Lara Sonoda is the Assistant Vice President & Commercial Banking Officer at First Hawaiian Bank. She collaborates daily with small businesses to help them succeed in achieving their goals and growing their businesses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lara worked...
Hawai‘i Community College students and faculty build a mobile Controlled EnvironmentAgriculture unit this summer using a refrigerated shipping container, a project funded by aNational Science Foundation grant. It has been approximately five years since many of...
This summer we’ve been busy moving forward with the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s new Strategic Plan, focusing on the action planning stage. In this month’s column, I would like to share with you the progress on three of the plan’s goals. Students and the Community...
This summer, I was able to sign bills into law that will change the lives of Hawaiʻi residents for the better. From housing, healthcare, and education to digital equity and women’s criminal justice reform, the new laws will bring changes that have been called...
The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce recently honored the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship (CMS) with its 2022 Pūalu Award for Community Education. The award honors organizations that promote and support education and enrichment programs...
While one of our main strategic goals at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is to strengthen ‘āina- and community-based curriculum and programs that anchor students’ learning experiences here at home, we also are tasked with connecting our haumana to the outside world...
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