{"id":158157,"date":"2022-04-27T07:45:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158157"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:34:13","slug":"2022-manoa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/2022-manoa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s outstanding faculty, staff and students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_158415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-158415\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-2022-awards-ceremony-group.jpg\" alt=\"group photo of award winners\" width=\"676\" height=\"307\" class=\"size-full wp-image-158415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-2022-awards-ceremony-group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-2022-awards-ceremony-group-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/manoa-2022-awards-ceremony-group-130x59.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-158415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa 2020, 2021 and 2022 award winners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa recognized its finest faculty, staff and students with various teaching, research and service awards at its first in-person M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony was held on Monday, May 2 at 3:30 p.m. at Kennedy Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> and Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong> honored the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2020-recipients\/\">2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2021-recipients\/\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/\">2022<\/a> awardees and celebrate the accomplishments of these individuals. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8XM0Y45-7_E\">A live video stream of the event will be available<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, there was also be a special recognition of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> COVID-19 Health and Well-Being Working Group and <strong>Reinhold Penner<\/strong> of the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center for their COVID-19 campus efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/15\/2020-uh-manoa-awards\/\">2020<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/05\/2021-uh-manoa-awards\/\">2021<\/a> <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Award winners.<\/p>\n<h3>2022 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards winners<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Troy J.H. Andrade<\/strong>, associate professor, law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Harris-McCoy<\/strong>, associate professor, classics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peiling Kao<\/strong>, associate professor, theatre and dance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kyra Anne Len<\/strong>, associate professor, pediatrics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bridget Smith-Konter<\/strong>, professor, Earth sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wei Zhang<\/strong>, professor, sociology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Research<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brian Popp<\/strong>, professor, Earth sciences<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rui Sun<\/strong>, assistant professor, chemistry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xudong Sun<\/strong>, assistant astronomer, astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Justin W. Walguarnery<\/strong>, assistant professor, biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Graduate Assistant)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hoa Le<\/strong>, graduate teaching assistant, second languages studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Denise Antolini<\/strong>, professor, law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Blackwell<\/strong>, assistant professor, music<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marguerite A. Butler<\/strong>, professor, biology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Furuta<\/strong>, associate specialist, Institute for Teacher Education<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scott Lozanoff<\/strong>, professor, anatomy, biochemistry and physiology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seungoh Paek<\/strong>, associate professor, learning design and technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philip Williams<\/strong>, professor and chair, chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Presidential Award for Outstanding Service<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Herman Ayers<\/strong>, janitor, Buildings and Grounds Management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kenton Harsch<\/strong>, director\/<abbr>BA<\/abbr> coordinator, English Language Institute<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyler Kitagawa<\/strong>, janitor, Buildings and Grounds Management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steven Labrash<\/strong>, assistant specialist, anatomy, biochemistry and physiology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Dr. Amefil &ldquo;Amy&rdquo; Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>E. Brooke Chapman de Sousa<\/strong>, associate professor, Institute for Teacher Education <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Henrietta Dulai<\/strong>, professor, Earth sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Outstanding Academic Advisor of the Year Award<\/a> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jill Nakatsu<\/strong>, director of student services, College of Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research and Creative Work<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tyler Ray<\/strong>, assistant professor, mechanical engineering<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephanie Teves<\/strong>, assistant professor\/undergraduate advisor, Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Student Excellence in Research Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ashley Chontos<\/strong>, <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> candidate, astronomy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samantha Keaulana-Scott<\/strong>, <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> candidate, public health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geetika Patwardhan<\/strong>, bachelor\u2019s candidate, molecular and cell biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">Student Employee of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Herman H. Lau,<\/strong> student assistant, General Education Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/2022-receipients\/\">See the awards page for a complete list of winner biographies.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President David Lassner and Provost Michael Bruno will honor the 2020, 2021 and 2022 awardees at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s first in-person awards ceremony since 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[142,1092,1091,1093,598,1363,698,660,1486,9],"class_list":["post-158157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-award","tag-bor-medal-research","tag-bor-medal-teaching","tag-davis-award","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-manoa-research","tag-staff-recognition","tag-student-recognition","tag-teaching","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158157","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=158157"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198213,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158157\/revisions\/198213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}