November 2010
APEC 2010 Yokohama
I just returned from Yokohama, Japan, site of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2010 meeting. It was an amazing experience to be there in person. As a member of the APEC 2011 Host Committee, I attended the APEC Business Advisory Council dinner and the National Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s annual lunch where our own Sen. Daniel Inouye spoke about the importance of APEC and how it promotes stability in the Asia-Pacific region, and he welcomed the APEC economies to Honolulu in 2011.
In preparation for the meeting in 2011, Honolulu will host the APEC Symposium and Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting, Dec. 8–9. The symposium brings together APEC officials with business and community leaders from throughout the Asia-Pacific region to discuss APEC’s progress and key issues likely to be on its agenda the next year.
The informal meeting of senior officials is held the next day to discuss outcomes of the symposium. Meetings will take place at the East-West Center. We are recruiting volunteers to assist with various duties for the symposium and senior officials’ meeting and will be providing training for them prior to the meetings. This will be great practice for our volunteers for the APEC meeting next November.
University and campus news
- Holiday Campus Closures
- Advanced Technology Solar Telescope Update
- New Pacific Islander Student Center
- Shidler business student scholarships
- CTAHR anthurium, staff win honors
- West O‘ahu hosts high school counselors
- International Education Week celebrations
- MELE program unveils new studios
- Kaua‘i opens One Stop Center Phase II
- Maui’s Noble Chef raises $60,000
UH West O‘ahu News
West O‘ahu hosts high school counselors
West O‘ahu recently hosted high school counselors from across the state at its 5th Annual Aloha Friday Counselors Luncheon. High school counselors from O‘ahu, Maui and the Big Island attended and heard from West O‘ahu administrators and faculty about the campus’s academic points of emphasis as well as the exciting plans for future expansion.
The luncheon is one of the ways that West O‘ahu reaches out to high school counselors in an effort to provide them with information geared toward helping their students make informed choices about college.
