Ma¯lamalama 1 ma¯lamalamaTHE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE www.hawaii.edu/malamalama Editor Celebrating our centennial, and Hawai‘i’s best and brightest Cheryl Ernst 2007 is here—the year UH turns 100! As we celebrate the university’s centennial, Art Director Rowen Tabusa (BFA ’79 Ma¯noa) I am delighted also to celebrate the academic achievements of high-performing Photographer Hawai‘i high school graduates by announcing a Bob Chinn Centennial Scholars program that provides financial Associate Editor incentives to attend any of our UH campuses. The Tracy Matsushima (BA ’90 Ma¯noa) university is committed to strengthening undergraduate Online Editor Jeela Ongley (BA ’97 Ma¯noa) education by creating access to public higher education Contributing Alumni Editor in the state of Hawai‘i for our best and brightest students. Nico Schnitzler (BA ’03 Ma¯noa) At the same time, we need to ensure that our students University of Hawai‘i President succeed in their educational pursuits and graduate in a David McClain timely manner, and this is where financial aid can help. Board of Regents Beginning in fall 2007, incoming freshmen will receive a $1,000 scholarship Andres Albano Jr. (BS ’65, MBA ’72 Ma¯noa) if they score 1,800 or higher on the three-part SAT Reasoning Test (or the ACT Byron W. Bender equivalent) or graduate in spring 2007 or later with an unweighted 3.8 grade Michael A. Dahilig (BS ’03, JD ’06 Ma¯noa) point average. Students will continue to receive the grant for up to four years on Ramon de la Peña (MS ’64, a UH baccalaureate campus or two years at a UH community college, provided PhD ’67 Ma¯noa) they maintain a 3.0 grade point average. Community college recipients who Marlene M. Hapai (MS ’77, PhD ’81 Ma¯noa) transfer to a UH baccalaureate campus and who maintain a 3.0 GPA can continue James J. C. Haynes II to receive the scholarship for two more years. UH Ma¯noa will commit an (BA ’82 Ma¯noa) Kitty Lagareta (BA ’81 Ma¯noa) additional $1,000 for students meeting both criteria. Allan R. Landon We expect about 1,000 students in the state to achieve qualifying GPAs and Ronald K. Migita more than 1,300 students to have qualifying SAT scores. When fully implemented (BBA ’66 Ma¯noa) Alvin A. Tanaka, (BBA ’66, MBA ’68 in four years, the scholarship will represent a commitment of as much as $5 Ma¯noa) million annually to Hawai‘i’s high performing high school graduates. Jane B. Tatibouet UH already awards more than $16 million annually in institutional financial Published three times a year by assistance, plus another $5 million in scholarships from donations raised by the External Affairs and University Relations, University of Hawai‘i UH Foundation. We’ve earmarked enough of our new tuition revenue so that Change of address we can quadruple need-based financial aid over the next several years. Working UHF—Address Update P.O. Box 11270, Honolulu, HI 96828 with the UH Foundation as part of our Centennial Campaign, I’m committed to 808 956-8829 or [email protected] increasing our scholarship support even further to ensure that in the university’s Voluntary mail subscription second century every qualified student has the opportunity to receive a terrific Suggested donation $10 Send to Ma¯lamalama UH education. 2444 Dole St., BA2 Honolulu, HI 96822 With best wishes in this centennial year, Free electronic subscription Email [email protected] (please include your name and address) Advertising information [email protected] or 808 956-8856 David McClain UH is an equal opportunity/affirmative President action institution. This publication is available in alternate form for people with print disabilities. Information about donating to UH is at www.uhf.hawaii.edu; Information about the Centennial Scholars program is at www.hawaii.edu/offices/op/centennialscholarship Ma¯lamalama 1 CONTENTS FEATURES The Art of Inspiration ..............................9 Two influential faculty artists are remembered— Professors John Wisnosky and Carl Wolz An ‘Ukulele Comeback ...........................11 The quintessential instrument of Hawai‘i is experiencing a renewed surge in popularity Weathering the Storms ......................... 13 A small program with a big punch, meteorology at Ma¯noa remains a leader in training weather experts and understanding tropical weather phenomenon A Part of Kalaupapa .............................. 16 Cultural sensitivity and historic accuracy mark UH involvement in the Kalaupapa community, and a lifetime resident recalls his years at Ma¯noa A Historic Investment ...........................20 Alumnus Jay Shidler commits $25 million and lends his name to the drive to turn a Ma¯noa college into a national leader True Calling .......................................... 