{"id":94953,"date":"2019-04-23T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T18:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=94953"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T01:15:59","slug":"uh-manoa-2019-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/23\/uh-manoa-2019-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa honors best in teaching, research and service"},"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_95529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95529\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-award-winners-2019.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa award winners\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-award-winners-2019.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-award-winners-2019-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-award-winners-2019-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa award winners 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa will recognize its finest faculty, staff and students with various teaching, research and service awards at its 2019 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 29, 4 p.m. at Kennedy Theatre. <\/p>\n<p>President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> and Regent <strong>Stanford Yuen<\/strong> will honor the awardees and celebrate the accomplishments of these individuals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/itunesu\/vlive\/?s=manoaawards.sdp\">A live video stream of the event will be available<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>2019 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Awards winners<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#regents-teaching\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jennifer Darrah-Okike<\/strong>, assistant professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sociology.hawaii.edu\/\">sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Noelani Goodyear-<span aria-label=\"Kaopua\">Ka&#699;&#333;pua<\/span><\/strong>, associate professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicalscience.hawaii.edu\/\">political science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Li Jiang<\/strong>, assistant professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/eall\/\">East Asian Languages and Literatures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Philip Johnson<\/strong>, professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ics.hawaii.edu\/\">information and computer sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Harvey Pietsch,<\/strong> professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.hawaii.edu\/\">law<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lance Walters<\/strong>, assistant professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arch.hawaii.edu\/\">architecture<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#regents-research\">Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Research<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tim Li<\/strong>, professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/met\/\">atmospheric sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Craig Smith,<\/strong> professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soest.hawaii.edu\/oceanography\/\">oceanography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert J. Toonen,<\/strong> professor, oceanography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#davis-undergrad\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Karyl Garland<\/strong>, lecturer, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.hawaii.edu\/\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#davis-undergrad\">Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (Graduate Assistant)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maureen Kearns<\/strong>, graduate teaching assistant, <a href=\"http:\/\/math.hawaii.edu\">mathematics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#clopton\">Robert W. Clopton Award for Distinguished Community Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kathy E. Ferguson<\/strong>, professor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicalscience.hawaii.edu\/\">political science<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/womenstudies.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">women\u2019s studies<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jing Guo<\/strong>, associate professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/sswork\/bsw\/\">social work<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Bliss Kaneshiro<\/strong>, professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/departments\/obgyn\/\">obstetrics, gynecology and women&#8217;s health<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew H. Reilly<\/strong>, associate professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/fcs\">family and consumer sciences<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Janet Uyehara,<\/strong> assistant professor, <a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.hawaii.edu\/nursing-bachelor\/\">nursing<\/a>  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#service\">Presidential Award for Outstanding Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrew Brown<\/strong>, auxiliary and facilities service officer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.himb.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute for Marine Biology<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Wesley Isono<\/strong>, mechanical repair worker, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/bgm\/\">Buildings and Grounds Management<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicholas Yamauchi<\/strong>, agricultural research technician, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/LocationDetails.aspx?ID=CE-HKONA\">Kona Extension Office<\/a>, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monica Stitt-Bergh<\/strong>, associate specialist, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/assessment\/\">Assessment Office<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#diversity\">Dr. Amefil &ldquo;Amy&rdquo; Agbayani Faculty Diversity Enhancement Award<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noelani Goodyear-<span aria-label=\"Kaopua\">Ka&#699;&#333;pua<\/span><\/strong>, associate professor, political science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#garrod\">Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Patricia Steinhoff<\/strong>, professor, sociology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#academic-advisor\">Outstanding Academic Advisor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kenton Harsch<\/strong>, director, and <strong>Priscilla Faucette<\/strong>, associate director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/eli\/\">English Language Institute<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#academic-advisor\">Outstanding Academic Unit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coe.hawaii.edu\/departments-and-units\/office-student-services-osas\">Office of Student Academic Services<\/a>, College of Education <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#student-research\">Student Excellence in Research<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Matthew Abplanalp<\/strong>, PhD candidate, <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chem\/\">chemistry<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><strong>Daniel Coffey<\/strong>, PhD candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/graduate\/content\/marine-biology\">marine biology<\/a>  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Rachael Wade<\/strong>, PhD candidate, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.botany.hawaii.edu\/\">botany<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#student-employee\">Student Employee of the Year<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jenniefer Corpuz<\/strong>, student services assistant, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ee.hawaii.edu\/\">electrical engineering<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/\">See the awards page for a complete list of this years winner biographies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-rur-ranking-2.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to campus U H Manoa\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-rur-ranking-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-rur-ranking-2-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/manoa-rur-ranking-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa will recognize its finest faculty, staff and students at the 2019 M\u0101noa Awards Ceremony on April 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[72,598,698,660,9],"class_list":["post-94953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-board-of-regents","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-staff-recognition","tag-student-recognition","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\/94953","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=94953"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115994,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94953\/revisions\/115994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}