{"id":34543,"date":"2015-05-12T08:54:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T18:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=34543"},"modified":"2021-09-08T15:50:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T01:50:33","slug":"manoa-awards-ceremony-recognizes-best-in-teaching-research-and-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/12\/manoa-awards-ceremony-recognizes-best-in-teaching-research-and-service\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101noa awards ceremony recognizes 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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-2015-awards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-2015-awards.jpg\" alt=\"awardees line up on the stage to be congratulated\" width=\"620\" height=\"218\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-2015-awards.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/manoa-2015-awards-260x91.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> recognized its finest faculty, staff and students with various teaching, research and service awards on May 5 at its <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/\">2015 M&#257;noa Awards Ceremony<\/a> at Kennedy Theatre. Chancellor <strong>Robert Bley-Vroman<\/strong> and campus leadership were joined by the awardees and their students, colleagues, family and friends to celebrate the accomplishments of these individuals.*<\/p>\n<h2>2015 M\u0101noa Awards winners:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Peter V. Garrod Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wayne Shiroma, professor and chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www-ee.eng.hawaii.edu\/\">electrical engineering<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#garrod\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Robert W. Clopton Award for Outstanding Service to the Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph <span aria-label=\"Keaweaimoku\">Keawe&#699;aimoku<\/span> Kaholokula, chair of the <a href=\"http:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/departments\/dnhh\/\">Native Hawaiian health<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#clopton\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chancellor&#8217;s Citation for Meritorious Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tammy <span aria-label=\"Hailiopua\">Haili&#699;opua<\/span> R.G. Baker, assistant professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/liveonstage\/theatre\/\">theatre<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan L. Deenik, professor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Kiyohiko Ito, professor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/shidler.hawaii.edu\/\">Shidler College of Business<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Baybars Karacaovali, professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economics.hawaii.edu\/\">Department of Economics<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Krysia Mossakowski, professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sociology.hawaii.edu\/\">Department of Sociology<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Susan Schultz, English professor in the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/llea\/\">College of Languages, Linguistics &#038; Literatures<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#teaching\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chancellor&#8217;s Award for Outstanding Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jill Laughlin, education and volunteer programs manager at <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/lyonarboretum\/\">Lyon Arboretum<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#service\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Gayle Nagasako, secretary in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.hawaii.edu\/\">English department<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#service\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mary Occhipinti, janitor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.higp.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Institute of Geophysics<\/a> building (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#service\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Outstanding Academic Advisor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lynn Koyamatsu, student services specialist and academic advisor for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\">Outreach College<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#academic-advisor\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Rayna Tagalicod, junior specialist\/acdemic advisor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/undergrad\/mac\/\">M&#257;noa Advising Center<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#academic-advisor\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Employee of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sara Taketa, administrative assistant at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\/studentlife\/\">Student Life and Development<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#employee\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Student Excellence in Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bejamin Fulton, master&#8217;s student at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifa.hawaii.edu\/\">Institute for Astronomy<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#student-research\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Chao-Ling Hung, doctoral student at the Institute for Astronomy (<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/chancellor\/awards\/#student-research\">more<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*A separate <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> News story will be published recognizing all the Regents&#8217; Medal for Excellence in Teaching,  Regents&#8217; Medal for Excellence in Research and the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching honorees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M&#257;noa recognized its finest faculty, staff and students at the 2015 M&#257;noa Awards Ceremony on May 5<\/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":[598,698,660,9],"class_list":["post-34543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","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\/34543","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=34543"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147660,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34543\/revisions\/147660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}