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Photo of three students sitting at a table, apparently talking about an assignment or whatever is on the screen of the laptop in front of them. In the background are two students standing and talking.

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Involved in Open Educational Resources? Apply for these UH West Oʻahu awards

Author UHWO Staff Date May 1, 2019

Awards for Open Educational Resources will be given for the first time on the...

Flier for the event that has a photo of water flowing across some sand or ground; the bottom half of the flier is gray with letters in white. it says The Grand Challenges of Water. Three intensive transdisciplinary days of radical collaboration focusing on water, Indigenous knowing and sustainability! May 13-15, 2019 @ UH West Oahu. At the top of the page is also a small gray box that was Ho'i Hou I Ka Mole. Return to the Source.

West O‘ahu Happenings

UH West Oʻahu to host three-day Grand Challenges Summer Institute on water

Author UHWO Staff Date May 1, 2019

The University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu will host a three-day institute dealing with urgent water...

Photo of a woman in a blue blouse with UH West Oahu Campus behind her

Pueo People

Estanique persevered, found educational success despite an anguished start

Author UHWO Staff Date April 30, 2019

Sheila Estanique’s path to a college degree wasn’t smooth by any stretch of the...

Photo of bus in traffic circle fronting the campus with words U-Pass

West O‘ahu Happenings

TheBus’ reduced-rate passes for students on sale now at Student Services Office

Author UHWO Staff Date April 29, 2019

TheBus’ Summer U-Pass – discounted passes for TheBus – are on sale for UH...

Photo of graduates holding up red diploma holders with words University of Hawaii West Oahu on front. The students are in black gowns and wearing black mortarboards with red tassles and smiling broadly

West O‘ahu Happenings

UH West Oʻahu to honor graduates at spring commencement on May 4

Author UHWO Staff Date April 29, 2019

KAPOLEI — Graduates, family, and friends will celebrate spring 2019 commencement exercises on Saturday,...

West O‘ahu Happenings

Library, IT Help Desk, and Noʻeau Center switching to summer hours on May 6

Author UHWO Staff Date April 26, 2019

The end of the spring semester will bring with it reduced hours at the...

Photo of more than 55 students who are standing and kneeling at the NSLS induction ceremony. The group shot was taken in the Campus Center Multi-Purpose room.

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66 UH West Oʻahu students inducted into NSLS leadership honor society

Author UHWO Staff Date April 22, 2019

Some 66 UH West Oʻahu students were inducted in April into the UH West...

Flier for Pake Salmon's presentation at the Naulu Center, Pacific Sisters Retrospect. The flier has a photo background that's been manipulated with a transparent pattern on top of it. Inset in the lower third of the flier is a photo of Pake Salmon along with text talking about time, date and place

West O‘ahu Happenings

Mākaha’s Pākē Salmon to screen “Pacific Sisters Retrospect,” give presentation

Author UHWO Staff Date April 18, 2019

Film maker, actor, photographer, surfer, environmentalist and artist Chaunnel “Pākē” Salmon will screen her...

Flier for the University Band Spring performance. The flier is composed of a broad red band at the top, a photo of the band practicing in the middle and an orange band at the bottom. The colored bands contain information about the performance, including time, date, place.

West O‘ahu Happenings

UH West Oʻahu University Band to perform next Wednesday

Author UHWO Staff Date April 17, 2019

The UH West Oʻahu University Band will perform a varied program of music from...

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Odhiambo named as a recipient of 2019 Elliot Cades Award for Literature

Author UHWO Staff Date April 16, 2019

UH West Oʻahu Assistant Professor of English, D. Nandi Odhiambo, has been named a...

Photo of a man standing in a room studying an oboe. He is wearing an Aloha Shirt; on the table in front of him is the case for the oboe, which is brown and has gold-colored keys. Behind the man and partially obscured is a sign that says Oboe and Howarth

Pueo People

Magnussen composes “Nā Kau ʻElua | The Two Seasons” for Hawaiian Oboe Legacy Project

Author UHWO Staff Date April 16, 2019

An oboe concerto composed by UH West Oʻahu Associate Professor of Music Jon Magnussen...

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Research on display: Students to present their work during symposium

Author UHWO Staff Date April 15, 2019

Roughly 80 UH West Oʻahu students are expected to participate in the upcoming Spring...

Flier for Dr. Kalani Young's dissertation talk. It gives the title of the talk along with the time and date and place. In the center of the flier is a photo of Young in a circle, surrounded by five other circles with each contains various pictures related to the talk, which is titled Constellations of Rebellion

West O‘ahu Happenings

Young to present dissertation examining issues related to unsheltered communities

Author UHWO Staff Date April 11, 2019

UH West Oʻahu Anthropology Instructor Dr. Tatiana Kalaniopua Young will present her dissertation, “Constellations...

