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MEDIA RELEASE The Kohala Center has announced the appointment of Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ph.D. as its next president and chief executive officer. Beamer will succeed Matthews Hamabata, Ph.D., who is retiring after serving as the organization’s president and CEO since its founding in 2000. Beamer, a geographer, historian, author, public servant, and resident of Waimea, will […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Mellon-Hawaii Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2014-15 academic year. More information and application materials available at: http://kohalacenter.org/mellon/about.html The application deadline is Feb. 28. Entering its seventh year, the Mellon-Hawaii fellowship program was established in 2008 for Native Hawaiian scholars early in their academic careers and others […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Five Native Hawaiian scholars recently were selected for fellowships by the Mellon-Hawaii Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to produce original research and advance their academic careers. Now in its sixth year, the Mellon-Hawaii Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides support for Native Hawaiian academics early in their careers, and for others who are […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kohala Center recently named Valerie Ossipoff of Honolulu to its board of directors. Ossipoff, the executive director and former president of the Oahu Choral Society, and past member of the former Honolulu Symphony Society board of directors, joined The Center’s board of directors in February. Born and raised in Honolulu, Ossipoff graduated […]

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MEDIA RELEASE 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, […]

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