California Water Service Group (Group) (NYSE: CWT) today announced awards totaling $80,000 in college scholarships for students living in the utility's California, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Washington service areas for the 2020-2021 academic year. Group selected 12 students for the upcoming academic year; winners were chosen based on outstanding academic achievement, community … [Read more...] about Kahului Student Announced among Recipients of Cal Water 2020 Scholarship Program
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Humpback Whale Live Birth and Probable Whale Placenta Captured
[Editor's note: Images of the placenta below. You have been warned. All photos courtesy Pacific Whale Foundation.] For the first time in history, whale researchers captured video footage of a humpback whale giving birth earlier this month. On that historic day, PacWhale Eco-Adventures staff also spotted a floating placenta from a different birth in the same waters. It’s … [Read more...] about Humpback Whale Live Birth and Probable Whale Placenta Captured
Maui Seat On UH Board Open
An opportunity to make a difference in education on Maui is presenting itself with the call for nominations for University of Hawai‘i's Board of Regents. The UH Candidate Advisory Council is now accepting applications for the Maui County seat on the UH Board. The UH Board of Regents has the power to formulate policy and to exercise control over the university by appointing … [Read more...] about Maui Seat On UH Board Open
Underrepresented: Filipinos make up 21.5 percent of UHMC student body, only 4.7 percent of instructional staff
When I was covering a political movement for MauiTime some years ago, an activist lamented to me that Filipinos were too “docile” to be a part of their movement. History aside (Filipino hero Lapu Lapu was the first person to fight against Spanish colonization, Filipino labor organizers led the famous Delano Grape Strike, and Filipino leaders were instrumental in fighting for … [Read more...] about Underrepresented: Filipinos make up 21.5 percent of UHMC student body, only 4.7 percent of instructional staff
I Teach Writing to Native Hawaiian Students at UHMC. Here’s What They Have to Say About TMT
I write for MauiTime, but my day job is teaching writing at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College, which is a part of the UH system that is subleasing Maunakea to the Thirty Meter Telescope. My students are incredibly diverse in terms of age, background, experiences, opinions, goals, and identity, but what they all have in common is that they are first-year students of Native … [Read more...] about I Teach Writing to Native Hawaiian Students at UHMC. Here’s What They Have to Say About TMT