E Kamakani Hou | The UH West O‘ahu Newsletter

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Pueo People

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...

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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...

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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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Pueo People

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...

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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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Class Act

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...

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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...

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Class Act

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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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Pueo People

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

Pueo People

Sharing a Native Hawaiian perspective at Mana Moana Experience in Aotearoa, N.Z.

Author UHWO Staff Date March 20, 2019

Dr. Manulani Aluli-Meyer, UH West Oʻahu’s Konohiki of Kūlana o Kapolei, traveled to Aotearoa...

Flier for talk with title Using machine learning to find Promoter regions on a blue and white background. Also includes information about time and date of the talk: March 25, 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. in library, sponsored by the UHWO SACNAS Chapter. Dr. Carmen Wright, assitant professor of Mathematics at Jackson State will be the speaker

West O‘ahu Happenings

Can artificial intelligence aid in the search for DNA promoter regions?

Author UHWO Staff Date March 20, 2019

Can artificial intelligence help researchers in the search for key DNA region? Dr....