Ronald Johnson, Trish Morikawa and Kevin Souza were sworn in as Honolulu circuit court judges and Jeffrey Hawk was sworn in as a Hawaiʻi Island district court judge.
Kapiʻolani CC culinary student William Barrera and Honolulu Chef Jeffery Hayashi will represent the U.S. in the renowned biennial international culinary competition Bocuse d’Or 2021.
Austin Yoshino, a UH Mānoa mechanical engineering student, took top honors in the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Hawaii fifth-annual qualifier Global Student Entrepreneur Award competition.
Six alumni and one student from the College of Education garnered awards for Hawaiʻi Complex Area Teachers of the Year, Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and Principal of the Year.
Kenric Murayama of the Department of Surgery at the John A. Burns School of Medicine was inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators.
Wayne Mendoza received the award from the United Filipino Council of Hawaiʻi for his significant and outstanding contributions to the Filipino community.