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December 22, 2024
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posted nearly 1,500 stories in the very eventful 2024. Here are the top 10 糖心Vlog官方 News stories of the year:

Lopez smiling on stage Miss Aloha Hula 2024 is 糖心Vlog官方惭ā苍辞补 grad student
Kaʻōnohikaumakaakeawe Kananiokeakua Holokai Lopes, who is pursuing a master’s degree in communications at 糖心Vlog官方惭ā苍辞补, earned the Miss Aloha Hula title and Hawaiian language award at the 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival.

Robertson on stage Child actor to 糖心Vlog官方 professor: Marcia Brady’s date teaches computer science
Scott Robertson, chair and professor of the 糖心Vlog官方惭ā苍辞补 Information and Computer Sciences Department, began acting before the age of 3 and continues to act in films and on stage to this day.

kawaa on stage 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College grad gets two-chair turn on The Voice
Kamalei Kawaʻa got judges Reba McIntyre and Chance the Rapper to turn their chairs during the blind auditions on season 25 of the hit singing competition The Voice on NBC.

Brauer celebrating U.S. record: 糖心Vlog官方 grad Cole Brauer makes history with solo nonstop world sail
Cole Brauer finished second out of 16 competitors in the Global Solo Challenge, a race that started and ended in A Coruña, Spain. The marathon 30,000 mile journey took 130 days, and she crossed the finish line on March 7.

collage of faces 12 糖心Vlog官方 athletes to compete in Paris Olympics
The olympians include: kiteboarder Daniela Moroz, men’s volleyball player Taylor Averill, men’s basketball player Akira Jacobs, women’s volleyball assistant coach Alfee Reft, water polo players Ema Vernoux and Camille Radosavljevic.

two images of shimokusu Hilo native returns home to build statewide engineering pipeline
Trevor Shimokusu completed his PhD in mechanical engineering as a NASA Space Technologies Graduate Research Opportunity fellow and returned to Hawaiʻi to join 糖心Vlog官方惭ā苍辞补’s College of Engineering.

Coti Haia with Maize Hirono Trailblazer: 惭ā苍辞补 law alumna rises to U.S. Senator’s chief of staff
Coti Haia, the first Native Hawaiian woman to serve as chief of staff for a U.S. Senator is a graduate of the William S. Richardson School of Law and has served in her current role for Sen. Mazie Hirono since 2022.

pulu holding certificate From meth addict to substance abuse counselor: 糖心Vlog官方 provides a pathway, support
Through an apprenticeship program by the 糖心Vlog官方惭ā苍辞补 Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, Department of Social Work and Leeward CC, Edmond Pulu Jr. is on track to become a certified substance abuse counselor.

ulep Ulep named inaugural director of 糖心Vlog官方 Filipino advocacy task force
Marnelli Joy B. Ulep has been named director of Pamantasan, a 糖心Vlog官方 task force dedicated to increasing the success of Filipino students, faculty and staff.

people performing hula 糖心Vlog官方 educators dance in Merrie Monarch opening ceremony
On March 31, more than 350 dancers from Hawaiʻi CC hālau Unukupukupu, which includes the Kūkūʻena cohort, graced Merrie Monarch’s opening ceremony inside Hilo’s Civic Auditorium. Among the dancers were Hawaiʻi CC Chancellor Susan Kazama and Kapiʻolani CC Chancellor Misaki Takabayashi.