Newsletter of the GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION of UH Mānoa Photo: Honolulu People's Climate March, Sep. 21, 2014 Source: www.facebook.com/divestuh Inside Divest UH Updates Task Group is formed to study the feasibility of divest UH GSO nominations start in February Interested in becoming a GSO executive member? Now is time! Upcoming Events GSO Meetings & Deadlines GSO Campus Events Library Events and Exhibits G&A Awardees Congratulations! Read about awardees stories on their research projects with GSO G&A. Visit us Hemenway Hall 212 gso@hawaii.edu http://gso.hawaii.edu UH Manoa Graduate Student Organization @GSO_UHM
Task group formed to study the feasibility of divesting UH from fossil fuel investments On January 8, the University of Hawaii Board of Regents (BOR) Budget and Finance hearing for Divest UH was received with unanimous support. The committee voted to bring the issue to the full board and to form a Task Group to review the BOR s policies on investment and sustainability. On January 22, the BOR voted to approve the formation of the Task Group to examine the feasibility of the university divesting from investments in companies involved in fossil fuel production. Members of the Task Group include Regents, student representatives and faculty members. The GSO At-Large Representative Joy Leilei Shih was appointed to represent graduate students. Other members include Regent Sullivan, Coralie Matayoshi and Helen Nielsen and Student Regent Michelle Tagorda; undergraduate student and Mānoa student sustainability coordinator Doorae Shin, and faculty member Joe Mobley. The Task Group is currently meeting with university s investment manager who handles the endowment. More updates to come in next month s newsletter. You can sign the petition to support Divest UH here: http://divestuh.org/add-your-voice/ You can follow the updates here: www.facebook.com/divestuh and divest_uh on instagram More info. about the campaign: http://divestuh.org/ 2015 GSO Election General Timeline Dates: Nomination begins 2/26 Last day of nomination 3/19 Campaign period 3/30-4-17 Voting period 4/13-4/17 Election Results Reported and Ratified 4/23 Positions: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Please consider Running for a Position OR Nominating Someone! Mahalo Contact: Election Rep. Duyen Bui (dtb22@hawaii.edu)
The Mānoa Gra duate Calendar of Events GSO January 22 General Assembly Meeting 6pm, Campus Center 309/310 February 12 Deadline for September G&A Applications February 19 Executive Council Meeting 6pm, GSO Office Hemenway 212 February 23 Fall Graduate Student Coffee Hour February 26 General Assembly Meeting 10:30am, Sinclair Library Lanai 6pm, Campus Center 309/310 Upcoming Exhibits at the Library Fall of the Berlin Wall Elevator Gallery, Hamilton Library, till February 12 Native Voices: Native P eoples Concepts of Health and Illness CLIC Lab, Hamilton Library, till May 12 3
GSO Grants & Awards Congratulations! to the following graduate students whose GSO Grants & Awards applications were approved during the December Review: Lee, Boeun Billie Huang, Tianyuan Polovina, Yuka Nojima, Stacy Hoerman, Rachel Aguirre, Samuel Jackson, Kimberly Liu, Jing Fifita, Patricia Abanda, Ngu Njei Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia Tree, Jonathan Robinson, Thomas Yavari, Ehsan Metzker, Kathryn American Studies Political Science American Studies American Studies Anthropology Second Language Studies Library and informaiton Sciences Philosophy Anthropology Tropical Medicine, Medical microbiology and plant studies Botany Geology and Geophysics Atmospheric Science Electrical Engineering Geography Apply for GSO Funding! The Grants & Awards Application process is now online: https://www.star.hawaii.edu:10012/scholarship_live /?scholarshipid=gso Please visit the GSO website for more information.
2 1 The Mānoa Gra duate Featuring G&A Awardees strategic goals of the federal government. I was able to step outside of my weather comfort zone and learned about atmospheric chemistry. After one of the chemistry presentations, I tried to set up some collaboration with other students at other schools. Hopefully that will blossom into a publication or even a Post Doc. Thomas Robinson When I finally presented my own research in the Mountain Meteorology section, other meteorologists were delighted to see that I was using a simple linear model to explain complex phenomenon. They told me about other conferences that I didn t know existed and made suggestions for further background reading and other research that has been done that is similar to what I am doing. The trip was an overall success and added to my personal scientific journey. It was the most informative conference I have ever been to. Also, I bought a dinosaur tooth! My name is Tom Robinson and I am a PhD Candidate in the Meteorology Department. I am extremely grateful to every graduate student because the GSO was able to fund my trip to the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco in December 2014. I presented on a simple weather model that I am developing to better understand the relationship between the wind and mountains on the Island of Oahu. While at the AGU conference, I was able to experience a wide variety of scientific research and learn about the current plans for the future of geoscience. I attended many of the keynote lectures that included innovation, open information sharing, and Rachel Hoer man Aloha! I am a PhD Candidate in the Anthropology Department focusing on archaeological approaches to Southeast Asian rock art (human alteration of naturally-occurring, fixed-in-place stone). GSO funding partially subsidized my summer 2014 plot dissertation research: the first-ever archaeological survey, documentation and conservation assessment of rock art in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. GSO support was 5
instrumental in furthering my dissertation research permits, enabling fieldwork that resulted in the discovery of 25-160 (the new discoveries have to be compared with museum files currently awaiting transport to a new facility) new rock paintings, drawings and engravings. GSO support will also contribute to the documentation, conservation and long-term monitoring/management of a critically endangered body of rock art in an archaeological frontier. The GSO is absolutely essential to graduate student success (as well as protection and advocacy) at UHM. I'm grateful for GSO assistance, as well as for the time and efforts of its officers, volunteers, faculty and administrative supporters. Cheers How did the GSO Grants & Awards Funding change your life? Email your story to gso@hawaii.edu