2023 Dean's Awards for Excellence

• Marisa Wall, Ka Lei Hano Award
• Fred Lau, Honorary Outstanding Alumnus Award
• Mahealani Kaneshiro, Excellence in Teaching Award
• Jonathan Deenik, Excellence in Research Award
• The Banana Bunchy Top Virus Team, Excellence in Extension Award (Amjad Ahmad, Koon-Hui Wang, Jensen Uyeda, Sharon Wages, Emilie Kirk, Rosemary Gutierrez-Coarite, Joshua Silva, Jennifer Hawkins, Theodore Radovich, Kylie Tavares, Jari Sugano)
• Andre Seale, Ka Pouhana Mentorship Award
• Lauren Miyashiro, Outstanding APT Staff
• Dayle Tsuha, Outstanding Civil Service Staff
• Bea Sailer, Outstanding Extension Volunteer
• Roshan Paudel, Ka Hana Po‘okela Grad Student Award
• Kasey Purcell, Ka Hana Po‘okela Undergrad Student Award

2022 Dean's Awards for Excellence

• Hawai’i Department of Agriculture, Ka Lei Hano Award
• Lei Yamasaki, Outstanding Alumnus Award
• David Christopher, Excellence in Teaching Award
• Rachel Novotny, Excellence in Research Award
• The Coffee Berry Borer Team, Excellence in Extension Award (Alyssa Cho, Susan Miyasaka, Kelvin Sewake, Mark Wright, H.C. Bittenbender, Raymond Carruthers, Catherine Chan, Andrea Kawabata, Nicole Konanui, Ping Sun Leung, Stuart T. Nakamoto, Russell Messing, Marc Meisner, Roseann Leiner, Matthew Miyahira, Nicholas Yamauchi, Key collaborators at CTAHR, PBARC, HDOA, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and the coffee industry.)
• Thao Le, Ka Pouhana Mentorship Award
• Mililani Michelle Isaacs, Outstanding Civil Service Staff
• Joe Simmons, Outstanding Extension Volunteer
• Chynna Chun, Ka Hana Po‘okela Undergrad Student Award
• Cody Ching, Ka Hana Po‘okela Graduate Student Award

Fred Lau, the 2023 Honorary Outstanding Alumnus, is pictured above with his family

and Interim Dean Ania Wieczorek at the annual CTAHR 'Ohana Banquet in April 2023.

For more event photos, please visit our 2023 CTAHR 'Ohana Banquet Photos page.

The 2024 CTAHR 'Ohana Banquet is set for April 2024 at the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu.

Stay tuned for updates, announcements, and ticketing information as we approach the date. Mahalo!

2021 Dean's Awards for Excellence

• Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau, Ka Lei Hano Award
• Bonnie Buntain, Outstanding Alumnus Award
• Mehana Vaughan, Excellence in Teaching Award
• Michael Melzer, Excellence in Research Award
• Becky Settlage, Excellence in Extension Award
• Lara Hackney, Ka Pouhana Mentorship Award
• Wayne Fujino, Outstanding APT Staff
• Debbie Wong, Outstanding Civil Service Staff
• Rebecca P. Barone, Ka Hana Po‘okela Grad Student Award
• Nicole Ann Acasio, Ka Hana Po‘okela Undergrad Student Award

 

2020 Dean's Awards for Excellence

• Tricia Uehara, Ka Lei Hano Award
• Steven Sato, Outstanding Alumnus Award
• Marie Kainoa Revilla, Excellence in Teaching Award
• Daniel Rubinoff, Excellence in Research Award
• The Screenhouses Team, Excellence in Extension Award (Koon-Hui Wang, Jari Sugano, Jensen Uyeda, Kylie Tavares, Theodore Radovich, Joshua Silva, Amjad Ahmad)
• Kacie Ho, Ka Pouhana Mentorship Award
• Michelle Au, Ka Hana Po‘okela Grad Student Award
• AlannaMarie Salas, Ka Hana Po‘okela Undergrad Student Award