{"id":11172,"date":"2012-10-26T09:10:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T19:25:49","slug":"francs-davis-award-2012-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/10\/26\/francs-davis-award-2012-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Davis Award 2012 winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The Frances Davis Award winners for 2012 are, from left, Terrence Bruns, Kuualoha Hoomanawanui, Christopher Jacobsen, Roger Kwok, Marianne Takamiya and Sean Trundle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching recognizes dedication and demonstrated excellence as teachers of undergraduate students. It was established as a memorial to the late Frances Davis, who taught mathematics at Leeward Community College and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa for 19 years.<\/p>\n

Terrence Bruns, Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/h2>\n

Terrence Bruns<\/strong> is an instructor of biological sciences in the Department of Science and Mathematics at Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Bruns has taught on the island of Kauaʻi<\/span> since 1990 when he started teaching at Kapaʻa<\/span> High School. He has taught chemistry, biology, anatomy, physiology, microbiology and botany, where part of the lab included teaching students about square foot gardening. In doing so, Bruns started a program in which students provide Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>’s Culinary Arts program with fresh vegetables and herbs.<\/p>\n

Bruns’ hobbies include brewing beer, golfing, hiking and playing guitar.<\/p>\n

Kuʻualoha Hoʻomanawanui<\/span>, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/h2>\n

Kuʻualoha Hoʻomanawanui<\/span> is an assistant professor in the Department of English<\/a> in the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature<\/a> at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hoʻomanawanui<\/span> has taught more than a thousand students over the past five years, in courses that connect Pacific literature with other indigenous and classical narratives.<\/p>\n

She was born in Kailua and raised both there and in Wailua Homesteads on Kauaʻi<\/span>. Hoʻomanawanui<\/span> is not only a teacher and scholar, but also an artist who is a highly respected community leader in Hawaiian literature, culture and politics.<\/p>\n

She is the editor of Oiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal, which creates opportunities for never before published writers, scholars, activists and youth. <\/p>\n

Christopher Jacobsen, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/h2>\n

Christopher Jacobsen is an instructor in the agriculture program in the Applied Technical Education Division at Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacobsen has made the rounds in the UH<\/abbr> System. After graduating from UH<\/abbr> Hilo with a BS<\/abbr> in tropical horticulture, he spent 12 years working for UH<\/abbr> Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacobsen spent his youth in Minnesota. He finds peace and relaxation through meditation and enjoys gardening, landscaping, hiking and bodysurfing.<\/p>\n

Roger Kwok, Leeward Community College<\/h2>\n

Roger Kwok, assistant professor of chemistry and physical sciences in the Department of Mathematics and Science at Leeward Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kwok was born in Hong Kong but moved to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at the age of 9. He received both his BS<\/abbr> ad MS<\/abbr> in Physics from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n

Kwok takes pride in making science fun and engaging for his students by using interactive activities and colorful demonstrations in class. From his personal collection of fossils and minerals, Kwok developed a Natural History Exhibit in the science study lab that is available to the community. He also uses his collection while making scientific presentations at public elementary and high schools.<\/p>\n

Kwok is an associate director of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Grant Consortium.<\/p>\n

Marianne Takamiya, UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/h2>\n

Marianne Takamiya is an assistant professor of astronomy<\/a> in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Takamiya received her BSc<\/abbr> in physics and MSc<\/abbr> in astronomy from the Universidad de Chile and her PhD<\/abbr> in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Chicago. She did her post-doctoral research as a Gemini Science Fellow at the Gemini Observatory and was a research associate at UH<\/abbr> Hilo.<\/p>\n

She has been with UH<\/abbr> Hilo since 2008.<\/p>\n

Takamiya’s research interests include star formation and galactic dust absorption, evolution of field galaxies, quasar absorption line galaxies and globular clusters.<\/p>\n

Sean Trundle, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/h2>\n

Sean Trundle is a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of American Studies<\/a> in the College of Arts and Humanities<\/a> at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n

He is a doctoral candidate in American studies at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa and has been a teaching assistant since the fall of 2007. He has taught a number of courses on his own and promoted a new course called Digital America.<\/p>\n

Trundle affirms the importance of respecting his students who will “bring their own valuable experiences and insights” to class. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terrence Bruns, Kuualoha Hoomanawanui, Christopher Jacobsen, Roger Kwok, Marianne Takamiya and Sean Trundle recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1093,61,64,65,14,9,947],"class_list":["post-11172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-davis-award","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11172"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152881,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11172\/revisions\/152881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}