Zane Marsh as an intern with Oahu Invasive Species Committee monitoring and baiting little fire ants, and removing miconia invasive weeds across Oahu.

Ing Ng working as an intern at Garden by the Bay, Singapore attending and caring for a wide range of tropical ornamental plants for display during the Summer of 2024.

Kekoa Larger as a TAE senior working in PEPS Sustainable Pest Management lab to gain research experience in organic pest management approaches against various sweetpotato pests and attending the Society of Nematologists Annual Conference to present his research findings.

Micaleh Crane-Worley spent a semester gaining novel beekeeping experience with Dr. Montgomery and Hawaii Beekeepers Association where she learned new tricks to maintaining apiary, examining bee health, extracting honey, moving bee colonies as well as discussing a legislation bill that would affect bee health.

J. Salehi joined a study abroad program with PEPS faculty Dr. Wright, to determine if there is a symbiotic relationship between ants and Marula trees in South Africa.

Undergraduate students D. Wallace and W. Herty interned with Plant Pathologist Dr. Marquez at Hawaii Department of Agriculture to process plant disease samples, isolate and identify plant pathogens for their capstone projects.

Students taking Weed Science class followed a schematic map and built the outline structrure of a chicken tractor in less than 15 minutes.

PEPS faculty and students showcased how exciting it is to study in Tropical Agriculture and the Environment and Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences.

TAE student, M. Mawae, taking PEPS Capstone course received one-on-one training from graduate student, G. Miarkiani. She got hands-on experience on how to make circuit boards, install sound traps, and create other environmentally friendly traps to capture mosquitoes while avoiding non-target species.

T. Lendt gained proficient skills in microscope work to study plant host preference of a native bee in Hawaii, Hylaeus yellow-faced bee, in Dr. Krushelnyck’s lab.

Student graduates from PEPS are very successful in getting jobs with the Hawaii Department of Agriculture