UH West Oahu to offer new bachelor of education degrees
Posted On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Education Division, Leilehua High School, middle-level, Rockne Freitas, University of Hawaiʻi, Wheeler Middle School
This spring 2014, the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu will offer the bachelor of education degree with new concentrations in middle-level (grades 6-8) and secondary (grades 6-12) English and social studies. These programs, developed to address the need for teachers in Central and Leeward area schools and throughout the State of ...
Leeward receives national recognition for student success
Posted On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: 2013 Starfish 360 Awards Program, Leeward Community College, Starfish Retention Solutions
Leeward Community College has been chosen as a Rising Star in the 2013 Starfish 360 Awards Program. This distinction is given to institutions that have launched the Starfish system within the past year and have already demonstrated measurable outcomes with outstanding accomplishments utilizing the Starfish Retention Solutions community in areas ...
Study Links Box Jellyfish Abundance and Environmental Variability
Posted On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Angel Yanagihara, Luciano Chiaverano, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Waikīkī Aquarium
The box jellyfish Alatina moseri is known for showing up in big numbers on Waikīkī beach 8 to 12 days after each full moon. Continuing a pioneering jellyfish beach count effort initiated in the 1980s by Honolulu lifeguard Landy Blair, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have published ...
Windward CC Publishes Student Research on Spanish Needle
Posted On Monday, October 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Agripharmatech Program, Bidens pilosa L., Bioprocessing Medicinal Garden Complex, economic potential, Ingelia White
A new economic potential for the flowering plant Spanish needle (Bidens pilosa L.) is described by Windward Community College Professor Ingelia White in her recently published book titled Ethnopharmacognosy Series IV: Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Values of Spanish Needle–Plant-Based Products and Recipes.
White’s BOT 205 (ethnobotanical pharmacognosy) and BOT 299 (independent study) ...
UH Hilo presents Nnenna Freelon and Trio
Posted On Monday, October 14, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Hilo Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles Times, Nnenna Freelon, University of Hawai`i, world-renowned jazz singer
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Performing Arts Center presents world-renowned jazz singer and six time GRAMMY award nominee Nnenna Freelon on October 25, 7:30 p.m.
Appearing with her trio—Miki Hayama on piano, Alfred Batchelor on upright bass and Leon Joyce on drums, Freelon has earned a well-deserved reputation as a ...
Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute at the College of Education
Posted On Monday, October 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Department of Curriculum Studies, Linda Furuto, Mānoa College of Education, University of Hawai`i
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education is offering a new year-long Ethnomathematics and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Institute. With the addition of advanced-level mathematics and STEM-related studies, the institute is an expansion of the Ethnomathematics Summer Institute led by Associate Professor Linda Furuto for the ...
UH Holds Cyber Security Awareness Month Workshops
Posted On Saturday, September 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Information Security Team, Interactive Video Service, National Cyber Security Awareness Month, University of Hawai`i
During the month of October, in support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the University of Hawaiʻi Information Security Team will hold informational workshops and promote online articles to highlight the importance of practicing secure computing habits in cyberspace. The UH Information Security Team will provide tips and techniques to ...
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA Tags: cardiology, health care facility, joint replacement, low cost, Medical tourism, medical tourists, medical treatments, orthopedic surgery
Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...
UH Leads Initiative to Build State’s Multilingual Workforce
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Betty Brow, College of Language, Linguistics and Literature, multilingual workforce, University of Hawai`i
The University of Hawaiʻi is playing a lead role in a major statewide initiative called the Hawaiʻi Language Roadmap. The ultimate goal is identifying Hawaiʻi’s language needs and creating a robust, multilingual workforce to handle those needs. More than 30 languages are already taught at the UH Mānoa College of ...
Shidler College of Business Earns a Top Spot in U.S. News Rankings
Posted On Thursday, September 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Michigan State University, Shidler College of Business, Undergraduate Business Program, University of Texas, University of Washington, V. Vance Roley
U.S. News and World Report released its 2014 edition of America’s Best Colleges, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Shidler College of Business was 14th on its list of best undergraduate international business programs.
Shidler College of Business was tied with Michigan State University and ranked just ahead of the ...
Student Support Program Based in Hawaiian Culture
Posted On Thursday, September 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: featured, home, Kasandra Puahala, Keolamālie McComber, Kristen Maeno, Michael Lee, UH West Oahu
Adjusting to college life can be difficult. Fortunately for students at the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu, there is the Kealaikahiki Native Hawaiian Student Support Program.
“It’s open to all students but the focus of Kealaikahiki is to provide these services in a Hawaiian setting, in a Hawaiian environment,” said Keolamālie McComber, ...
Steven Smith named interim VP for information technology and CIO
Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: David Lassner, Information Technology, Steven Smith, University of Alaska System, University of Hawai`i
The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents approved the appointment of Steven “Steve” Smith as interim vice president for information technology and chief information officer of the UH System. Smith will be serving in place of David Lassner, who will be assuming the interim UH presidency effective September 1, 2013. ...
Groundbreaking Space Exploration Research at UH
Posted On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Angelo Vermeulen, Cornell University, Kim Binsted, Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, Sian Proctor, University of Hawai`i
On the desolate slopes of Mauna Loa on the Big Island, 8,200 above sea level, sits a geodesic dome. A remote habitat where the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Cornell University are performing ground breaking research on long duration space travel.
The Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation program (HI-SEAS) ...
UH Manoa Becomes Founding Member of National Public Health Association
Posted On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: ASPPH, CEPH-accredited schools, Jay Maddock, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai`i
Jay Maddock
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa’s Office of Public Health Studies has signed on as a founding member of the newly formed Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. ASPPH connects public health schools and programs accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).
Officially launched ...
High School Engineers Showcase Their Skills
Posted On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, Honolulu Community College, STEM, Summer Engineering Academy
Sixty aspiring engineers showcased their skills as a part of the Summer Engineering Academy at Honolulu Community College. The visual events included a demonstration of their self-constructed drumming robots, launching of carbon fiber rockets and 3-D printer replicas.
“We are excited to provide high school students with this unique summer learning ...
Kloenhamer’s responsibilities increase, Lloyd named deputy GC
Posted On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: America Resolution Services, Hawai‘i Pacific University, Janet Kloenhamer, University of San Francisco
Janet Kloenhamer
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i Pacific University General Counsel Janet Kloenhamer has been promoted to executive vice president of Administration, HPU President Geoffrey Bannister announced today.
Kloenhamer will continue in her role as general counsel, but her management portfolio will now also include oversight for auxiliary services (including the Aloha Tower ...
Scholarship Program Aims to Keep Hawaii’s Best
Posted On Tuesday, July 23, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: John Holzman, Pomaikaʻi Ballrooms, Presidential Scholarship, Regents scholarships, University of Hawaiʻi
The 2013 University of Hawaiʻi Regents and Presidential Scholarship winners were honored at a dinner July 18 at the Pomaikaʻi Ballrooms at Dole Cannery.
The scholarship program is an ongoing effort to keep the state’s best and brightest right here in Hawaiʻi.
“The Board of Regents established these scholarships to support students ...
Construction Academy students race constructed boats
Posted On Monday, July 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under HAWAII Tags: Construction Academy, Honolulu CC, Honolulu Community College, Small Vessel Fabrication
On Tuesday July 2, four student teams tested their boat building skills as participants in Honolulu Community College’s Construction Academy summer program. They raced their newly constructed 7-foot boats in the Kalihi channel.
Fifty-two high school students entering grades 10–12 and recent 2013 graduates from 16 Oʻahu high schools were admitted ...