{"id":38946,"date":"2015-10-01T15:45:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T01:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=38946"},"modified":"2021-07-21T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T23:42:18","slug":"uh-hilos-astronomy-center-wins-15k-award-for-providing-leadership-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/10\/01\/uh-hilos-astronomy-center-wins-15k-award-for-providing-leadership-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"ʻImiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> wins $15K award for providing leadership in education"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The Imiloa Astronomy Center of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> is one of two recipients of this year’s Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Foundation<\/a> Monty Richards Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island Community Leadership Award, which recognizes nonprofits that provide leadership in community development, education or housing to benefit residents of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> County. The other recipient this year is The Kohala Center<\/a>. Each nonprofit was awarded $15,000.<\/p>\n

The award is named after Herbert “Monty” Montague Richards Jr., a dedicated Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island community leader and former longtime board director for Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“We are so pleased to help The Kohala Center and ʻImiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> continue to fulfill their missions and the good work they do,” says Donna Tanoue, president of the Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Foundation. “Both of these local nonprofits offer enriching educational experiences and professional guidance through hands-on learning to Â鶹´«Ã½’s next generation of young leaders and innovators.”<\/p>\n

ʻImiloa<\/span> is an education center of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> located in the University Park of Science and Technology. ʻImiloa<\/span>’s mission is to honor Maunakea by sharing Hawaiian culture and science to inspire exploration.<\/p>\n

“As ʻImiloa<\/span> approaches our tenth anniversary in 2016, we are excited to introduce new programs that will expand our unique brand of place-based science education beyond our center in Hilo to reach new audiences in other parts of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island and beyond,” says Kaʻiu<\/span> Kimura<\/strong>, ʻImiloa<\/span> executive director. “We aspire for ʻImiloa<\/span> to become a model for science center-community collaboration and STEM<\/abbr> education on a national and international level.”<\/p>\n

The Monty Richards award will be used for ʻImiloa<\/span>’s Maunakea Education Initiative to further its leadership, teaching, program development and community engagement.<\/p>\n

The other recipient, The Kohala Center, is a community-based nonprofit that focuses on energy self-reliance, food self-reliance and ecosystem health.<\/p>\n

—From UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Monty Richards award will be used for ʻImiloa<\/span>’s Maunakea Education Initiative to further its leadership, teaching, program development and community engagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[292,911,14,907],"class_list":["post-38946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-imiloa-astronomy-center","tag-program-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t