University Relations
Media & Publications
Honolulu, HI 96822
Telephone: (808) 956-8856
Facsimile: (808) 956-3441
UH News Tips: April 25, 1997
Contact: Donne Florence , (808) 956-7522
Coming Events, Speakers, Guests
Throughout spring semester. Liliane Karnouk, visiting Fulbright fellow from Cairo, in Art Dept. Contact: Gaye Chan, 956-5249.Through April 30. National Poetry Month.
April 29, 6:30 p.m. Asian Theatre Focus Dinner, College Hill. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.
April 30, 6 p.m. UH Foundation Presidents Club Dinner, Kapi'olani CC. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.
April 30, 7:30 p.m. UH Hawaiian Choirs, UH Hula and Chant Ensembles, Nola A. Nhulu, choir director and Vicky Holt Takamine, kumu hula. $5 reg, $3 s/sc/m. Orvis Auditorium. Contact: 956-8742.
April 30, 7:30 p.m. Waikiki Aquarium Lecture series. Corals: Life in the Light. Researcher Dave Gulko shares some recent findings about the effects of light and UV radiation on corals. $4 donation; Waikiki Aquarium Foyer. Contact: Waikiki Aquarium Education Department, 923-9741 (M-F 8-4).
May 1997
May 1. Deadline for UH Manoa undergraduate, professional diploma and unclassified applicants to submit admissions applications, transcripts, test scores and other credentials for fall 1997 admission. Contact: 956-8975.
May 3, 9-11 a.m. Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange (CAPE) 11th Annual Asia-Pacific Forum, Asia Today Neighbor Island series. Hong Kong and Macau. UH Hilo Campus Center 306-307. Contact 974-7393.
May 3, 9 a.m.-noon. Center for Asia-Pacific Exchange (CAPE) 11th Annual Asia-Pacific Forum, Asia Today series. Malaysia. UHM Campus Center 220. Contact 942-8553.
May 3, 8 p.m. Zimbabwe at Black Umfolosi Dance & Music Performance, Leeward CC Theatre.
May 5, 12:30-2 p.m. Locating Asian Americans in U.S. Race Relations. Guest speakers: John Lie, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, "The Los Angeles Riot and the 'Black-Korean Conflict'"; Michael Omi, Asian American Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley, "Situating Asian Americans in Current Debates on Racial Politics." UHM Student Services Center 412. Contact: Mary Yu Danico, 956-8885.
May 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m. "Revisiting the LA Riot and the 'Black-Korean Conflict.'" UHM Center for Korean Studies. Contact: Mary Yu Danico, 956-8885.
May 7, 7:30 p.m. Waikiki Aquarium Lecture series. Territorial Behavior of Coral-Eating Butterflyfishes. Zoologist Deborah Gochfeld describes her research on Hawaiian coral-eating butterflyfishes, determining how much reef territory they need to survive. $4 donation; Waikiki Aquarium Foyer. Contact: Waikiki Aquarium Education Department, 923-9741 (M-F 8-4).
May 8, 7:30 a.m. Scholar-Athlete Breakfast. UHM Special Events Arena. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.
May 14, Community Colleges Chancellor's 13th Annual Golf Tournament.Check in 10:30 a.m., shotgun start noon; Kapolei Golf Course. Sign-up deadline May 7; paid entries received by April 18 will be included in a drawing for a $100 merchandise certificate. Contact: Mike Rota, 956-6280.
May 14, Commencement Ceremonies. ¥ Kap CC, time & place TBA. Contact: Dean Student Services, 734-9522.
May 15-16, Regents meet, UHM, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning.
May 16, 9 a.m. Employment Training Center Student Awards Ceremony, ETC. Contact: Tim Craig, 832-3700.
May 16. Commencement Ceremonies.
Maui Outreach Program, Aston Wailea Resort, 5 p.m.
HonoCC,Waikiki Shell, 5:30 p.m.
Windward CC, Tuthill Courtyard, 6 p.m.
May 16, 6:30 p.m. Reception for Albert Simone. College Hill. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.
May 18. Commencement Ceremonies.
UH Manoa baccalaureate degrees, Special Events Arena, 9-11 a.m. (precommencement reception, 8 a.m.)
UH Manoa advanced degrees, Special Events Arena, 2-4 p.m. (precommencement reception, 1 p.m.)
