{"id":8757,"date":"2012-08-03T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=8757"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T00:10:06","slug":"west-hawaii-librarian-receives-community-education-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/03\/west-hawaii-librarian-receives-community-education-award\/","title":{"rendered":"West Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> librarian receives community education award"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Vivian Landrum (left) and Chair Debbie Baker (right) present the 2012 Pualu Award for Community Education to Laurel Gregory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce<\/a> presented Laurel Gregory<\/strong>, a librarian at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Center, West Hawaiʻi<\/span><\/a>, with the 2012 Pualu Award for Community Education.<\/p>\n

The Pualu Award for Community Education honors an individual or organization that promotes and supports education and enrichment programs that develop personal skills and lifelong learning.<\/p>\n

Gregory was honored for her efforts to increase access and interest in higher education on Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island.<\/p>\n

As the 糖心视频<\/abbr> Center, West Hawaiʻi<\/span> librarian, Gregory is hailed by staff for turning the library into a student-friendly and welcoming resource center that encourages both on-campus and distance learning students to expand their educational opportunities.<\/abbr><\/p>\n

For the past decade, Gregory has also been a member of the Kona Branch of the American Association of University Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She has been instrumental in the group’s community programs for continued education, including Women in Transition and GEMS, or Girls Exploring Math and Science. Women in Transition is a program that encourages women to enter or re-enter college after having been out of the system working and\/or caring for a family. GEMS is a program to expand girls’ awareness of math and science-related careers.<\/p>\n

2012 Pualu Award<\/h2>\n

The Pualu Award was established by the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce to honor outstanding individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations in West Hawaiʻi<\/span> for their dedication and hard work in the community. The Hawaiian word pualu<\/em> means “to work together.”<\/p>\n

Nine winners in seven categories were recognized at the organization’s annual Installation Banquet and Membership Luncheon held in June at the Four Seasons Resort Hualālai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频<\/abbr> Center, West Hawaiʻi<\/span> Librarian Laurel Gregory is one of the recipients of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce 2012 Pualu Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[61,236],"class_list":["post-8757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-uh-center-west-hawaii","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t