) is extensively quoted
throughout a recent article chosen as the cover story for the Bovine Veterinarian magazine and Drovers, the online newsletter of the Cattle
Network. While grass-feeding is a growing and important method of finishing
cattle, the majority of Hawai‘i’s calves are still shipped off-island—usually
in “cowtainers,” modified freight containers with waterers, feeders, windows,
and special flooring. As an Extension veterinarian, Ashley works with ranchers to
create and implement health procedures to make sure the animals remain healthy
throughout the shipping process, including recommendations for preconditioning
and selecting cattle, health inspections, transport to and from docks, loading
and unloading, feed and water, and care during transport. These guidelines and
recommendations work so well, the article explains, that cattle producers
shipping within the continental US may do well to follow them as well! What’s It Worth to You?A recent article in Hawaii Business featuring Kirsten Oleson (NREM, pictured) and Kim
Burnett (NREM affiliate faculty) asks—and answers—an intriguing question: how
is it possible to put a dollar amount on natural resources and wilderness
areas? There are a number of different ways, Kirsten explains: most broadly,
valuation can be divided into “use values” and “non-use values”—that is,
whether people are getting tangible benefits from the natural world is
providing. But she shows that it’s more complicated than that—people can also
feel good about the existence of natural features and areas they may never see
or directly use; they may just be glad they exist. Kim looks at the matter from
the opposite side, discussing how much value is lost due to “bad” natural
resources, such as invasive species: for instance, she has looked at how much
real estate values have gone down in areas infested by coqui frogs versus areas
that are free of the pests. Theirs are welcome perspectives, demonstrating that
the traditional model enumerating “services” generated by the environment is
more nuanced than might have been believed. Bikinis and Business SenseAPDM (now FDM) alumna Inbar Maor is already getting buzz
about her newly launched line of women’s swimwear, Olena Kai. “Olena Kai was
created for women who love the water and want to accentuate their bodies with
swimwear that is comfortable, complimenting, stylish, versatile and reliable,”
she says. She explains that her line includes “a number of different cuts to
stylishly cover women of all shapes and sizes” and that customers are able to
choose their own color combinations for the suits. Olena Kai can be seen on Etsy,
Facebook, and Instagram. Convocation CelebrationAt the end
of last semester, approximately 200 CTAHR students, their families and friends,
and CTAHR faculty and staff attended the CTAHR Convocation in the Campus Center
Ballroom. This happy celebration, emceed by Lisa Kitagawa-Akagi (Academic and
Student Affairs), began with congratulatory remarks from Dean Maria Gallo and
CTAHR Alumni Association and Friends President Kauahi Perez. CTAHR’s Fall 2014
student marshals, Chelsea Isa (ANSC) and Mitchell Loo (TPSS), selected for
their academic achievements, leadership, and service to CTAHR and the
University, were then recognized. Afterwards, graduating students active in
CTAHR-affiliated student organizations were acknowledged for their
participation in these organizations. The ceremony concluded with the
individual recognition of 34 graduates, followed by refreshments and a chance
for students, family, friends, and mentors to mingle. Congratulations to the
graduating students for achieving such a milestone, and good luck in your
future endeavors! A big mahalo to all those who supported the students,
including to SAPFB for partially funding this event, the CTAHR Alumni
Association and Friends for their support, Steven and Karen Sato for donating
lei, CTAHR scholarship recipients and student ambassadors for volunteering at
the event, and ASAO for providing the CTAHR memorabilia presented to the graduates
and for organizing the event. Stalking the RecluseDan Rubinoff (PEPS) recently offered his potentially calming opinion
on KITV News on the recent outbreak of wounds on Kaua‘i that residents believe are caused by
the Mediterranean recluse spider. If you can feel something bite you, he
explains, it’s probably not the recluse, which has weak fangs—you won’t feel
the effects of the poison for a couple of days. The bites people are worried
about, he suggests, may instead be caused by centipedes or little fire
ants—that is, if they’re bites at all, and not infections. The recluse, in
keeping with its name, is a very shy spider, he points out, and thus it may not
be roaming around biting people. The wounds, whatever they’re caused by,
certainly look painful, though! A Cover Crop of RecognitionKoon-Hui
