Congratulations to Noa Lincoln, Brent Sipes, Orville Baldos, Nhu Nguyen, Koon-Hui Wang, and Mohammad Arif for being nominated to the teaching award!

 

 

Noa Lincoln

3 years with CTAHR

What motivates you as a teacher? 

"Hawai‘i's future; creating critical thinkers with system based approaches to solve the pressing problems of our environmental and social future."

 

 

 

 

Brent Sipes

28 years with CTAHR

What was your best teaching moment? 

"When class size exceeded 50 students after starting at 3 students. This was a testament to the course content, course delivery, and persistence in not giving up."

 

 

 

 

 

Orville C. Baldos

3 years with CTAHR

What was your best teaching moment? 

"Helping students develop a winning poster presentation based on their lab exercise."

 

 

 

 

Nhu Nguyen

2 years with CTAHR

What motivates you as a teacher?

"Passing on knowledge to students and seeing them assimilate and use that knowledge."

 

 

 

 

 

Koon-Hui Wang

11 years with CTAHR

What motivates you as a teacher?

"Transfer the knowledge about sustainable agriculture, increase the awareness of environmental protection, promote healthy society and viable local economy, and sharing new discoveries in plant protection sciences to the next generation."

 

 

 

 

 

Mohammad Arif

2 years with CTAHR

What was your best teaching moment?

"When the smiles come over the student’s faces after grasping a new concept or skill - it reminds me that all students have the ability to learn, but it is my job to find the right key to unlock their great minds."