Alumni News

Please join me in congratulating Waimānalo Farm Manager Roger Corrales, who retired Feb. 1 after 32 years of service to CTAHR. Roger started with CTAHR in 1990 as an Agricultural Technician III and within a few years was promoted to Agricultural Technician IV, then Farm Manager in 1992. Roger oversaw and managed 128 acres of prime agricultural land at Waimānalo Research Station (WRS) and the adjoining 281 acres above WRS, the Meadow Gold property. Roger provided training and mentoring opportunities for WRS and Waialee agricultural technicians. He helped many faculty, including myself, advance up the ranks with research-generated information developed at WRS.

The Fashion Show Production Team, run by students of the Fashion Design and Merchandising Program of the Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences, wants you! to donate your unused/unworn clothing and accessories. Items must be in good condition and washed/clean. All donations will be used to support FDM’s Rainbow Bazaar Pop-Up, which will be happening on campus Feb. 22. All proceeds from this thrift shop will go toward a successful 56^th Annual Fashion Show!

“Give your clothes a second life and save them from landfills; one person’s trash is another person’s treasure!” says undergrad Allison Parten.

Please deliver to the labeled bin in Miller Hall. For questions, contact Olivia at omaguire@hawaii.edu, Aubrey at aubreyvi@hawaii.edu, or Jada at jrogers3@hawaii.edu.

Stay tuned for details on the upcoming 56^th Annual Fashion Show!

Congrats to Jinan Banna of the Dept. of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences for being granted a Gold Author Recognition Award from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior! Jinan, who performs research on obesity prevention and nutrition education, has authored or co-authored on numerous topics in the journal over the past 10 years, including the dietary assessment of low-income Filipinos in Oʻahu and how to measure food waste of children and adolescents. Her work has implications for minority groups, youth, and the environment. 

The CTAHR Banquet is set for Friday, May 6 at the Ala Moana Hotel – but even if the festivities are scratched due to the omnivorous omicron, the 2022 Dean’s Awards for Excellence will go on as planned. This article serves as a call for APT and Civil Service nominations. The purpose of all awards is to recognize excellence in the workplace.

Tina Lau has been an advocate for plants and Hawaiian ecosystems since graduating from UH Mānoa with a BA and MS in Botanical Sciences, an organic gardener since 2000, and a serious gardener of a 1/3-acre garden in Eastern Oregon, where the abundance of food grown led her to learn home canning and creative cooking. She’s also worked as an Invasive Species Specialist for The Nature Conservancy, as a secondary school teacher, and most recently, teaching an undergraduate resource management course for the UHM Nutrition Programs.