Submitted Nomination: Nominee nameRobyn TasakaNominee Campus, DeptUHWO, No‘eau Center (Student Learning Center)CategoryDedication to teaching and their studentsWhy is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?Robyn Tasaka has created online platforms for students to use as they learn from a distance and she implemented some of these practices before COVID19. The No‘eau Center remains open in the sense that there are numerous guided workshops students can access. These workshops are essential when constructing a research paper, revising, and comprehending the process to writing [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameKawena KomeijiCampus, DeptUHWO, LibraryCategoryPutting themselves in harms wayWhy is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?Kawena Komeiji worked collaboratively with our IT Department to create a check-in app for students who still needed to visit the library in person, on March 23rd. She also created or improved on innovative technology platforms for students and faculty to use as they work from home, and she created a comprehensive list of resources for the larger community to access during this crisis.2nd Nomination [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameNani Fox and David DuffyCampus, DeptMaui College and ManoaCategoryHumorWhy is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?People have always used humor to deal with life's challenges. There is nothing funny about this corona virus but there is humor in how we deal with it. Nani and David created a Facebook page Covid-19: The Resistance Strikes Back which looks at the humor in such things as toilet paper hoarding, protective gear, staying sane during home isolation, and what pets think of [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameCynthia (Cindy) HunterCampus, DeptManoa, Life SciencesCategoryDedication to teaching and their studentsWhy is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?"She went home for Spring Break to take care of her mother who was awaiting heart valve surgery. After the March 12 announcement that UH was switching to online instruction, while taking care of her mother, she arranged to switch her two courses to online, setting up Zoom and encouraging guest lecturers to use a format most had never tried. Directing from [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameKen Leonhardt and JP BinghamCampus, DeptCTAHRCategoryCreate bio-based products to reduce the spread of COVID-19Why is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?"The two have been working together to produce hand sanitizer. Ken has donated over 70 pounds of aloe with another 50 pounds on the way. Jon-Paul cooked this up into 80 gallons of sanitizer. But they are just getting started, with their eyes on aloe plants throughout Oahu which will be sustainably harvested to meet the needs of frontline [...]

Submitted Nomination: NameDr Markus Wessendorf, Assist Prof Maile Speetjens and Production Manager Rick GreaverCampus, DeptTheatre and DanceCategoryDeveloping innovations to fight COVID-19Why is this faculty member worthy of your nomination?University of Hawaiʻi researcher and Department of Theatre and Dance initiate effort to sew masks for health care workersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) Assistant Research Professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center Angel Yanagihara, along with faculty, students and staff of the UHM Department [...]