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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
December 15, 1999
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Contact: Jim Manke, University Relations, 956-6106
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| Fall Commencement Exercises scheduled |
Commencement exercises in the University of Hawai'i system will include the first-ever December commencement at UH West O'ahu. Here is the commencement schedule for various schools:
Thursday, Dec. 16
Employment Training Center Awards Ceremony
10 a.m. , Honolulu Community College, Building 71 Courtyard
Friday, Dec. 17
Leeward Community College
5 p.m., LCC Theatre
Speaker: Jeanne Schultz, marketing manager of Campbell Estate
Candidates: 300
Saturday, Dec. 18
UH Hilo
9 a.m., UH Hilo New Gym
Speaker: Rep. Jerry Chang
Student Speaker: Joseph Keola Donaghy, Hawaiian studies major
Candidates: 165
UH West O'ahu
10 a.m., Richardson Theater at Fort Shafter Army Post
Speaker: Dr. Naleen Andrade, professor and chair of psychiatry,
John A. Burns School of Medicine, UHM
Congratulations: UH President Kenneth P. Mortimer and UH West
O'ahu Chancellor William A. Pearman
Student Speaker: Joani Cain, business administration major with a
specialization in accounting
Candidates: 100
Maui Community College
11 a.m., Baldwin High School Auditorium
Speakers: Mayor James "Kimo" Apana and Maui Department of Education Superintendent Paul Brown
Candidates: 47
Sunday, Dec. 19
UH Manoa Baccalaureate Degrees
9 a.m., Stan Sheriff Center
Speaker: UHM distinguished alumnus Eddie Flores, Jr., owner of L&L Drive Inn
Candidates: 1,020
Candidates for Graduation with Honors: Wilson Kwok, Eugenia Posenecker, Dawn D. Sagario, Nathan G. Schmidt, Garyn K. Tsuru
Graduating Regents Scholars: Anthony Fo, Wilma Jandoc, Pamela Nitta
Undergraduate commencement ceremonies are expected to last about two hours. Graduates, their families and friends are urged to arrive in sufficient time for the prompt 9 a.m. start of the program and to expect traffic congestion in the area. Doors to the Stan Sheriff Center will open at 8 a.m.
UH Manoa Advanced Degrees
2 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center
Speaker: Walter S. Kirimitsu, University general counsel
Candidates: 34 doctorates, 12 professional degrees, 484 master's degrees
Doors to the arena will open at 1 p.m. for the advanced degree program, which is expected to last about two hours.
Authorized lei vendors will be located in the Music Department parking lot along Dole Street just before the entrance to Lower Campus Road and adjacent to Cooke Field near the Rainbow Baseball Stadium. No balloons are allowed inside the Stan Sheriff Center.
Because of construction work at the grass fields in the athletics complex, graduates, their families and well-wishers will exit the Stan Sheriff Center and meet on Cooke Field for post-commencement celebrations this year. The university has requested that caution be exercised by those walking on the surface to minimize damage that might result from spike-heeled shoes or carelessly discarded cigarette waste.
A commemorative front page for the news section of the Sunday Honolulu Advertiser, which lists the names of all UH Manoa December graduates, will again be available for purchase from vendors at both ceremonies.
Friday, Jan. 7
UH Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
10 a.m., USS Missouri
Speaker: UH alumnus Roy Price
Candidates: 6
