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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
December 19, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke, University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Dec. 17-23 |
Hawai'i Ballet Theatre performs the holiday classic "The Nutcracker Ballet."
Dec. 17 and 19. Leeward CC Theatre. Call 455-0385 or visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu for more information.
Dec. 17: UH Manoa Commencement Exercises. Baccalaureate Degrees: -9 a.m.
Advanced Degrees: 2 p.m. Stan Sheriff Center, UH Manoa. UH Manoa psychology Professor Anthony Marsella will speak at both ceremonies. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/commence/exercise.html.
UH West O'ahu Commencement Exercises. 7 p.m. Dec. 18. Leeward CC Theatre.
The speakers will be Jonathan Osorio, assistant professor of Hawaiian studies at UH Manoa, and student Grace Cobb. For more information, call 454-4750.
Sushil K. Jain professor of pediatrics, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology at Louisiana State University will give the lecture "Antioxidant Supplementation and Oxidative Stress in Diabetes Mellitus." Noon Dec.18. 1236 Lauhala Street, Suite 401. For more information, call Wendy Mitchell at 586-3010.
The East-West Center Gallery features an exhibition of work by contemporary Native Hawaiian artists from Hawai'i and throughout the world. "Mai Na Ku puna Mai, Ho'i I Ka Pu 'olo," or "That which comes from the ancestors is returned as gifts," is running now-Dec. 22. East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall, UH Manoa. For information, call 944-7341.
The UH Manoa Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender office presents a visual display that explains its role on campus and provides informational literature. Now-Dec. 31. Hamilton Library First Floor, UH Ma noa. Call 956-9250 for more information.
"Korean Masks from the Ryun Namkoong Collection" features more than 100 traditional Korean masks used in dance-dramas, shaman rituals and carnivals. Now-Feb. 27. Exhibition viewing times: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m. Fridays. John Young Museum of Art, Krauss Hall 002, UH Manoa. Free. For information, call Outreach College at 956-8866 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu/JYMuseum.
For the latest on the University of Hawai'i, check the Web site
events calendar at www.hawaii.edu.
