{"id":43273,"date":"2016-02-25T16:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T02:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=43273"},"modified":"2018-11-29T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T21:11:44","slug":"uh-hilos-neal-nagao-honored-with-presidents-award-for-maintenance-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/25\/uh-hilos-neal-nagao-honored-with-presidents-award-for-maintenance-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo\u2019s Neal Nagao honored with president\u2019s award for maintenance excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Neal Nagao, center, being presented with his UH<\/abbr> President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance by UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner, left, and Board Chair Randy Moore, right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo’s<\/a> Neal Nagao<\/strong> was honored with the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Ground Maintenance.<\/p>\n

The award is given to an individuals who has exhibited sustained superior performance in a maintenance, landscaping, custodial or trucking position.<\/p>\n

Nagao, a building maintenance supervisor, has worked at UH<\/abbr> Hilo for more than 27 years. He began as UH<\/abbr> Hilo’s only electrician and was later promoted to the campus’ only maintenance supervisor.<\/p>\n

His peers and supervisors describe Nagao as having a positive attitude and excellent customer service skills.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong><\/a> and Board of Regent Chair Randy Moore<\/strong><\/a> presented Nagao with his award during the UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents<\/a> meeting at UH<\/abbr> Hilo on February 25.<\/p>\n

“Neal Nagao has been praised for keeping UH<\/abbr> Hilo one of the best maintained campuses while working with limited resources. He has also mentored a great team here,” said Lassner. “Congratulations and thank you for your dedication to the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neal Nagao honored with the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Ground Maintenance.<\/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":[142,699,1094,698,14],"class_list":["post-43273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-award","tag-maintenance","tag-presidents-maintenance-award","tag-staff-recognition","tag-uh-hilo","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