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Groups praised for job help
Organizations that helped two people with disabilities return to work were honored recently by the state Department of Human Services' Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division. The U.S. Secret Service and Karen Kaho'opi'i; and Photo Service Hawaii and Brian Matsuo, were named Outstanding Employers and Outstanding Rehabilitants of the Year in recent ceremonies.
The vocational rehabilitation agency worked with the Secret Service's Asia-Pacific Region in altering physical barriers to allow Kaho'opi'i to be hired as a telephone operator after a stroke prevented her from returning to her longtime job as an administrative secretary.
Photo Service Hawaii worked to convince Waikiki photographers that the hiring of Matsuo, who uses a scooter for mobility in his job as a "runner," handling pick-up and delivery of their film and pictures, would not be a hindrance or security problem.
Scholarships awarded to 4
Four University of Hawai'i-Manoa students have been awarded this year's Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship Awards. The awards, established in 1959 to commemorate the wedding of then-Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko, promote understanding between the U.S. and Japan.
The scholarships cover educational and living expenses in Japan and Hawai'i for a two-year academic study. U.S. recipients are Kelly Hansen, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, and Lynn Murata, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology. Recipients from Japan are Rino Kawase, who is working toward a master's degree in East Asian Languages and Literature, and Aya Kitamura, working toward a master's in Japanese studies. A total of 113 scholarships have been awarded since 1973.
Students make dean's list
Several students from Hawai'i have been included on the University of California at Santa Barbara winter quarter dean's list: Darsie Ing, of Honolulu, majoring in pre-law and society; Christopher Oakes, of Ho-nolulu, a pre-business economics major; Ilan Bernstein, of Hale'iwa, majoring in cell and developmental biology, and Kristopher Kazuo Bason, of Kealakekua, Big Island, majoring in pre-biology.
Iolani teacher honored
Iolani School math teacher Larry Teske has been given the 2002 Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Junior High School Mathematics Teaching. The award is administered by the Mathematical Association of America, and recognizes excellence in teachers who contribute to high scoring teams in the annual American Mathematics Competitions 8.
HPU students get waivers
Ten students at Hawai'i Pacific University have become the latest recipients of $1,000 tuition waivers as Jessie Cheng Scholarship awardees. The scholarship program, established 11 years ago, is named after Honolulu philanthropist Jessie Cheng and given annually to 10 exceptional students of Chinese ancestry.
This year's recipients are Tony Chung, Ivy Lin and ChitWing So of hong Kong; Carol Wang of Taiwan; and Lei Ding, Koko Liang, Rui Xu, LeQu Zhang, Yibin Zheng and JingJing Zhou of China.
