Monthly Archives: December 2016

Announcements at the Spring Convocation – Jan. 4

At the Fall Convocation, announcements were shown on a powerpoint presentation during the coffee time to decrease the number of papers on the tables. We will continue this practice for the Spring Convocation on January 4, 2017.
Please submit announcements to Joanne Whitaker (joannewh@hawaii.edu) by Tuesday, January 3rd at 12 noon.
Please email a pdf version and it will be dropped into a powerpoint presentation without alteration. The announcements will be presented on a loop during the coffee time at 8:30-9:00 a.m. during the Spring Convocation on January 4th in the cafeteria.  After Convocation, the announcements will be posted several times on News and Events.

Please spread the word!

Maui College to Offer Online Aquaponics Entrepreneurship Commercial Aquaponics Science Courses

DEC. 20, 2016
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENT
New Spring Semester 2017 Courses
Maui College to offer Online Aquaponics Entrepreneurship; Commercial Aquaponics Science Courses

Aquaponics business, entrepreneurship and introduction to commercial aquaponics science courses begin Jan. 17, 2017 for backyard, small-scale and commercial entrepreneurs ready to enhance their understanding and learn more about the applications of business and the aquaponics science side of growing food in a soil-less aquatic environment with fish.

Both courses, which will be available for UH CC systemwide students, lead toward aquaponics technician certification. The commercial aquaponics industry is in need of technically trained workers.

Registration is open until Jan. 13 and students may audit or sign up to earn credit toward an aquaponics technician certification. For students with day jobs, the course is offered online and in the evenings to include both weekly lectures and lab.

The hands-on lab opportunity will be conducted in the brand new commercial-scale aquaponics controlled-environment greenhouse situated on the UH Maui College UHMC Kahului campus.

Important basic aspects of managing and marketing a business are covered, including financial planning, operations, personnel, record keeping, budgeting, problem solving and more.

Students will work in cohorts to explore small-scale production using applied aquaponics startup systems and operation of UHMC’s commercial greenhouse systems.

The courses are being offered online for rural Maui and Neighbor Island students.

Bus 190V Aquaponics Entrepreneurship
Online Registration: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAU&t=201730&s=BUS
Late Registration: Jan. 9-13, 2017
First Day of Instruction: Jan. 9, 2017
Bus 190V Aquaponics: begins Jan. 17, 2017

SSM 190V Introduction to Aquaponics Science
Online Registration: https://www.sis.hawaii.edu/uhdad/avail.classes?i=MAU&t=201730&s=SSM
Late Registration: Jan. 9-13, 2017
First Day of Instruction: Jan. 9, 2017
SSM 190V Introduction to Aquaponics Science: begins Jan. 17, 2017

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Miller
808-295-0659
millers@hawaii.edu

Reminder: Laulima Upgrade Scheduled for 12/27/2016

“Laulima downtime and upgrade 12/27/16. Laulima will be offline starting 3:00am HST on Tuesday 12/27/16 until 2:00pm HST that same day. When Laulima resumes operation, we will be upgraded to Sakai version 10.7 which will bring a few minor changes. Thank you for your patience regarding the downtime.”

Please keep in mind that Laulima will be unavailable on 12/27.   CELTT’s documentation of What’s new in Laulima 10.7? has more details and examples than the ITS documentation.  Please consult CELTT if you have any questions, or sign up for an orientation session found on the Ohana Training page.

Vacation Leave During the Holidays

The Governor will not be decreeing additional administrative leave for executive branch employees this holiday season.  The University of Hawaii will also not decree administrative leave this season.  The President supports the message from DHRD and encourages the Chancellors to do the best to support employees’ requests while maintaining any critical operations.

Dr. Carl Hefner – Contributing Author on New Anthropology Book

Anthropology Book: At home and in the field: ethnographic encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands

At home and in the field: ethnographic encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands is meeting with great success as a text for teaching at various colleges and universities across the nation, including UHM and UH West Oahu.

Dr. Guido Pigliasco, Dr. Forrest Young and Dr. Carl Hefner of KCC have contributed to this University of Hawaii Press volume on doing anthropological fieldwork, known as Ethnography within the scholarly field of Anthropology.

Guido and Forrest served as co-editors and Carl Hefner has written the lead article entitled: Tempting the Nāga: Local Knowledge and Mysteries of the Mekong. Hefner’s article is based on field research conducted when he led a group of 10 university students on a research trip down the Mekong River and through 6 Asian countries (China, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam) bordering the Mekong River as it flows to the South China Sea in Southeast Asia.

At home and in the field: ethnographic encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands is a fascinating volume of wide ranging anthropological ethnographic experiences published by the University of Hawaii Press.

At Home and in the Field Book Review in the Journal of Cultural Geography

 

 

Please see recent review attached from the Journal of Cultural Geography.

 

 

At home and in the field: ethnographic encounters in Asia and the

Pacific Islands, by Suzanne S. Finney,Mary Mostafanezhad,Guido Carlo Pigliasco and Forrest Wade Young,Honolulu,University of Hawai’i Press