Kelvin Sewake retired as Interim CTAHR Associate Dean of Extension on August 30, 2019. In appreciation for his 34 years of serving within CTAHR in various administrative roles and as Extension agent in Floriculture and Nursery Crops, a farewell tea was held for him on September 3 at the Komohana Research & Extension Center in Hilo. 

Over 200 faculty, staff, and students attended the CTAHR Fall Fair last week to enjoy games, demonstrations, giveaways, and prizes offered by college clubs and programs. It was great way to start out the semester and engage with the CTAHR ‘ohana. 

Those working with industrial hemp have an opportunity to make their voices heard. The Environmental Protection Agency has received applications to add hemp to the labeling of ten currently registered pesticide products that contain active ingredients with established tolerance exemptions. Due to the EPA’s expectation that these initial applications involving hemp may be of significant interest to the public, and to enhance transparency, EPA is offering the opportunity to comment.

CTAHR alumnus Yeah Kim Leng has been appointed for a third term to Bank Negara’s monetary policy committee (MPC). Bank Nagara is Malaysia’s equivalent to the Federal Reserve, and the MPC is responsible for formulating monetary policy and guidelines and procedures for the conduct of monetary operations. Kim earned his Ph.D. in Agriculture Resource Economics from CTAHR in 1992.

Feeling dry? Come to the latest installment of the Natural Resources and Environmental Management seminar series (see the series schedule, attached) to hear East-West Center fellow Dr. Abby Frazier discuss “Drought Knowledge Exchange in Hawai‘i and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands.”