For this year’s UHM Aloha United Way campaign, all faculty and staff in the CTAHR database get a free ticket for a chance to win! But wait, there’s more! Every time you donate to the UHM AUW, you get a second ticket. Donate again and you’ll get a third ticket!

What could you win? Why, an awesome box set of door prizes from the Office of Communication Services (OCS)!

• 1 CTAHR polo shirt (traditional or brand new design)
• 1 CTAHR baseball cap (sweeet!)
• 1 CTAHR groceries bag (high-quality canvas)
• 1 CTAHR baby onesie (not pictured but incoming)

At end of the UHM AUW campaign (Oct. 8), OCS will obtain a list from AUW of all CTAHR donors and donations, add these extra tickets to the CTAHR directory list, pull a random ticket, and announce the lucky winner of this fabulous door prize.

How to donate online:

1. Visit UHM AUW
2. Log on with your UH ID and Default Password “”
3. Create a personal AUW account
4. Donate online
5. Also visit Instructions and FAQs if any questions.

Operators are standing by! So visit the UHM AUW campaign now and boost your chances for winning cool CTAHR gear.

Kualoa Ranch has a half-dozen positions open in its Diversified Ag Department, including soil-based farming, aquaculture, and other fields. “We’re glad to recruit from the CTAHR ‘ohana, and help place them in areas where they would fit in well!,” says Anthony Mau, an MBBE alum. “There’s plenty of opportunity.” Get more info at Kualoa Ranch.

If you missed the premiere of the 55th annual UHM Fashion Show, it’s not too late to catch the designs and virtual show of our talented students. Tune in this Sunday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m. on KFVE. The show also airs multiple times on ‘Olelo channel 53. Or, you can visit Hawai’i News Now. The virtual fashion show features collections from three senior undergraduate students in the Fashion Design and Merchandising program of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, as well as 2020 fashion design student graduates. The runway footage was shot by the students — all on their smartphones.

Read the full story on UH News.

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