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For Immediate Release:

July 1, 1999

Contact: Kevin Kelly, MarBEC operations director, 808 956-6651

UH events in July

Seoul Metropolitan Dance Theatre performs at Leeward Community College Theatre, July 2, 7:30 p.m. For tickets ($17 general, $14 students): 956-EVENts (956-3836).

Summer Session II begins July 6, runs through August 13.

Doing Business Beyond 2000 conference at Leeward Community College Theater and Hawai'i Prince Hotel, July 6-8, features talks by author, columnist and entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki and noted futurist James Canton, president of Global Futures. Contact: LCCDBY2K@aol.com or visit alaike.lcc.hawaii.edu/businessed/2000

UH Information Technology Services sponsors TALENT 99 (Teaching and Learning with Electronic Network Technologies), a July 6-9 institute at UH Manoa on issues and teaching/learning strategies surrounding the design, creation and delivery of Internet-supported course materials. Contact: Hae Okimoto, 956-3504, hae@hawaii.edu

Aloha Reception and Open House at the John Young Museum of Art. Invited guests and media only. July 7, noon-2 p.m. UH Manoa Outreach College, Krauss Hall. Contact: 956-5666 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

"Beyond the Grave: Cemeteries in Hawai'i," free public lecture by Nanette Napoleon Purnell, presented by Outreach College. July 7, 7:30 p.m. UH Manoa Yukiyoshi Room (Krauss 012). Contact: 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

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UH Media Relations & Publications Office is moving from Bachman Annex 6 to Bachman Annex 2. The move is now tentatively scheduled for the week of July 19. Telephone, fax and e-mail service is likely to be interrupted as the move takes place. Please direct media inquiries during this period to University Relations, 956-6106.

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Fourth Annual UH Scholarship Golf Tournament July 9 at Waikele Golf Club. Contact: Tournament Chair Mike Unebasami, 956-6023.

Outreach College presents Gaelic Storm in concert, July 10, 7 p.m., UH Manoa Andrews Outdoor Theatre. Tickets ($16 general; $13 students, seniors/UH faculty & staff) available at the Campus Center, Stan Sheriff Box Office and Ward Center Rainbowtique; tickets may also be charged by phone at 944-2697. Supported in part by the Sheraton Waikiki and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Contact: 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

UHM Cancer Research seminar, "Lifestyle Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer in a Multiethnic Population" by Laurence Kolonel, MD, PhD, program director and researcher, Cancer Etiology, Cancer Research Center of Hawai'i. July 12, noon. 1236 Lauhala Street, Suite 401, Honolulu. Contact: Wendy Mitchell, 586-3010, wendy@crch.hawaii.edu.

UHM Information and Computer Sciences and Advanced Network Computing Laboratory host the Summer 1999 ATM Shootout July 12-22. Results of this network technology competition will be published in Internet Week. Phone or email Brian Chee, 956-5797, chee@hawaii.edu, to arrange on-site visit as space is very limited.

"Distribution Channels, Barriers, and Marketing Strategies in China's Industrial Consumer Goods Market," Icksoo Kim, Korea University. Pacific Asian Lecture Series, July 13, 4:15-5:45 p.m., UHM CBA C102. Contact: Barbara Edelstein, associate director Pacific Asian Management Institute, 956-6923, or visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/pami

"Individualism and Collectivism: Aspects of the Differences Between East and West," Harry C. Triandis, University of Illinois. Pacific Asian Lecture Series, July 15, 4:15-5:45 p.m., UHM CBA C102. Contact: Barbara Edelstein, associate director Pacific Asian Management Institute, 956-6923, or visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/pami

Dinner honors 1999 Presidential and Regents Scholars, July 15, 5:30 p.m., UH Manoa Campus Center Ballroom. Contact: Special Events, 956-6934.

Hawai'i Schools Superintendent Paul LeMahieu delivers the 14th Annual Shiro Amioka Lecture. The free public talk is presented by UH Outreach College July 15, 7:30 p.m. in the UH Manoa Architecture Auditorium. Contact: 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

Board of Regents meets July 15-16, UH Manoa. Committees Thursday afternoon, full board Friday morning. Contact: David Iha, 956-5151 or visit http://www.hawaii.edu/admin/bor/

"Country-of-Origin Effects on Consumer Perception: Implications for International Marketers," Francis Ulgado, Georgia Institute of Technology. Pacific Asian Lecture Series, July 20, 4:15-5:45 p.m., UHM CBA C102. Contact: Barbara Edelstein, associate director Pacific Asian Management Institute, 956-6923, or visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/pami

WebNet '99 participation deadline is July 22. This conference, hosted by the University of Hawai'i, will be held October 25-30 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Advance program registration is available at the conference Web site: www.aace.org/conf/webnet/index.html

Outreach College presents a free public lecture, "Listening to the Clay," with ceramic artist Itsue Ito. July 22, 7:30 p.m. UH Manoa Yukiyoshi Room (Krauss 012). Contact: 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

"Multinational Strategies in the Asia Pacific Region," C.S. Wu, National Taiwan University. Pacific Asian Lecture Series, July 22, 4:15-5:45 p.m., UHM CBA C102. Contact: Barbara Edelstein, associate director Pacific Asian Management Institute, 956-6923, or visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/pami

"Due Diligence in Cross-Border Transactions," Paul Kazenski, UH CBA, School of Accountancy. Pacific Asian Lecture Series, July 27, 4:15-5:45 p.m., UHM CBA C102. Contact: Barbara Edelstein, associate director Pacific Asian Management Institute, 956-6923, or visit http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/pami

Outreach College presents a free public lecture, "Symmetry & Surprise: The Kaleidoscope as Design Inspiration," with quilt artist Paula Nadelstern. July 29, 7:30 p.m. UH Manoa Yukiyoshi Room (Krauss 012). Contact: 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu

And later this summer . . .

The 1999 World Indigenous People's Conference on Education (WIPCE) takes place August 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

 

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