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The Mānoa Graduate
Newsletter of the
Apply for GSO Funding!
GRADUATE
STUDENT
ORGANIZATION
The Grants & Awards A pplication process is
now online:
of UH Mānoa
GSO also has funding (up to $300) available for
on-campus interdisciplinary events.
September 2013
Inside
Fossil Fuel Divestment
Meeting
Recap & Upcoming Meeting
Upcoming Events
• GSO Meetings & Deadlines
• CTE Preparing Future Faculty
and Dissertation Completion
Series
• Slam Poetry, Faculty
Lectures and TEDxManoa at
the Library
G&A Awardees
Congratulations! Read about the
various kinds of projects that the
GSO G&A program supports.
Visit us
Hemenway Hall 212
http://gso.hawaii.edu
gso@hawaii.edu
UH Manoa Graduate
Student Organization
@GSO_UHM
http://tinyurl.com/GSOfunding
Please visit the GSO website for more
information on both of these programs.
GSO IS STARTING A FOSSIL
FUEL DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGN!
On September 17, a group of graduate students met
at Manoa Gardens to discuss recent events in
Advocacy, and to exchange ideas about how to run a
fossil fuel divestment campaign here at the University
of Hawaii.
Want to get involved too? Together with ASUH and sUH
we’re hosting a follow-up meeting on October 3rd, at
2pm in Saunders 617. You can read more about the
campaign at http://gofossilfree.org/.
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Calendar of Events
GSO
Octo ber 3
Fossil Fuel Divestment Planning Meeting
2pm, Saunders 617
Octo ber 10
Deadline for Interdisciplinary Events Applications
Octo ber 17
Deadline for September G&A Applications
Octo ber 24
Executive Council Meeting
6pm, GSO Office Hemenway 212
Octo ber 31
General Assembly Meeting
6pm, Campus Center Dining Room
Library
Octo ber 8
Faculty Lecture Series – Prof. Kazi Ashraf
“The Hut in the Forest: Asceticism and Architecture”
3:30-4:30pm, Hamilton Library Rm. 301
Octo ber 10
HamSlam – Slam Poetry with Kealoha Wong
7:30pm, Hamilton Alcove
Octo ber 18
TEDxManoa – Looking Back to Move Forward
No vember 1
Faculty Lecture Series – Prof. Axel Timmermann
8am-4pm, Keoni Auditorium, Hawai`i International Imin Center
3:30-4:30pm, Hamilton Library Rm. 301
No vember 6
Faculty Lecture Series – Prof. Treena Delormier
3:30-4:30pm, Hamilton Library Rm. 301
No vember 14
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HamSlam – Slam Poetry with Kealoha Wong
7:30pm, Hamilton Alcove
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Center for Teaching Excellence
Octo ber 2
Dissertation Completion Series
“Mentoring: A Key to Success in Graduate School – Part 1”
11:30am-12:45pm, Kuykendall 106
http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Summary/DCS_MentoringF2013.html
Octo ber 4
Dissertation Completion Series
“Mentoring: A Key to Success in Graduate School – Part 2”
11:30am-12:45pm, Kuykendall 106
http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Summary/DCS_MentoringPt2F2013.html
Octo ber 9
Preparing Future Faculty Series
“Red Ink: Providing Time Effective & Successful
Feedback for Writing Assignments”
1:30-2:45pm, Kuykendall 106
http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Summary/PFF_WritingFeedbackF2013.html
Octo ber 16
Preparing Future Faculty/Dissertation Completion Series
“Writing Grant Proposals: Would you Fund this Grant?”
1:30-2:45pm, Kuykendall 106
http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/Summary/PFF_GrantwritingF2013.html
Upcoming Exhibit s at
the Library
Bridge Gallery ~ "Trip Around the
Island," guest curator Sonny
Ganadan
Alco ve ~ Center for language &
technology display
Elevator Gallery ~ Kalaupapa
traveling exhibit
Lo bby Kio sk ~ Banned books
(Sept - mid-Nov)
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13th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
Second Call for Papers – Deadline: October 1, 2013
The East-West Center invites graduate students from around the world to
submit papers for the 13th Annual International Graduate Student
Conference (EWC-IGSC) on the Asia Pacific region, taking place in Honolulu,
Hawaii, USA, from February 13-15, 2014. The Conference will provide an
opportunity to share interdisciplinary perspectives formally, through
presenting research papers and attending other panel presentations, and
informally in the warm and encouraging environment of the East-West
Center in Hawaii. Last year’s conference had broad representation of 82
graduate students from 24 different countries and territories, and 42
universities throughout the world.
If you are interested in submitting an abstract please use the following
link: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/education/studentprograms/international-graduate-student-conference
Inquiries may be directed to studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
Regards,
Brian Alofaituli and Duyen Bui
Chair and Co-Chair, 13th IGSC
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GSO Grants & Awards
Congratulations! to the
following graduate students
whose GSO Grants & Awards
applications were approved
during the August Review:
Navin Bahl :: Business
Hui-Ju Chiang :: East Asian
Languages & Literature
Juan Escalona :: Second Language
Studies
Sue Haglund :: Political Science
Jonathan Jarvis :: Sociology
Veselina Lambrev :: Education,
Interdisciplinary
Yukie Lloyd :: Biomedical Sciences
(Tropical Medicine)
Yoshitaka Miyake :: Geography
Tianli Mo :: Computer Science
Ramezan Paravi Torghabeh ::
Electrical Engineering
Joanna Philippoff :: Educational
Psychology
Prem Phyak :: Second Language
Studies
Navid Tafaghodi Khajavi :: Electrical
Engineering
Kirill Vinnikov :: Zoology
Featuring
G&A
Awardees
Jessica Chen
Aloha, my name is Jessica Chen. I am a
PhD student in Zoology, with a marine
biology specialization. My dissertation is
focused on humpback whale bioacoustics.
