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For Immediate Release:	July 30, 1999
Contact:Donne Florence, PIO, 808-956-7522

August events at UH campuses The 1999 World Indigenous People's Conference on Education (WIPCE) takes place Aug. 1-7 in Hilo. The conference theme is "The Answers Lie Within Us." Contact: 1999 WIPCE Hawai'i, P.O. Box 6159, Hilo, HI 96720-8923, wipc@hawaii.edu or visit www.wipcehawaii.org. UH Engineering Alumni Association golf tournament, Aug. 2. Contact: UH Alumni Association, 956-2586, alumnews@hawaii.edu Sixty-two first-year medical students will be welcomed into the medical community at the White Coat Ceremony sponsored by the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine Class of 1978 and Alumni Association. Aug. 6, 6 p.m., Orvis Auditorium. Contact: Juliana Woo, 956-5087, jwoo@hawaii.edu Great Teachers Conference, Aug. 8-13 at Kilauea Military Camp, Big Island. The annual conference aims to tap the greatness in each participating teacher. Contact: Larry Fujinaka, Leeward CC, 455-0374. UH Manoa Summer Commencement, Aug. 15, 9 a.m., Stan Sheriff Center. Bachelor's and advanced degrees will be awarded at the morning ceremony, expected to last about two hours. Football coach June Jones will deliver the commencement address. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934. UH Senior VP and Community Colleges Chancellor Joyce Tsunoda and Maui Community College Provost Clyde Sakamoto preside at a building dedication ceremony, Aug. 19, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m. Maui CC Moloka'i Education Center, 375 Kamehameha V Highway, Kaunakakai, Moloka'i. A five-hour Celebration of Education will follow the dedication ceremony. Contact: Marilyn Walsh, 956-3862, mwalsh@ccc.hawaii.edu Aug. 23: First day of instruction for fall semester, all campuses. Japanese dance concert, "Kikunobu Kai" with Onoe Kikunobu, Aug. 27-29, UH Manoa Kennedy Theatre. Contact: Marty Myers, 956-2602, martym@hawaii.edu Hilo Association of UH Alumni and Friends welcome luau, Aug. 28. Contact: UH Alumni Association, 956-2586, alumnews@hawaii.edu. Faculty art exhibition, Aug. 29-Sept. 17, UH Manoa Art Gallery. Contact: Sharon Tasaka, 956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu "Partners in Economic Development," a Pacific region conference on how private businesses can form partnerships with community groups and government agencies to strengthen business opportunities in Hawai'i and the Pacific islands, takes place Aug. 30-31 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Ballroom. The conference is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Hawai'i State Office and the Pacific Business Center Program at the UH Manoa College of Business Administration. Contact: Leslie Ozawa, 956-2495.

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