  {"id":187049,"date":"2023-11-15T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=187049"},"modified":"2023-12-12T23:28:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T09:28:38","slug":"uh-news-image-of-the-week-palau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/15\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-palau\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> News Image of the Week: Palau"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE-hilo-palau.jpg\" alt=\"Woman holding the flag of Palau\" width=\"676\" height=\"842\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-187090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE-hilo-palau.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE-hilo-palau-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMAGE-hilo-palau-104x130.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> Image of the Week is from University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo&#8217;s Jim Mellon, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/international\/\">international student services<\/a>. The photo was taken by Chelsea Freese.<\/p>\n<p>Mellon shared, &ldquo;Julia Polloi represented her nation of Palau at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s United Nations Day celebration on October 20. This annual event demonstrates unity among nations represented at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo and shows that aloha and compassion among different peoples is possible and powerful. The event also observes the United Nations&#8217; efforts to promote world peace, which is especially important at this time. International programs at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo believe in the power of people-to-people exchange as a way to create a more peaceful and just world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><strong>Previous Images<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/08\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-aloha-attire\/\">Aloha Attire<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/25\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-machu-picchu\/\">Machu Picchu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/18\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-ohia-lehua\/\"><span aria-label=\"Ohia\">&#699;Ohi&#699;a<\/span> Lehua<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/11\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-filipino-cultural-summit\/\">Filipino Cultural Summit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/10\/04\/uh-news-image-of-the-week-pep-band\/\">Pep Band<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/image-of-the-week\/\">All Images of the Week<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Send us your image!<\/h2>\n<p>Want to get in on the action? The next <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> Image of the Week could be yours! Submit a photo, drawing, painting, digital illustration of a project you are working on, a moment from a field research outing or a beautiful and\/or interesting shot of a scene on your campus. It could be a class visit during which you see an eye-catching object or scene.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/10JVw_hAgA6Ikrybcg8GLJnJ5bvVLLXkV99iTn4Up4IA\/edit?ts=62bcae95\"><strong>Send your image using a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> email address<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please include a brief description of the image and its connection to your campus, class assignment or other <abbr>UH<\/abbr> connection. By submitting your image, you are giving <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> permission to publish your photo on the <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> website and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> social media accounts. The image must be your original work, and anyone featured in your image needs to give consent to its publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s image is from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8217;s Jim Mellon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,1547,63,64,65,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-187049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-image-of-the-week","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187049","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=187049"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187100,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187049\/revisions\/187100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}