This means that I study whales using their
sounds, from the types of sounds they
produce to what the sounds can tell us
about population structure.
The travel grant from GSO allowed me to
attend the Marine Bioacoustics Workshop
at Friday Harbor Laboratories in
Washington this past July and August. The
GSO grant funded the airfare portion of
travel to and from the class. The four-week
workshop gave me a wonderful overview of
both active and passive acoustics methods
and techniques, as well as hands on
experience with many different systems. I
really enjoyed the activities that allowed
me to actively collect and analyze data sets
because they allowed me to get a feel for
what is possible with current technologies.
In addition to learning about acoustics, I
had the opportunity to meet and network
with numerous guest lecturers and the
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other students in the class. Guest
lecturers included pioneers and professors
in the field as well as founders and
presidents of companies that manufacture
equipment that we used. I talked to one
guest lecturer in particular who offered to
help me conduct a side study to better
quantify my data. The other students
included several international students,
providing unique views and knowledge
about acoustics. We also became
colleagues and friends, with hopes of
collaborating on international projects in
the future.
Thank you, GSO, for providing travel funds.
Without it, I would not have been able to
travel to Washington and would have
missed the myriad of learning and
networking opportunities at the workshop.
most prestigious geographical international
associations in the world, there were
participants from many sub-fields of the
disciplines from all over the world. I was
able to gain new perspectives and
approaches beyond those used in the
United States. Furthermore, as the
conference was huge, with hundreds of
speakers per day, I was still able to
network with people in the conferences I
was unable to attend. Since then I remain
in contact with many researchers and
students in my field of studies and
exchanging information on our research
and methodologies.
How did the GSO
Grants & Awards
Funding change
your life?
Email your story to
gso@hawaii.edu
David Nguyen
The conference was very exceptional as it
was the largest geography related
conference I've ever been to. In fact it was
the largest conference I've been to
period! Because it was held by one of the
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Looking Back to Move Forward
October 18, 2013
This independently organized event, licensed by TED, highlights
innovative solutions that incorporate native ingenuity, knowledge and
practices with 21st century information and technology as part of the
solution for issues such as sustainability, health, food safety,
education, and more. We chose M noa as the location because of the
wealth of learning and knowledge in the valley. It is also a gathering
place to exchange ideas.
Keoni Auditorium
Hawai’i International Imin Center
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Speakers for TEDxM noa
Malia Akutagawa, Wm. S. Richardson School of Law
K lepa Baybayan, Associate Director, ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Snowbird Bento, Ka Pa Hula o ka Lei Lehua
Kamuela Enos, MA’O Organic Farms
Noelani Goodyear Kaopua, Political Science
Marques Marzan, Cultural Collections, Bishop Museum
Alapaki Nahale-a, Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School
Jamaica Osorio, Slam Poet
Purchase tickets at Native Books in Ward Warehouse,
1050 Ala Moana Blvd., Suite 1000, Phone (808) 596-8885
General Admission $25/
Student Admission $20/ (with valid ID)
Funded in part by an ‘Ahahui Grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
and a grant form Kamehameha Schools
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FACULTY LECTURE SERIES
october
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The Hut in the Forest: Asceticism and
Architecture
-Kazi Ashraf, Prof. Architecture
Asceticism is a paradoxical project, and is deeply implicated
with its fundamental object of renunciation: architecture.
In the talk, using primarily Buddhist materials, I will flag
themes that have recurrent presence in ascetic thoughts
either in the institutional environment of asceticism or in
its clandestine presence in architecture. The primary ascetic
practice of renouncing, of the goal of arriving at “nothing,”
will be set next to the other manifestations: modern minimalism and primitivism. Asceticism is sociological in its operation which is most apparent in the
preoccupation with the notion of home, the intense desire for its dissolution or reformation. And
where is home there is an occupant. Ascetic praxis thus gives evidence of a deep relationship between the dweller and dwelling, whence it is more critical to talk about the crisis of dwelling rather
than aesthetical matters.
Kazi Ashraf teaches in the School of Architecture, and writes on architecture and asceticism, phenomenology of architecture and landscape, Asian urbanism, and architecture in South Asia. He
was guest editor of the Architectural Design special issue Made in India (Nov/ Dec 2007), which
received the Pierre Vago Journalism Award from the International Committee of Architectural Critics (CICA). His most recent books include The Hermit’s Hut: Architecture and Asceticism in India
(University of Hawaii Press, 2013) and Designing Dhaka: Manifesto for a Better City (Loka, 2012).
UH Hamilton Library Room 301
Thursdays, 3:30 – 4:30 PM
Admission free
Refreshments provided
Doors open at 3:15 PM
Presented by:
Vice Chancellor for Research
and
Graduate Education
Office of Research Relations
The University of Hawai’i is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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