Photo of a crowded aisle with a group of people listening as a woman in a black dress motions to a research poster pinned on a Bulletin board

Pueo People

UH West Oʻahu Student Victoria Penalver wins award for math modeling poster

Author UHWO Staff Date April 11, 2019

UH West Oʻahu student Victoria Penalver won an outstanding poster award at the Mathematical...

Photo montage in the background of U.S. flag and the Veteran Honor Cord, which is a red, white and blue cord with tassles. Includes words Get your Veteran Honor Cord and presented by UH West Oahu Alumni Ohana

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Alumni Group honoring military service by picking up cost of Veteran Honor Cords

Author UHWO Staff Date April 10, 2019

The UH West Oʻahu Alumni ‘Ohana will pick up the cost of Veteran Honor...

A photo of what appears to be a couple hundred people standing on a stage. The screen in back of them says "Yenching Global Symposium"

Pueo People

Rosenlee invited to address Yenching Global Symposium in Beijing

Author UHWO Staff Date April 10, 2019

Dr. Li-Hsiang Rosenlee spoke in late March at the Yenching Global Symposium, an esteemed...

Flier for Paws for Coffee with a photo of a black dog and a white dog. The flier gives the time and date of the event

Student Life

Dogs, coffee and snacks – What more do you need?

Author UHWO Staff Date April 8, 2019

Paws for Coffee, an event that combines coffee, snacks and therapy dogs as an...

Photo of library plus text about National Library week, an annual survey, and photo contest

West O‘ahu Happenings

Who doesnʻt like the library? Come celebrate National Library Week

Author UHWO Staff Date April 5, 2019

The James & Abigail Campbell Library will be celebrate National Library Week beginning Monday,...

Flier for Spring into Registration event listing date, time, and place. The flier also states that it is a pre-registration event. The background appears to be an out of focus photograph of a pink flower

West O‘ahu Happenings

Attending school this summer or in the fall? Come to the Spring into Registration fair

Author UHWO Staff Date April 2, 2019

A pre-registration fair providing help to students with questions about what classes to take...

Photo montage. On the left is Dr. William Puette at a lecturn talking while wearing a lei. On the right is the cover of National Parliamentarian journal

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Dr. William Puette pens article for National Association of Parliamentarians’ journal

Author UHWO Staff Date April 1, 2019

Dr. William Puette, director of the Center for Labor Education & Research at UH...

Flier for Math + Science + X seminar. Photo of a Coast Guard helicopter with a line dangling beneath it carrying to people during what appears to be a rescue. The text includes the title of the talk, along with time, date and place and who is speaking

West O‘ahu Happenings

Math + Science + X seminar to present UH West Oʻahu student Joseph Ferguson

Author UHWO Staff Date April 1, 2019

UH West Oʻahu Information Security and Assurance student Joseph Ferguson will give a Math...

Photo of two women and three men standing on a lawn in front of trees and a building. Each are holding a brass musical instrument

West O‘ahu Happenings

Honolulu Brass Quintet’s musical tour of 500 years to stop at UH West Oʻahu

Author UHWO Staff Date March 29, 2019

The Honolulu Brass Quintet will perform at UH West Oʻahu in April with a...

flier for talk by Dr. Xochitl Cortez-Gonzalez with name of presentation, date, time and place. The background is a photo of lab beakers

West O‘ahu Happenings

Cortez-Gonzalez to speak about her journey during SACNAS event Monday

Author UHWO Staff Date March 29, 2019

UHWO Staff UHWO Staff Dr. Xochitl Cortez-Gonzalez, who grew up in Tijuana and went...

A montage of two images. On the left is a photo of Dr. Monica LaBriola, a UH West Oahu history assistant professor. On the right is a shot of the cover of The Journal of Pacific History.

Pueo People

Pacific History journal publishes LaBriola paper offering Marshallese perspective

Author UHWO Staff Date March 27, 2019

Assistant Professor of History Monica C. LaBriola’s paper, “Planting Islands: Marshall Islanders Shaping Land,...

Flier for the film Hao Wela. The flier includes the documentary's title and the words "The untold story of hot rodding in Hawaii" and a black and white picture of a car racing at a dragstrip

West O‘ahu Happenings

Hao Wela: The Untold Story of Hot Rodding in Hawai‘i to be shown April 11

Author UHWO Staff Date March 21, 2019

An award-winning documentary detailing Hawaiʻi’s hot-rodding history produced by two UH West Oʻahu faculty...