Wang (PEPS) was featured in USDA’s Pacific Islands Area Current Developments newsletter for her timely and useful project: Cover Crop Calculator
for the Tropics as Nitrogen Management Tool and the Use of Cover Crops for Soil
Health Management Guideline, for which she received a Conservation Innovation
Grant. These grants demonstrate methods that improve soil health, air and water
quality, conserve energy, and enhance wildlife habitat in balance with
productive agricultural systems. Here, Craig Derickson, acting director
of USDA’s Pacific Islands Area (right) presents a Certificate of Appreciation
to (left to right) Ray Uchida (O‘ahu County Administrator), Ken Grace (Associate
Dean for Research), and Koon-Hui. In the same newsletter, Jonathan Deenik
(TPSS) is referenced as a speaker at a Soil and Water Resources Conservation
Act roundtable held by the Farm Foundation at the Hawaii Agriculture Research Center
in Kunia, at which participants gathered and brainstormed ideas on soil health,
water resource management, and the resilience of soil and water resources to
climate change and extreme weather events on farms and ranches in the region. The First Class Is First Class!The
flagship class of UH
CTAHR dietetic
interns achieved a 100% pass rate on the national RD exam. All students are now
employed in the health care system as Registered Dietitians. The internship program, begun in 2012, is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the national Academy of
Nutrition and Dietetics and requires 1,200 hours of
experience beyond the BS degree. It offers a Community Concentration focusing on
Hawai‘i’s unique community. This year’s dietetic internship class has expanded
to 7 students, who are training on O‘ahu and neighbor islands. An additional
feature is an exchange program with Montana State University dietetic
internship. Pictured from left
to right are dietetic interns and former UH graduates Katherine Schuette, Chrislin Yee, Erika Chinn-Galindo, Tanieca Downing, and Paul John Pangilinan. Back to SchoolCTAHR’s Fall Graduation Convocation not only was a chance to
celebrate triumphant CTAHR graduates; it was also the occasion for former UH
President Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda to return to UH, to attend it with his family. His
granddaughter, Sara Sueoka, will receive her bachelor’s degree in FAMR this
semester. He chatted briefly with Dean Gallo about her work on peanut allergens—it
was more than idle interest; he said a family member has a peanut allergy. Dr.
Matsuda was UH president from 1974 to 1984 and headed RCUH. He’s pictured third
from right; Sara is in the middle, holding her certificate, with Dean Gallo next
to her. Check out more smiling convocation pictures here! Local in the KitchenIt was a proud (and delicious) moment: five high school
students competed to craft the finest dish incorporating Hawai‘i-grown or
-produced ingredients in the Buy Local, It Matters campaign’s first youth
local-cooking contest. All five finalists won trophies for their ‘ono and
sustainable fare, but three budding chefs went home with additional honors: the
overall contest winner was Krislyn Miyagawa (left), a junior at Mid-Pacific Institute
and winner of the “Keiki in the Kitchen” contest at the 2014 Hawai‘i Food &
Wine Festival. The co-Recipe
Contest winners were Moloka‘i High School senior Kiana Simmons (left of Dean Gallo) and Kenny
Nyugen (right), a senior at Kea‘au High School on Hawai‘i Island. Also pictured are Ciara Batulan (second from left) and Keisha Cheung (second from right), both from Campbell High School. Check out the thrills,
chills, gleaming steel kitchen appliances, and snowy chefs’ hats here! The contest, and the contestants, were also lauded by food writer
Nadine Kam in her popular column “Take a Bite,” which called the
students’ work “professional level.” Food Security OnlineIf you missed 2014 Outstanding Alumnus Dr. Thomas Lumpkin’s
presentation on “Global Food Security
by 2050: Challenges and Opportunities,” you’ll be glad to know that it
is now available online. A note to Firefox users on Mac: Firefox does not
support the video format, so you’ll need to switch to a different browser in
order to access Dr. Lumpkin’s information-rich, sober-minded, yet cautiously
optimistic talk. It’s well worth the switch! Life After CTAHR in KuniaAlumnus Daniel Koge (BS,
Biological Engineering) is now working as an Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Operations Assistant at Monsanto in Kunia, a position he earned after interning
at the company during the summer of 2013. He writes that Ryan Kurasaki (MBBE)
has most inspired him and helped him to get where he is today: “Being in a
small major, with a graduating class of 5, it was nice to have an advisor who
was actually involved in our courses and pushed us to graduate,” he points out.
