Memorandum
January 23, 2024
To: Mānoa Cabinet / Mānoa Provost’s Council
From: David Lassner, President
Subject: 2024 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 an 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 2023–2024 academic year. The award information, eligibility, and criteria are posted on the UH Mānoa awards website at Eligibility Requirements.
The 2023 recipients were Siausage (Sonny) Ugaitafa, equipment operator, Campus Operations for Building and Grounds Maintenance award; Elaine Nakahashi, secretary, Department of Anthropology, for the Civil Service award; Maggie McGehee, university scheduler, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence for APT award; and Thomas Tsutsumoto, junior specialist, Mānoa Career Center for the Faculty Specialist award.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, February 16, 2024. 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.