2020 CTAHR Day was a SUCCESS!

Our inaugural CTAHR Day was held at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Campus Center Courtyard on January 31, 2020!  CTAHR Day welcomed over 700 participants including 200+ high-school students and their teachers from W. R. Farrington and Waipahu High School, and Hawaii Tech Academy.  

CTAHR Day showcased all CTAHR departments and undergraduate programs, CTAHR Cooperative Extension, and featured an “Alumni Alley”.  Participants also toured the university campus, interacted with CTAHR faculty and staff, learned about what CTAHR alumni are doing in the work field, and participated in hands-on and interactive CTAHR exhibits by our CTAHR ‘Ohana!  

There was a total of 29 exhibits and 128 volunteers (faculty, staff, volunteers, undergraduate and graduate students) who came together to make this event possible!  Thank you to everyone for coming together and supporting CTAHR:

• Corteva Agriscience
• Hawaii Department of Agriculture
• Hawaiian Host
• Koolau Mountains Watershed Partnership 
• Kualoa Ranch Hawaii
• Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council 
• UHM Arboretum
• UHM CTAHR Cooperative Extension: 4-H Youth Development Program, Go Farm Hawaii, Rapid Ohia Death Project
• UHM CTAHR Departments: Family And Consumer Sciences  - FDM & HDFS, Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences – DTCS, FSHN, ANSC, Molecular Biosciences And Bioengineering, Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, and Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences.

One of the W. R. Farrington High School teachers, Violeta Romero, who attended the event was very appreciative of the opportunity to bring her students and shared, "My students really enjoyed the field trip and some are even beginning to change their mind about college and going for it."  

Mark your calendar for our 2021 CTAHR Day which is happening on January 29, 2021!  We hope to see you all next year!
 

Check more photos from CTAHR Day on Flickr.