Alumni News

Mini totes bags are one of the trendy items lately. FDM student club, Stole Society, led by Masisa Kim (SS president) and five dedicated FDM student officers, had the 1st-semester event – making own mini totes—on September 30th, 2024. Over 22 participants from various majors had a rich learning experience at the Miller Design Lab. They learned how to use a machine and add lace trims and other embellishments, creating cute and fancy mini totes. This hands-on experience has surely enriched their skills and will motivate them for future events. We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you who generously donated fabrics and trims to FDM. We truly appreciate your support. Please check out @stolesociety for upcoming events and Stole workshops. 

By Minako McCarthy​

The Welina Mānoa: Kick-Off event took place on September 4 at the Campus Center, Kuykendall Lawn, and Legacy Path. The event featured a variety of on-campus departments, programs, clubs, and offices at the Resource Fair, with music from KTUH and live performances by the UH Band and UH Rainbow Dancers. At our FDM booth, visitors learned more about FDM’s offerings, including courses, student projects, and our student club, Stole Society. Special thanks to Drs. Minako McCarthy, Ju-Young Kang, Shu Hwa Lin, and our Stole Society officers—Elliana Abecede, Hailie Chinn, Marisa Kim, Johnell Ladera, Edelina Bagaporo, and Kasandra Miao—for organizing and setting up the booth. A big shout-out to Elliana, who crafted and handed out balloon animals to visitors, making our booth a highlight of the event! We sincerely appreciate all the help and support from our Stole Society officers! Watch the video.

By Ju-Young Kang

“Our college is guided by a deep commitment to integrate agriculture, cultural heritage, community outreach, and sustainability, with insights to the future,” says Thomas Lim of CTAHR’s Office of Planning and Management Systems. “And this omnibus philosophy is what informed our vision to create a CTAHR-owned space – one where public teaching moments are not just theoretical but tangible and interactive.”

The prevalence of obesity among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders is statistically high and continues to rise, putting members of these communities at greater and greater risk for developing diabetes and cardiometabolic diseases.

It’s been a long-term objective of CTAHR to establish an aquaculture facility on the UH Mānoa campus. That objective was realized in 2024. With funding from the UHM Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research, CTAHR, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Andre Seale of the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences has partnered with the UH Sea Grant College Program (Hawai‘i Sea Grant) to create the new “Tuahine Aquaculture Research and Education Center.”