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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0824.001 2006-2008 Keaholoa STEM Program Interns: • Work closely with STEM faculty mentors • Conduct research in both laboratory & field • Become familiar with scientific methods in their disciplines • Collect & analyze scientific data • Summarize relevant scientific literature • Get to know local science professionals • Conduct a presentation & submit a report • Participate in intern meetings & excursions to cultural sites • Assist in preparation of reports for presentation or publication • Attend scientific national & international conferences Research Concentrations Spring/Fall 2007: • Chad Abia, Erin Samara, Tanya Tavares & Davin Vicente: Susceptibility of Native Hawaiians to type 2 diabetes: using new molecular genetic techniques (Mentor Dr. Cam Muir) • Trisann Bambico, Kanoelani Pu'uohnu-Vasquez & Trisha Snares: Marine food web ecology (Mentor Dr. Jason Turner) • Kni'ena Bishaw: Suter deficiencies in and fertilizer regimes on orchids (Mentor Dr. William Sakai) • Adrian DeMello & Pdhai 'Mahina' Patterson: Geoarchaeology with EDXRF Spectrometer (Mentors Dr. Peter Mills & Ken Hon) • Nakoa Goo: Intraspecific genetic diversity and population structure of red macroalgal species (Mentor Dr. Karla McDermid) • Makani Gregg & Hbktl Cody: Monitoring ofcoral diseases at Kapoho (Mentor Dr. Misaki Takabayashi) • 'Alohi Gronquist & Kainans Francisco: Genetic studies of 'Ohi'a Lehua metrosideros polymorpha (Mentor Dr. Elizabeth Stacy) • Mino'aka Kahananui & Kim Morishige: Ecology ofWana (Mentor Dr. Misaki Takabayashi) • Heather Kaluna: Star formation rate distribution in Hubble Deep Field Galaxies (Mentor Dr. Marianne Takamiya) • Kimo Keliipaakaua: Acoustic competition between native Hawaiian crickets and coqui frogs (Mentor Dr. Pat Hart) • Denise Matsuoka: Biochemistry of lychee and rambutan (Mentor Dr. Norbert Furumo) • Kehau Nelson-Kaula, Keiko Publico & Jaime Enoka: The impact of non-native species lowland wet forests (Mentor Dr. Becky Ostertag) • Lisa Shizuma: Terrestrial inputs in Hilo Bay (Mentor Dr. Tracy W iegner) • Raylene Sopkin, Sarah Tanuvasa & Keolabou Vincent: Ahupua'a climatology (Mentor Dr. Jim Juvik) Keaholoa mana`G "He lawai'a no ke kai papaw, he pokole ke aho; he lawai'a no ke kai hohonu, he Ina ke aho. (A fisherman of the shallow sea aces only a short line: p a fisherman of the deep sea has a long line) CotnnL NO. 2 Ref. To: Pry ff EDt'_ Ref. Dote DECO 4 2DD7 Keaholoa STEM Program Promoting Science, Tec hnology. g : ! k f Voices of the Interns: "This internship has enriched my perspective ofscience and research. The Keaholoa Program gives me the opportunity to experience hands- on training where I learn by doing. It gives me abetter understanding of the things I learn in class lectures and I get to apply and learn even more through going out in the field and having a very knowledgeable mentor. Everything makes more sense and is embedded in me because 1 not only learn in school but also at interning. " - Keiko Publico "Hawaiians were some of the best marine managers known." -Tanya DeCambra "I am glad to be a part of this program that really has given me a chance to not only learn through my individual research, but also meet other scholars in the science/Hawaiian conservation field that I can turn to if I need further information in certain studies. " - Kealoha Kinney "Enjoy what you are doing and the opportunity that you're given. Be proud to be a Hawaiian!!" -Mark Manuel "Learningfrom others, especiallyfrom our kupuna provides us young people with invaluable lessons we cannot learn from our textbooks. This is why excursions are essential for us students who study and interact with the land. We can learn facts from text but learn so much more from the people who lived o the land and experienced so much more than us. I appreciate these types of excursions where I am in a relaxed environment but am learning so much. " -Ki ile'apohakulani Ho'opai on an intern excursion to Kapoho "Since the Hawaiian culture put a value on all creatures, marry marine organisms were held sacred to them, thus they took care of their species, and the environment in which they lived in order for their sustenance. Rachel Kalikolehua Goo "Place-based learning should be applied to classes in Hawaii as I think this will encourage respect of the land and culture. "-Shelly Pelfrey "As our guides unveiled and described priceless Hawaiian artifacts to us, you could see their personal passion for the pieces. It was very exciting to see such ancient Hawaiian artifacts that I have learned about in school, but to see them makes it all the more exciting and real. " - Tanya Tavares on an Intern visit to Bishop Museum in Honolulu hosted by Dr. Isabella Abbott. Keaholoa Interns have gone on to graduate school at UH-Mona UH-Hilo and Chaminade, Pharmacy School in the continental US, and to work with Hawaii Volcano Observatory, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, The Nature Conservancy, US Department of Agriculture, US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, `Imiloa Astronomy Center, Na Pua y, No`eau, Kamehameha Schools & Hawaii Public schools and Hawaiian Immersion schools. Keaholoa Project Staff: Sonia Juvik (PI/Project Director); Drew Kapp, Kealoha Kinney & Cynthia Phillips (Project Administration), Mino`aka Kahananui & Trisann Bambico (Student Assistants) The Keaholoa STEM Program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo is sponsored by the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Keaholoa is dedicated to increasing the enrollment and success of students from underrepresented groups, especially Native Hawaiians, in STEM professions. Keaholoa STEM Program at UH-Hilo 200 W. K$wili St, Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4091 0 UNIVERSITY keaholoa@hawaii.edu http://www2.hawaii.edu/-keaholoa (808) 974-7648 OEHAwnn Internship Contacts: Drew Kapp (dkaaa &,haWaii etll0**nd Kealoha Kinney (kmkinney(7a hawaii.edu) H1W