When the pandemic broke out,
Kawailehua Paikai was concerned because it restricted students like herself from traveling. The biggest way it affected her studies was in keeping students from traveling and shifting health care delivery to telehealth.
Kawailehua Paikai
“I was lucky enough to have finished spring clinicals before COVID started,” Paikai explained. “The clinicals for summer were pushed to fall and by then most places had shifted to adding telehealth to their practices. Without the pandemic, we probably would not have had as much experience doing telehealth visits.”
As a Kānaka maoli (Native Hawaiian), Paikai is passionate about Native Hawaiians having access to healthcare. She is currently a case manager at Queen’s Medical Center and sees firsthand some of the issues the Pacific Islander community faces. She has investigated the perception and experience of Native Hawaiians accessing health care during COVID-19, noting that Native Hawaiians are usually unde
From left: Emily Burkhart, Alexander Coley, Kiaria Zoi Nakamura
Three English majors from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo presented their original papers at a prestigious research symposium hosted by Johns Hopkins University.
Emily Burkhart,
Alexander Coley and
Kiaria Zoi Nakamura (co-author of this story) applied to present their research virtually at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium under the guidance of
Kirsten Møllegaard, professor and chair of the
“This symposium was a wonderful opportunity for Emily, Alexander and Zoi to showcase their work in a national context and to gain experience as presenters in a large-scale academic setting,” said Møllegaard. “Their participation in the Johns Hopkins symposium demonstrates the strength and relevance of the skills they’ve acquired in their undergraduate studies at
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(Above) At Virtual Leaps Fall 2020, a ballet performance: A Hilo Au. The dancer at the start of the video (:04-:32) is Kiaria Zoi Nakamura, the author of this story. Video by David Bennett and Kea Kapahua; music by the Galliard String Quartet.
Great Leaps, a biannual production that features dance students from both the university and Hawai‘i Community College. The show provides students with the opportunity to showcase their artistic talents as well as technical progress within various dance styles including ballet, jazz, modern, and aerial.
Kea Kapahua. Archive photo.
This year, the production took on a new look with