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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
August 10, 1998 |
Contact: Donnë Florence, PIO, University Relations, 956-7522 Toby Bailin, Special Events, 956-6934 |
Summer Commencement Exercises August 16 What Bachelor's and advanced degrees will be awarded in a single ceremony, expected to last approx. 90 minutes. When Sunday, August 16, 9 a.m. Where Stan Sheriff Center, UH Manoa Who Candidates for 391 bachelor's degrees, 3 post-baccalaureate certificates in secondary education, 265 master's degrees, 1 medical doctor degree and 44 doctoral degrees (including PhD, EdD and DrPH) are eligible to graduate, and about 400 are expected to participate in the ceremony. Speaker Ernest Nishizaki, vice president and general manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, will give the commencement address. Nishizaki, honored as a 1998 Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Hawai'i Alumni Association, was the first Hawai'i-born manager the Royal Hawaiian Hotel ever had and the first person inducted into the Hall of Honors of the UH School of Travel Industry Management. Honors grads Jill Erin Gomes Sprott, Wahiawa O'ahu Chad Haruo Uyehara, Honolulu |
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