Maui CC, MCACC Castle Theater, 1 p.m.
May 21, 7:30 p.m. Waikiki Aquarium Lecture series. Coral Farming: A Tool for Research and Conservation. Dr. Bruce Carlson, Director, Waikiki Aquarium, explains how new technologies are making it possible to grow coral heads from mere branch tips. $4 donation; Waikiki Aquarium Foyer. Contact: Waikiki Aquarium Education Department, 923-9741 (M-F 8-4).
May 22, 11 a.m-1:30 p.m. Distinguished Alumni Awards luncheon, Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel. $55/person; $45/members; tables of 10 also available. Contact: Alumni Office, UHM, 956-2586.
May 26. Holiday--Memorial Day.
June 1997
June 1-4. Herbal Medicine Conference, co-sponsored by UH and San Diego State University. Outrigger Prince Kuhilo Hotel, Waikiki . Contact: Ronaele Whittington, CTAHR, 808-956-2246,ronaele@hawaii.edu.
June 5-9. Thirteenth Computers and Writing Conference explores use of computers to teach writing to elementary and high school students across the nation. Kapi'olani Community College-sponsored gathering has its own World Wide Website
June 9-July 11. UH-EWC summer programs in Asian & Pacific Studies Institute on the Cultures of Southeast Asia for undergrad faculty in the humanities and social sciences. Contact: Leonard Andaya, andaya@hawaii.edu.
June 11. Holiday--King Kamehameha Day.
June 12-14. UHM Water Resources Research Center biennial conference.Appropriate Technologies and Issues for Water Resources Management on Tropical Islands in the Asia/Pacific Region. Pagoda Hotel, Honolulu. Contact: WRRC, 808-956-3097, morav@hawaii.edu.
June 16-July 18 (dates approximate). Maritime Archaeology Surveying Course offered on the Big Island by UHM Marine Option Program. Contact: MOP, 808-956-8433.
June 16-July 25. UH-EWC summer programs in Asian & Pacific Studies Seminar on the Politics of Representing the Pacific Islands in film, literautre, history, and interpretive social sciences. Contact: Vilsoni Hereniko, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 956-2659, vili@hawaii.edu
June 19-20. Regents meet, UHM, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning.
June 23-26. BioHydrogen '97, International Conference on Biological Hydrogen Production hosted by Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute and Marine Biotechnology Center of UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Kona, Hawai'i. Contact: Mary Kamiya, HNEI, UHM, 808-956-2331. WWW site: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/HNEI/bh97.html
June 30-July 25. Summer Institute on Korean Culture and Society offered by UH Center for Korean Studies (CKS) and the East-West Center (EWC), and supported by a grant from the Korea Foundation, will be held in Honolulu and Korea. Contact: Asian Studies Development Program Secretariat, EWC, Burns Hall 2102, Honolulu, HI 96848; 808-944-7639.
July 1997
July 4. Holiday--Independence Day.
July 7-August 1.National Foreign Language Resource Center annual summer institute. "Foreign Language Instruction via Distance Education." Application deadline Feb. 14, 1997. Contact: NFLRC Summer Institute, UH, East-West Rd., Bldg. 1, Rm 6-A, Honolulu, HI 96822. 808-956-9424; nflrc@hawaii.edu; http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/nflrc
July 9-18. Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) workshop for college and university faculty who wish to develop courses in intercultural and international topics, UH Manoa . Contact: Richard Brislin, 808-956-8720, brislinr@busadm.cba.hawaii.edu
July 17-18. Regents meet, UHM, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning.
July 21-August 9. UH-EWC summer programs in Asian & Pacific Studies Institute on Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum for undergrad faculty. Contact Roger Ames, Center for Chinese Studies, rtames@hawaii.edu
August 1997 August 10, time TBA. UH Manoa Summer Commencement. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.
August 10-15. Ninth Annual Hawai'i National Great Teachers Seminar, a peer-education retreat for high school and postsecondary teachers. Kilauea Military Camp, Volcano, Hawai'i. Tuition $650; enrollment open until maximum of 65 is reached. Contact: Larry Fujinaka, Leeward CC, 808-455-0374. WWW: http://www2.hawaii.edu/hgts/greatteach.html
August 15. Holiday--Admission Day.
