Welcome to the Na Kama Kai web-page!

Na Kama Kai is the University of Hawaii oceanography graduate student organization. It’s purpose is to serve the oceanography graduate students both academically and socially. Academically, Na Kama Kai acts as the conduit between oceanography graduate students and faculty. The president and vice president of Na Kama Kai attend oceanography faculty meetings to convey the graduate students’ ideas and opinions to the faculty and report to the students any relevant information from those meetings. Na Kama Kai also elects student representatives to faculty committees, which review the curriculum, evaluate the quality of teaching, and hire new faculty in the department. Socially, Na Kama Kai serves to unite oceanography graduate students through activities such as breakfasts, coffee hours, and the new student party. All graduate students face similar challenges and through these activities, we can share our experiences, offer support to each other, and make connections which will help in our future professional careers. Na Kama Kai also organizes the graduate student area (Marine Science Building room 200), making it a comfortable place to study or gather together, and designs the annual oceanography department t-shirt.

• President - Scott Grant, srgrant(at)hawaii.edu
• Vice-President - Patrick Drupp, drupp(at)hawaii.com
• GSO Representative - Rebecca Simpson, rmcs(at)hawaii.edu, & Kristen Fogaren, fogaren(at)hawaii.edu
• Biological Oceanography Representative - Fabio De Leo, fdeleo(at)hawaii.edu
• Geochemical Oceanography Representative - Rebecca Briggs, briggs(at)hawaii.edu
• Physical Oceanography Representative - Anne-Christine Pequignet, chrispeq(at)hawaii.edu
• Space Committee Representative - Allison Fong, fonga(at)hawaii.edu
• New Student welcomers - Jacob Cass, cassj(at)hawaii.edu, & Rebecca Baltes, baltes(at)hawaii.edu
• T-shirt coordinators -
• Web-designer and up-keeper-
• Fridge-fillers: Sherril Leon Soon, leonsoon(at)hawaii.edu, & Ana Vaz, vaz(at)hawaii.edu

The number of oceanography graduate students in each division:

• Biological        32
• Geochemical   19
• Physical          23

The number of oceanography graduate students funded with teaching assistantships (TA’s) and research assistantships (RA’s):

• TA’s    15
• RA’s    48

The male to female ratio of oceanography graduate students:

• Males     36
• Females 38

Fall 2007

• Academic information: degree requirements, degree timeline, academic forms.
• Resources: scholarships, Hamilton library, SOEST library.
• Seminars: Oceanography, Geology, Meteorology, Ocean and Resources Engineering, IPRC, Zoology, Botany, EECB, Microbiology, Astronomy.
• Extracurricular: Graduate Student Organization (GSO).
• Housing: UH student housing services, UH off-campus housing referral program, apartments.com, honolulu.craigslist.com.
• Recreational: weather information, NOAA surf forecast.