Salutes
Advertiser Staff
The William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa has announced recipients of its Sam L. Cohen Foundation International Human Rights Fellowship for students at the law school. They are Julian Aguon, who will work with Focus on the Global South to pursue resistance stories involving indigenous rights on several western Pacific islands, and Christina Sivret, who will continue her human rights work in the Political/Economic Section of the United States Embassy in Burma.
The fellowship provides for a student at the law school to undertake at least eight weeks of human rights work during the summer.
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The William S. Richardson School of Law's 2007 Hispanic Moot Court Team finished in the top eight out of 32 teams in the recent Hispanic National Bar Association 12th Annual National Moot Court Competition in Minneapolis, Minn.
Members of the team included third-year law student Kristl Ishikane and second-year law students Mars Johnson and Mark Disher.
Disher also earned an individual award as Best Oralist in the competition.
Coaches of the team are Elizabeth Robinson, Colette Honda and Kirsha Durante.
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Two University of Hawai'i students have been selected by the Consulate General of Japan to conduct research and study in Japan. They are Paul Christensen, a doctoral candidate who will conduct research in cultural anthropology at Sophia University in Tokyo for two years, and Eric Cunningham, a masters of arts candidate who will conduct research in ecological anthropology at the University of Kyoto for a year and a half.
The award was presented on behalf of the Monbukagakusho, or Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Gerri Enos of Honolulu was honored during the recent National Mid-Year Conference of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. She is a member of General Frederick Funston Auxiliary No. 94 and Hawai'i's president. She is one of 46 state presidents who achieved the goal of 85 percent membership.
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Wal-Mart Stores has announced that four Hawai'i floral suppliers will be showcased in conjunction with the company's Salute to America's Farmers program. Honorees include: Hawaiian Sunshine Nursery (Hawai'i), Hanalei Orchids (Kaua'i), Chuns Nursery (Maui) and Leilani Nursery (O'ahu).
The program signifies Wal-Mart's commitment to purchase from local growers for distribution to stores in their areas.
"This commitment not only allows us to offer quality local flowers and plants, but also generates savings on distribution costs that we can pass on to our customers," said Brian Halsey, Hawai'i market manager for Wal-Mart.
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Dr. Nan-Yao Su, the father of termite baiting, has been named 2007 Outstanding Alumnus by the University of Hawai'i College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
A native of Taiwan, Su began studying subterranean termites while working on his doctorate at UH. His groundbreaking research led to the development of what became the Sentricon Termite Colony Eliminating System.
Sentricon is the only termite control product to receive the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, a top national environmental honor.
Su is a professor of entomology at the University of Florida.
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Playwright Victoria Kneubuhl and Maui author Ilima Loomis have been named this year's winners of the Elliot Cades Award for Literature. They will receive cash prizes and read from their works at the Hawai'i Book and Music Festival in May.
Kneubuhl will receive the Cades Award for an established artist who has contributed a significant body of work to the craft of literature in Hawai'i. She has written a dozen plays about life in Hawai'i and is considered to be a mentor and inspiration by those in the literary community.
Loomis, the author of "Rough Riders: Hawai'i's Paniolo and Their Stories," will receive the Cades Award for an emerging artist who shows outstanding literary promise. She is the primary interviewer for the Oahu Cattlemen's Association "Paniolo Hall of Fame" oral history project, and an award-winning reporter for the Maui News.
