In this Issue
6 NEWSMAKERS
Community colleges teach DOE employees ‘olelo Hawai‘i, Kapi‘olani’s award-winning TOPP program trains online faculty, five-year Mānoa study says hula reduces high blood pressure
8 Q&A
Child & Family Services Hawai‘i’s Karen Tan
10 UPDATE
UH’s latest achievements: Kaua‘i CC as best community college in state, ranking 21st nationally; 25-year restoration of a Hawai‘i Island forest, a native Hawaiian bird habitat; as a recipient sharing in an international physics prize for the world’s first black hole image
12 SUSTAINABILITY THRIVES
Community-minded innovations are pointing the way to sustainable food security, energy and education
18 SPORTS
From Vulcan volleyball standouts to outstanding leaders in Hawai‘i prep sports: Glennie Adams and Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson
20 MILESTONES
Finding Your Language: Larry Kimura and Michael-Thomas Foumai
22 WHAT’S MY JOB?
Meet Taurie Kinoshita, playwright, actor, director and Windward CC’s theatre lecturer