Posted on: Sunday, June 8, 2003

Salutes

Advertiser Staff

$30,000 given in scholarships

The Hawaii State Federal Credit Union has awarded a total of $30,000 in scholarships to members or their dependents. They are:

• Yuan Gao, a 2003 Iolani School graduate who will attend Columbia University in New York.

• Janice Y. Hahn, a 2003 Punahou School graduate who will attend the University of Pennsylvania.

• Patrick P. Ho, a 2003 Iolani School graduate who will attend the University of Southern California.

• Lori M. Kajiyama, a 2001 Kailua High School graduate who attends Whitworth College.

• Lynn N. Kajiyama, a 2001 graduate of Kailua High School who attends the University of Oregon.

• Katalina L. McGlone, a doctoral candidate in social work and social welfare at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.

• Danelle M. Miyamoto, a 1999 Hawaii Baptist Academy graduate who attends Oregon State University.

• Gary K. Nakamura, a 1993 Roosevelt High School graduate who attends Honolulu Community College.

• Nicole N. Nakashima, a 2003 graduate of Mid-Pacific Institute who will attend the University of Southern California.

• Joycelyn O. Niimi, a 1998 Punahou School graduate who will attend the University of California at Berkeley.

• Joanna C. Pang, a 1999 Roosevelt High School graduate who attends Oregon State University.

• Shari L. Shimizu, a 2000 Iolani School graduate who attends the University of the Pacific.

• Jared Y. Yokoyama, a 2003 Moanalua High School graduate who will attend Occidental College.

• Dawn A. Yonamine, a 1999 LaPietra graduate who attends Chaminade.

• Teena Marie M. Wong, a 1987 Kamehameha Schools graduate who attends the University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu.

Time Warner honors teachers

Teachers from Kapunahala Elementary in Kane'ohe and Kapolei Elementary have receive Time Warner Cable National Teacher Awards for their use of technology to create innovative student science programs.

Laurie Fujikawa and Irene Yamashita of Kapunahala were recognized for their students' project, "The Invasion of the Green Monster of Lake Wilson."

Michael O'Connor, Wendy Nakamura, Susan Maeda and Lois Tagami of Kapolei won for their students' project, "How Our Hawaiian islands Were Formed."

UH professor receives grant

Dr. Valli Kalei Kanuha, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, has been awarded the W.E.B. DuBois Research Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice.

Kanuha was awarded $76,448 for the one-year fellowship to explore the social construction of violence against women and children among Native Hawaiians in pre- and post-contact Hawai'i.

Kailua graduate wins award

Jody Sakaba, a 1999 graduate of Kailua High School, is one of 20 students graduating from Eastern Washington University to receive the Frances B. Huston Award, the school's highest award to a student.

Sakaba earned a bachelor of science degree in organizational communication with a minor in Japanese. She will attend graduate school at the University of Hawai'i and student travel industry management.