Dean Antonio Domingo, Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Award from Pamantasan Conference 2025

Congratulations to Dean Antonio Domingo for his award as Outstanding Faculty during the Pamantasan Conference 2025.

Dean is the Coordinator and an Instructor in the Ilokano Program at UH Mānoa. Alongside those roles, he serves as an Academic Adviser for the BA in Philippine Language and Culture (Ilokano), Minor, and Certificate and faculty adviser for the Timpuyog Organization, a student run organization. In the community, he is the President for NAKEM (National Alliance for Knowledge, Empowerment and Meaning) Hawai’i and Secretary for HALT (Hawai’i Association of Language Teachers).

He received the “2025 Dr. Ernest “Niki” Librarios, Jr. Outstanding Filipina/o Faculty and Staff Award” during the Pamantasan Conference: Rooted & Rising held at UH Campus Ballroom on February 28, 2025. The award recognizes individuals who contribute significantly to the success of Filipinas/os in Education through mentoring, leadership, and support. 

Recently, Dean also received the Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching Award during the 2025 UH Mānoa Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 28 held at Kennedy Theatre. These awards are testimonies that the Filipino language faculty are talented tutors.