{"id":161694,"date":"2022-07-07T14:56:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T00:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=161694"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T08:43:17","slug":"pamela-scheffler-fulbright-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/07\/pamela-scheffler-fulbright-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Stingless bees focus of Hawai\u02bbi CC<\/abbr> Fulbright Scholar research"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Pamela Scheffler, right, works with a student at the Wailuku River in Hilo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> Professor Pamela Scheffler<\/strong> has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar<\/a>, and will travel to Bali, Indonesia to conduct research on bees that could ultimately benefit small farmers.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s very exciting to be going to a place so different with so many novel things and unknowns,” Scheffler said.<\/p>\n

The prestigious and competitive fellowships offered through the Fulbright program allow scholars to conduct research abroad and establish relationships with other scholars and institutions.<\/p>\n

Scheffler, whose specialty is ecology, will be working with professors and students at Udayama University to initiate studies on native stingless bee (Trigona spp.) ecology.<\/em><\/p>\n

“The engineering department has been working on designing bee boxes because Trigona do not have hexagonal combs, so honey extraction is tricky,” said Scheffler. “This research will be a complementary project, and these ecological studies will help small landholders diversify with agricultural products like honey and propolis and simultaneously promote native biodiversity.”<\/p>\n

This is the second time Scheffler, who teaches tropical forest ecosystem and agroforestry management<\/a>, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar. She studied small farmer agroforestry systems in India in 2012.<\/p>\n

Bringing first-hand knowledge and experience of new places back to Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students is one of the biggest benefits of being a Fulbright Scholar, said Scheffler, and Bali presents many opportunities to see unique agroforestry systems and more.<\/p>\n

“When you have your own experience attached and it\u2019s not just a picture in a textbook but has a story with it, an experience, that makes it exciting for the students, too,” Scheffler said.<\/p>\n

—By Thatcher J.P. Moats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the second Fulbright honor for Hawaiʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Professor Pamela Scheffler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[222,899,598,61,73,71,1626],"class_list":["post-161694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-agriculture","tag-ecology","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-women-of-uh","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t