{"id":196671,"date":"2024-05-02T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=196671"},"modified":"2024-05-08T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T02:08:52","slug":"2024-uh-manoa-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/02\/2024-uh-manoa-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony to honor excellence, achievement"},"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_197210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197210\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-awards-2024-group.jpeg\" alt=\"group photo of awardees onstage\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-197210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-awards-2024-group.jpeg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-awards-2024-group-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/manoa-awards-2024-group-130x73.jpeg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-197210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2024 Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa Award winners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa honored the outstanding contributions of faculty, staff and students at the 2024 <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony<\/a>. The annual event was held Wednesday, May 8 at 10:30 a.m. at Kennedy Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost Michael Bruno and Board of Regents Interim Chair Gabriel Lee honored the award recipients for their achievements. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/itunesu\/vlive\/?s=manoaawards.sdp\">A live video stream of the event will be available<\/a> for those unable to attend in-person.<\/p>\n<h2>2024 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards winners<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#regents-teaching\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sothy Eng, associate professor, family and consumer sciences<\/li>\n<li>Kristiana Kahakauwila, associate professor, English<\/li>\n<li>Martina Kamaka, associate professor, Native Hawaiian health<\/li>\n<li>Nicole Reyes, associate professor, educational administration<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Nohelani Teves, associate professor, women, gender and sexuality studies<\/li>\n<li>Richard Wallsgrove, assistant professor, law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#regents-research\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Research<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Shappee, associate astronomer, astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Malte Stuecker, assistant professor, oceanography<\/li>\n<li>Donald Womack, professor, music<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/25\/2023-uh-manoa-awards\/\">2023 M\u0101noa Awards winners<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/2022-manoa-awards\/\">2022  winners<\/a><\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#davis-undergrad\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Imelda Gasmen, instructor, Filipino language and culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#davis-ga\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Graduate Assistant)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maximillian Soares Miehlstein, <abbr title=\"master of arts\">MA<\/abbr> candidate, psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#clopton-service\">Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Manu <span aria-label=\"Kaiama\">Ka&#699;iama<\/span>, instructor, accounting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#meritorious-teaching\">Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Louis Bousquet, associate professor, French<\/li>\n<li>Shelece Easterday, assistant professor, linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Fine, assistant professor, philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Elina Hamilton, assistant professor, music<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Quattlebaum, assistant professor, family medicine<\/li>\n<li>Johanna Kap\u014dmaika\u02bbi Stone, instructor, Hawaiian language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#outstanding-service\">Presidential Award for Outstanding Service<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cora Chik, janitor, Buildings and Grounds Management<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Lam, educational specialist, Department of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>N\u0101lani Minton, assistant specialist, Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li>Dana Singer, secretary, Department Urban and Regional Planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#diversity-enhancement\">Dr. Amefil &ldquo;Amy&rdquo; Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aaron Pietruszka, associate specialist, Department of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#garrod-mentoring\">Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonna Eagle, associate professor, American studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#academic-advisor\">Pakela Award for Outstanding Academic Advisor<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eve Millett, academic advisor, M\u0101noa Advising Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#academic-advisor\"><span aria-label=\"Oikela\">&#699;Oikela<\/span> Award for Outstanding Advising Unit<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>M\u0101noa Advising Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#faculty-excellence-mentoring\"><abbr title=\"Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Scholarship\">OVPRS<\/abbr> Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research &#38; Creative Work<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Samir Khanal, professor, molecular biosciences and bioengineering<\/li>\n<li>Pier-Carlo Tommasi, assistant professor, Japanese language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#student-research\">Student Excellence in Research Award<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cara Tan, Undergraduate student, economics<\/li>\n<li>Aldo Sepulveda, Master\u2019s student, astronomy<\/li>\n<li>Louward Zubiri, Doctoral student, linguistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/president\/awards\/#student-employee\">Student Employee of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Liam Felix, geographic information system assistant, Office of Systems Integration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/\">See the awards page for a complete list of winner biographies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony will be held on May 8, 2024.<\/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":[142,72,1093,598,1363,698,660,1486,9],"class_list":["post-196671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-award","tag-board-of-regents","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\/196671","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=196671"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197211,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196671\/revisions\/197211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}