Memorandum
January 27, 2023
To: Mānoa Cabinet / Mānoa Provost’s Council
From: David Lassner, President
Subject: 2023 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Presidential Awards for Outstanding Service
The Mānoa Presidential Awards for Outstanding Service recognize sustained and exceptional leadership of employees and their service to their offices, their departments and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). Our staff and faculty are an integral part of moving our university forward, and awards provide opportunity to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of your team members. As such, I invite and encourage you and your administrative team to submit a nomination for one of our many outstanding Civil Service, Buildings and Grounds Maintenance, Administrative, Professional and Technical (APT) and/or Faculty Specialist employees who continue to serve our students and community and improve our campus academic, research, student and administrative operations.
One recipient for each category will be selected and receive a monetary gift of $1,000 and a certificate of recognition. Recipients will be honored at a special in-person ceremony at the end of the 2022–2023 academic year. The award information, eligibility and criteria are posted on the UH Mānoa awards website at Eligibility Requirements.
The 2022 recipients were Tyler Kitagawa, Janitor (Student Health Services/Facilities and Grounds) for Civil Service award; Herman Ayers, Janitor (Facilities and Grounds) for the Building and Grounds Maintenance award; Kenton Harsch, Director of English Language Institute and undergraduate advisor (CALL Department of Second Language Studies) for the APT award; and Steven Labrash, Director of the Willed Body Program and Assistant Specialist (JABSOM Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Reproduction) for the Faculty Specialist award.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 24, 2023. Nominations may be sent to the awards committee via: https://go.hawaii.edu/kRT.
Please contact Debra Ishii (debrai@hawaii.edu or 808-956-7500) should you need further information.