Native Hawaiian scholars awarded Mellon-Hawaii fellowships

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August 1, 2012 Three Native Hawaiian scholars were recently awarded Mellon-Hawaii Fellowships to advance their academic careers. Marie Alohalani Brown, doctoral candidate in English at University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH Manoa), and Kaipo Perez III, doctoral candidate in zoology with a focus in marine ecology at UH Manoa, received doctoral fellowships. Katrina-Ann R. Kapaanaokalāokeola Oliveira, Ph.D., Geography (2006), UH Manoa, received a postdoctoral fellowship. 
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From Punana Leo o Hilo to Oxford

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August 13, 2011 By Peter Sur For anybody who has questioned the value of a Hawaiian immersion education, consider the case of ‘Oiwi Parker Jones. As members of Protect Kaho‘olawe Ohana, his activist parents met in a courtroom following a protest. Raised by his mother in Hilo, he entered the first class of Punana Leo o Hilo in 1985, and stayed with the program until he was 15. Now 30, Parker Jones is a junior faculty member at England’s University of Oxford, where he earned his PhD., and he was recently granted a prestigious $50,000 Mellon-Hawaii postdoctoral fellowship in linguistics.
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UH Hilo’s Kimura awarded Mellon-Hawai‘i fellowship

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July 27, 2011 – KAMUELA, Hawai‘i — University of Hawai‘i at Hilo (UH Hilo) assistant professor Larry Kimura has been selected as a 2011–2012 Mellon-Hawai‘i Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellow. Kimura is one of four scholars receiving the fellowships in recognition of their commitment to the advancement of scholarship on Hawaiian cultural and natural environments, Hawaiian language, history, politics, and society.

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