Alumni News

Do you owe a certain faculty member a favor? Want to make lifelong friends with your staff? Don’t want to be on your department head’s naughty list? Then get them the gift that never gets old and always reaches the height of fashion: CTAHR logo’d items!

Bringing families together is a concept that dates back to the very first Thanksgiving. This past Nov. 23, an inaugural community garden event, “Plantsgiving Thanksgiving,” was co-hosted by the Dept. of Family and Consumer Affairs and CTAHR’s Family Education Centers of Hawaii, Inc.

In 1962, Catherine Cavaletto moved to Hawaiʻi to take a job as a research assistant in the Dept. of Food Science and Technology. What was meant to last only a few years turned into a 41-year career at CTAHR, where Catherine became a horticulturist, professor, department chair, and associate dean of the college.

Exciting is an understatement for the news in Dr. Cheng-Sheng Lee’s recent letter. He began by expressing his gratitude for the staff and those who support the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA).

Cara Yoshimi's original design was showcased in the design exhibition at the ITAA conference, after a rigorous double-blind peer review process (photo right).  The accepted designs showcase innovations using industry design software and zero-waste design methods, including upcycling and recycling garments and fabrics. Cara’s design was made from a kimono donated by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH) and reimagined as "Re. Doll Haus XY," inspired by a specific Gothic Lolita genre that elements into masculinity and femininity within a single look with garments that have ninja (a type of spy-like warrior during the Samurai age) concept. Cara was mentored by Minako McCarthy.  Congratulations, Cara!