Hawaii Tribune-Herald Sunday, March 19, 2017 11 Mexican Fiesta Mondays Wack-O-Lamb Wednesdays Lobster Lovers Thursdays Hilo Sturgeon Sundays Pau Hana 2-5pm Sunday Brunch 11am-2pm UNIVERSITY TOWN University of Hawaii at Hilo! SUNDAY ALL YOU CAN EAT Spaghetti TUESDAY ALL YOU CAN EAT Tacos WEDNESDAY Prime Rib THURSDAY Hawaiian Plate FRIDAY Oxtail Soup Seren Atm pher Splendi Scener 20 years Sumptuou Dinin Education Can Change Our World! in a row! Supporting the 46 Years! NEW! 135 Kalanianaole Ave. • 934-7663 (POND) 1730 Kamehameha Avenue • 935-8711 Ono Grinds...Anytimes! • Jammin’ Since 1971 Best Breakfast Always Get! Oxtail Stew & Tripe Stew Onolicious Specials Everyday! Tiki Bar Live Local Music! Open Daily 11am-10pm www.pondshilo.com Carolyn Ma said. “We’re on time, and we’re very happy about that.” The new building is one of several recent changes at the up-and-coming pharmacy school, currently heading into its 10th year of operation and gearing up to graduate its seventh student cohort this spring. In August, Ma, formerly interim dean, was tapped to permanently fill the position. The college also is expanding its partnerships abroad and ramping up efforts to improve student performance. New dean Ma is an Oahu native who boasts a long career in the field. She came to UH-Hilo in 2007 as the clinical education coordinator, and in 2009 became chairwoman for pharmacy practice. She was appointed interim dean shortly after founding dean John Pezzuto’s July 2015 departure. She was named permanent dean after UH launched a national search for a replacement for Pezutto that ultimately was unsuccessful. Since that permanent appointment, Ma said she has spent more time “trying to get to know people in the community” and wants to help the college — which is the first pharmacy program in Hawaii — become as visible as possible in the community and state. She called the learning curve “steep” at times but said she’s now starting to “understand a lot better now what (the role) encompasses.” “I think it’s just been helpful (for students and faculty) to have someone in a permanent role because it takes out that ambiguity of, ‘Where we are going?’ and ‘Who’s going to be steering the ship?’” Ma said. “The students are just a little more at ease, I think, knowing that at least the question of management isn’t unknown.” New building The pharmacy school historically has operated out of five temporary portables since it opened. For years, UH struggled to secure funding for a permanent building, scaling back plans multiple times to lower the budget. A contract was awarded last April to Isemoto Contracting Co. for $31.3 million — funded through a mix of general obligation bonds and money generated by UH. UH-Hilo also is kicking in an additional $1.3 million for the building. Construction began in September and is anticipated to wrap in May of next year. Students should begin classes fall semester 2018 in the new building. “There’s been that question of, ‘Should the college move to another island?’” Ma said. “But (a permanent building) is indicative that we’re here to stay.” Current plans call for a two-story, 45,000-squarefoot facility that aims to facilitate a trend in education toward more “active learning/ hands-on and small group learning, as opposed to passive, large group lecture PHARMACY From page 10 CAROLYN MA Dean, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy See PHARMACY Page 12
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