Nine student delegates from the University of Hawaii at Hilo received top honors during the 14th annual Hawaii HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference from Feb. 26-27 on Oahu.
Nine student delegates from the University of Hawaii at Hilo received top honors during the 14th annual Hawaii HOSA — Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference from Feb. 26-27 on Oahu.
In the team category of Public Service Announcement, UH-Hilo sophomore Shayne Cabudol, senior Dean Jason Castro, sophomore Rhodney Hernando, freshman Christian Lopez and sophomore Travis Taylor captured first place with their 30-second PSA video on “Be the First… Tobacco-Free Generation!” promoting awareness about tobacco addiction and becoming tobacco-free.
In the Individual competition, sophomore Daniel Kimura received gold in Medical Terminology and junior Kateleen Caye Bio placed first in Pharmacology.
Bio ends her six-year streak in competing as an undergraduate and will move forward in HOSA’s alumni division as a student with UH-Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.
The UH-Hilo chapter also received top three honors as the most significant postsecondary collegiate HOSA chapter in the state.
The UH-Hilo HOSA team moves on to the International Leadership Conference, scheduled for June 19-22 at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla.
HOSA-Future Health Professionals is an international organization with more than 175,000 members and 2.4 million alumni.
HOSA was established in Hawaii in 2005 and has grown to more than 1,300 members.
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