Ryan was “always there for guidance,” he continues; “he was a huge help during
my time in CTAHR. He works very hard for
his students, and it really pays off in the quality of lessons he teaches and
the knowledge he passes on to them. Daniel adds, “I hope to one day attain my
Professional Engineering license, a certification that he has earned, to show
that even if we aren’t part of the College of Engineering we are just as
capable as any engineer.” A worthy tribute to a worthy mentor, from an alumnus
with a worthy goal! New PublicationsFlipping the TasselFifty
years of studying corn tassels? There’s a lot to study. The most recent issue of Crop Science, a journal founded by Jim
Brewbaker (TPSS) in 1955 that now publishes over 3,000 pages of science and research a year, features a study of corn tassel diversity
and genetics by Dr. B himself. He reports that he and his students have grown
essentially all major types of corn—about 220 races—at the Waimanalo Research
Station since the early 1960’s, and that “all seemed at home.” This was a major
reason for the explosive growth of what has become Hawai‘i’s biggest
agricultural industry: corn seeds. These male flowers of corn are immensely
diverse—Dr. B suggests thinking of them like orchids or roses. The varying examples
in the photo differ from each other by only one single gene, and over 30 genes that
solely affect numbers of tassel branches have been isolated! Dr. B and his team
have also answered such questions as “Does a big tassel burn
too many calories and therefore reduce corn yield?” Answer: “In Iowa, yes, but
in Hawai‘i, no.” One more reason corn is king in Hawai‘i! GM in Hawai‘iThe new issue of Biotech in Focus, “Developing GM Crops in Hawaii, Part 1,” is
now available, along with past issues, at the Biotech in Focus website. This issue discusses how GM crops are
regulated—and sometimes deregulated—in the US. Three different agencies are
responsible for different aspects of regulation—find out what they do and how
they get their necessary information, including the ins and outs of field trials. Pride in FocusDid you
know that volunteers for CTAHR programs contribute an average of 249 hours per day? Or that the hot-water treatment
developed by CTAHR faculty and staff allows export of $3.9 million worth of
potted plants per year? Catch the 2015 edition of CTAHR
in Focus, a compilation of 2014 highlights about the college’s activities
and impact in the community. It offers facts, figures, and fascinating insights into the college
and those who make it shine, highlighting CTAHR people
and programs as well as profiling producers and compiling agriculture stats for
each county. Making the DistinctionKauahi Perez (TPSS PhD student), who studies plumeria, recently
attended and presented a poster at the Hawaii International Conference on
Education at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort with mentor and
co-author Kent Kobayashi. The poster, intriguingly titled “A Scientific Poster Is
Not a Scientific Article,” is a distillation of their conference
proceedings paper, which will be available online soon. Kauahi (right) did an
excellent job of explaining and discussing the poster with the other conference
attendees, Kent confirms. Impact on the EcosystemThe most recent Impact Report is now online, and it
tells all about what the college is doing to reduce the impact of invasive
species on Hawai‘i’s fragile watersheds and delicately balanced ecosystems. “Invasive
species” is a common phrase, but there are many types of invasive species, and
many methods for dealing with them. Chris Lepczyk (NREM) has added the
possibility of dealing with invasive vertebrates to the College’s repertoire,
while Arnold Hara (PEPS) and his staff are kept busy with the many invasive
insects that find their way to the state, including the little fire ant. James
Leary (pictured, right) and J.B. Friday (both NREM) offer alternate, yet
equally effective, ways of fighting the dispersal of the fast-spreading albizia
tree. And Mike Melzer and the dedicated members of his Agrosecurity Lab (PEPS) combat
a whole range of unwelcome pests. The Islands may be at risk of invasion, but
CTAHR offers committed and successful defenders. In MemoriamMary Ellen Conway Des JarlaisWe
are saddened to report that FCS Emeritus Professor Mary Ellen Conway Des
Jarlais passed away on December 10, 2014, at 97 years of age. Mary Ellen taught
in the department from 1965 to 1967 and returned to UH Manoa in 1970 until her
retirement in 1990. She offered her expertise as the curator of the Costume
Collection and helped to build its unique Asian and Hawaiian collections. The
Des Jarlais family requested that donations be made in Mary Ellen’s honor to
the FCS Asian, Hawaiian and Western Costume Collection through the UH
Foundation. FarewellsOn Her WayFormer Interim
Dean and COF Director Sylvia Yuen is commencing her well-deserved retirement,
but first the college gathered to offer congratulations and thanks for her 46
years of service to the college, the university, and the larger community. At a
gathering hosted by COF—ably aided by former assistant to the dean Robyn
(Chow-Hoy) Okumura—members of the CTAHR ‘ohana ate and drank; offered toasts, lei, and a certificate; and
wrote fond memories and good wishes on cards to be assembled into a memory
scrapbook. But the college won’t need any aids to remember Dr. Yuen! If you would like to modify or end your subscription to CTAHR Alumni & Friends, please click here. |