International Student Association

Photo booth snaps from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo welcome party!

Fun welcome to new University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo international students (and welcome back to continuing students) last week at the Student Life Center! New students came from 18 different nations, adding to the rich geographic and national diversity at UH Hilo.

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Welcome to all the new international students coming from 18 different countries 🌎✨

UH Hilo researchers track sewage leakage rate into Kahaluʻu Bay | University of Hawaiʻi System News UH Hilo researchers used dye to track sewage leakage from local homes into Kahaluʻu Bay, revealing flow rates carry wastewater to the shoreline in less than six hours.

Looking to complete a graduate degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa during the 2025-26 academic year? Apply now for the EWC Graduate Degree Fellowship!

EWC Graduate Degree Fellows establish friendships and lifelong ties to a network of people committed to positive change in the Indo-Pacific region. Join us for this special and unique opportunity to participate in educational, cultural, and residential community-building, as well as leadership development programs while pursuing a graduate degree at UH Mānoa. The award covers tuition and housing at EWC facilities on the UH Mānoa campus.

Apply today: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/east-west-center-graduate-degree-fellowship-apply-now

Deadline to apply is December 1, 2024.

UH Hilo business students develop AI chatbot to assist with academic advising - UH Hilo Stories The goal of the federally-funded summer project was for the student researchers to develop an AI-based chatbot assistant that could provide personalized advice and support to business students.

UH Hilo alumna Josie Howard receives national award for championing health equity in Hawaiʻi - UH Hilo Stories Josie Howard is co-founder and CEO of We are Oceania, a non-profit dedicated to empowering Micronesian and Pacific Islander communities in Hawaiʻi.

UH Hilo alumna takes her heritage management knowledge to Yap - UH Hilo Stories Shania Tamagyongfal's master's thesis explored the use of ancestral knowledge to address the modern challenge of climate adaptation.

UH Hilo business student Martha Aten has received a prestigious $15K accounting scholarship from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Martha is from Chuuk, FSM, and is earning a BBA in accounting, on track to graduate next year.

Learn more at UH Hilo Stories: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/stories/2024/07/02/martha-aten-scholarship/

Meet Alphina Liusamoa, Sea Turtle Biologist in American Samoa Learn about Alphina and her journey through the sea turtle conservation.

Former intern, Maikani Mereng Andres, returns to PICRC as researcher - Island Times The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) is happy to welcome Maikani Mereng Andres back as a Researcher. Maikani has a long history with PICRC,

The FSM Elections office will be visiting the Big Island this weekend to register FSM citizens to vote and apply for their voter IDs. All FSM citizens are welcome! Please spread the word!

KONA:
When: Friday, June 14
Time: 4:00-7:00 pm
Place: Old Airport Park

HILO:
When: Sunday, June 16
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
Place: UH Hilo Pacific Islander Student Center (PISC) - Campus Center Room 307

In order to register to vote, people should bring one of the following forms of identification: Passport, Birth Certificate, or Driver's License. For more information, contact [email protected] or 691-320-7805.

FSM Election Commission

Tasi Limtiaco will be putting FSM Swimming on the map at !

Discover how an athlete from a small island is making it to the world stage with the help of an Olympic Solidarity scholarship.

💻 https://olympics.com/ioc/news/tasi-limtiaco-putting-micronesia-swimming-on-the-map-at-paris-2024

Happy World Cultural Diversity Day!

Congratulations to the international students who made the Dean's List in Spring 2024! The Dean's List is an honor bestowed on undergraduate students who achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average in 12 or more credits.

‘Make the future yours’: UH-Hilo grads encouraged to be brave, do something great | Big Island Now The University of Hawai’i at Hilo on the Big Island conferred degrees, certificates and post-graduate credentials to 500 students during its spring 2024 commencement ceremony.

Congratulations, Shania!

Omedetou gozaimasu, Zen1

Congratulations, Lindsay!

Congratulations, Alirah!