Need to get a project funded or add a much-prized skill to your repertoire? Maui County administrator Cindy Reeves will be providing a grant-writing skills development workshop on the UH Maui College campus for both in-person and distance participants. It is meant for those with little to no grant-writing experience, or those who have been unsuccessful in the past.

Into wearable tech? The FDM program is hosting a seminar presentation by visiting scholar Genny Lai entitled “3D Body Scan Apply on Intelligent Medical Garments with Smart-Cloth.” Genny (Ching-I) Lai (left) is a PhD student in the Department of Design at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, but she is visiting FDM to work under professor Shu Hwa Lin (right).

Lori Yancura (FCS) was recently honored by being awarded Fellow status by the Gerontological Society of America at a ceremony in Boston. Here she’s pictured (right) with department chair Bobbie Yee. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging.

Savannah Katulski, a Kaua‘i junior Extension agent, has been awarded a $750 scholarship by the Roy A. Goff Memorial Endowment Fund to support her participation in the Beef Improvement Federation Symposium and Convention in South Dakota. Savannah will use this opportunity to bring research information, new tools and resources back to Hawai‘i to help improve beef carcass quality and genetics for local production systems.