Alumni News

Do you identify as a Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander student? Are you graduating this spring or graduate last fall? Then head over to the Art Auditorium on UHM campus on Thursday, May 11, to celebrate Pasifika excellence at this year’s Pacific graduation ceremony.

In the latest newsletter from the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, director Cheng-Sheng Lee notes that with drought comes disturbances, resulting in small businesses not being able to fund themselves. But when the Secretary of Agriculture announced we were in an agricultural disaster, the Small Business Administration (SBA) legally had to extend Economic Injury Disaster Loans to those affected.

The Ka Lei Hano Award is the highest tribute the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources bestows on friends and benefactors whose commitment and service greatly enhance the college’s efforts to support a diverse economy, healthy environment, and strong communities.

After graduating from Kalani High School in 1972 and matriculating to CTAHR, Fred Lau couldn’t wait to start his own business. So in his last year of college, he and a friend left UH to start their own business. Their plan was to look through the Yellow Pages for a nursery-related business with the least amount of competition. The plant rental section had only two businesses listed, so the partners walked into hotels and businesses in Waikiki offering these services to any manager who would meet with them. 

Want to play your part in supporting the CTAHR Student Sponsorship Fund? Then stop reading this article and hit this link CTAHR ‘Ohana Banquet to buy your tickets. The biggest social event of the year for CTAHR faculty, staff, alumni, supporters, and students will be held on the 5^th floor Generations Ballroom of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi, just a few minutes from UHM campus.