21 Veteran Red Cross volunteer Masaru Oshiro is honored during the School of Social Work’s 70th anniversary celebration Down on the Render Farm .....................23 Powerful computing at a new Leeward CC facility speeds up the process of making animation Join or Renew Today DEPARTMENTS Membership gets you an all-access pass to Campus News .........................................3 the UH Alumni Directory, where you can ✱ use career networking tools Research and Scholarship ......................6 ✱ find a friend or post online class notes Alumni ..................................................24 ✱ register for alumni events or find a chapter ✱ get discounts on hotels, airfare, restaurants, auto insurance, Class Notes ...........................................26 golf, entertainment and shopping Sports .................................................. 31 Join at UHalumni.hawaii.edu Enlightenment ......................................32 or sign up by phone when the UHAA spring calling campaign contacts you On the cover: 25 years after he was banished to Kalaupapa, sto- ryteller Makia Malo attended UH Ma¯noa. In the Hawaiian Studies Center lo‘i, he reflects on the experience. Correction: Richard Linn Stevens is a lecturer at Hawai‘i CC. His campus affiliation was incorrectly identified in the last issue. 2 Ma¯lamalama Campus News Grants create fellowships in medicine, law hree Ma¯noa students earned assistance with medical school costs in exchange for a pledge to intern and practice in Hawai‘i under a $1 million fellowship cre- T ated by the Barry and Virginia Weinman Foundation. By reducing student loan debt, the fellowships free students to consider practices that serve community needs rather than bow to economic demands, says Barry Weinman, a member of the UH Public service announcements Foundation Board of Trustees. In federally funded initiatives targeting underserved promote education populations— hree public service announcements ✱ The John A. Burns School of Medicine will use satellite and other distance educa- developed by Ma¯noa’s College tion technologies to provide continuing education for healthcare workers in the Tof Education help students and Pacific Islands, where residents suffer disproportionately high rates of diabetes, families value education, build connec- cancer, cardiovascular disease and oral health problems and life expectancies are tions to school and encourage personal as much as 12 years shorter than the U.S. average. responsibility. The 30-second spots were ✱ Ma¯noa’s Center on Disability Studies will evaluate intervention techniques and created with support from a federally reading software to identify services and technologies that benefit indigenous stu- funded truancy reduction demonstration dents who have disabilities. project. The videos are available on DVD. To view them online or place an order, ✱ The law school’s Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law established a fellow- visit www.educationpsa.org. ship program for new graduates to pursue summer research projects and develop community outreach programs. In another new fellowship program, Integrative Training in Ecological, Conservation and Pathogen Biology offers an interdisciplinary focus combining ecological and biomedical studies for incoming doctoral students. The program involves six depart- ments and three research institutes at Ma¯noa. Its disease ecology research theme bridges emerging infectious diseases, how they originate and spread and their impact on humans, domesticated animals and natural ecosystems. Application deadline is Jan. 31; see http://jabsom.hawaii.edu/igert for information. Have a seat…and desk…at Sinclair Library ifty years after Sinclair Library opened, the wooden study desks F are a bit worse for wear. A gift of $1,000 to the Sinclair Library Golden Anniversary Campaign will cover restora- tion of a classic two-seater desk and pur- chase of two new oak chairs. Donors will be recognized with a brass plaque on the desk. For details, contact Dana Myers, 808 956-8688 or dana.myers@uhf. Community colleges provide international training hawaii.edu. n one of two new international initiatives, Honolulu Community College faculty For virtual users, the Ma¯noa Library members and administrators provided workshops for colleagues at Japan’s Osaka opens the year with a new website at IGakuin University in November. Topics ran the gamut from instructional techniques http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu. The to budgeting to public relations and marketing. This year, Kapi‘olani will train work- user-centered site was developed in ers from China’s hospitality industry under an agreement with the country’s Higher response to patron surveys, which indi- Education Training Center. The institutions are also exploring training opportunities in cated a desire for