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Road Warriors: UH vs. UW Activities
9/10/2011
Seattle, Washington

Road Warriors: UH vs. UNLV Activities
9/15/2011
California Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Road Warriors: UH vs. San Jose State Activities
10/14/2011
San Jose, California

2011 Golden Scholars Reunion
10/21/2011
UH Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Chapter Events

Professional Services Social
6/22/2011 6:00 PM
Ka Restaurant & Lounge at Ward Centre, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

UHAAF - Las Vegas Chapter Summer Send-off Party
6/25/2011 1:00 PM
Residence of Dr. Morton & Gisele Fox, Las Vegas, Nevada

34th Annual UH Engineering Alumni Golf Tournament
7/8/2011 12:00 PM
Pearl Country Club, Aiea, Hawai‘i

JABSOM MD Alumni/First Year Mixer
7/20/2011 5:30 PM
John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kūlia Grill, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Shidler Alumni Association Annual Meeting
7/21/2011 5:30 PM
Kahala Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Ke Anuenue Sorority Bishop Museum Tour
8/13/2011
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Shidler Newport Beach Alumni Yacht Cruise
8/13/2011
Newport Beach, California

Shidler Incoming MBA/Alumni Networking Mixer
8/18/2011 5:30 PM
Shidler College of Business Courtyard, UH Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Shidler Executive MBA Alumni Reunion
8/25/2011
Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Shidler Washington Alumni Wine Event
9/8/2011
Washington

Shidler Hall of Honor Awards
10/13/2011 5:30 PM
Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa, Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Shidler Alumni "Back to Business" Event
10/21/2011
Honolulu, Hawai‘i

Event Discounts

UHAA Ha'aheo and 'Onipa'a (paid) members receive ticket discounts to these events (click title links for more information):

Manoa Valley Theatre
$5 off regular adult tickets:

  • Tony N Tina's Wedding

Outreach College
Special ticket prices (2 max.):

  • Niall de Burca – An Evening of Irish Stories
  • Once Upon One Noddah Time
  • The Crossroads of Contemporary and Traditional Dance: An Asian and Pacific Focus

Other Alumni Events

KTUH Staff Reunion
7/16/2011 2-6 PM
UH Mānoa, Hemenway Hall, Honolulu, Hawai'i

All former KTUH staff are invited to attend the first-ever KTUH staff reunion. The event will feature pupus, a no-host bar, music and a continuous showing of the KTUH 40th Anniversary documentary on the Hemenway Hall makai lanai. Click here to register online and order KTUH reunion t-shirts. More information available at www.ktuh.org/alumni.

AKA Golf Tournament
7/26/2011 12:30 PM
Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course, Honolulu, Hawai'i

'Ahahui Koa Anuenue (AKA) and Centerplate present the Inaugural Hawai'i Pinehurst Qualifier Golf Tournament on July 26. Grand prize is a trip for your team to represent UH and compete against other schools in the Acura Alumni Team Chamiponship in Pinehurst, N.C., Oct. 27-30. Proceeds will support scholarships for UH student-athletes. Click here for tournament details.

News

A message from UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw
It's June and, even with the summer break under way, UH Mānoa faculty, staff and administrators are continually working hard to prepare for the fall semester and advance the Mānoa Experience. I had the honor of sharing some of these successes, which I like to call Mānoa Moments, with members of the Board of Regents at their most recent meeting. In this issue, I share a few with you Ð our ever-supportive, deeply appreciated alumni. MORE



Nearly 600 gather for Distinguished Alumni Awards
UHAA honored its 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award honorees at a dinner and silent auction on May 12 at the Sheraton Waikiki. L. Tammy Duckworth BA '89, Gary Galiher JD '77, MEd '71 & Diane Ono JD '91, BA '73, AS '82, Richard Ha BBA '73, John T. Komeiji BEd '75, Hing Leung Sham PhD '80 and Isabella Aiona Abbott, PhD, BA '41 were all honored at the event. Mahalo to our generous sponsors – we raised more than $90K for UHAA programming and scholarships! See photos from the event:

Honorees   Reception   Program   Sponsor Tables   Candids   


Road Warriors: Start planning for away-game tailgates
Road Warriors Tailgate season is just around the corner! This year football fans will hit the road when the Warriors take on the Washington Huskies at Seattle on Sept. 10, the UNLV Rebels at Las Vegas on Sept. 17 and the San Jose State Spartans at San Jose on Oct. 14. Tickets are on sale now through the UH Athletics website and travel packages are available. For more information, visit Road Warriors Tailgate central at UHalumni.org/tailgates.

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Shidler celebrates 50th annual Business Night
The UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business celebrated 50 years of bringing students together with the Hawai'i business community at its annual "Business Night" event on May 13. Shidler alumnus Eddie Lam '81 was keynote speaker at the event, where top students won more than $40K in cash awards donated by Hawai'i companies. MORE

TIM welcomes speakers, celebrates tourism & congratulates grads
The UH Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM) and TIM International recently welcomed alumni Marta Hayden '69, David Kong '71 and Kevin Iwamoto '77 as guest lecturers. TIM & TIMI also celebrated alumnus Joseph Toy '00 as an Alumni Hall of Honor inductee and Mark Dunkerley as the Legacy in Tourism awardee before celebrating its graduating class of 2011. MORE

LIS alumni ate at EAT for annual reunion
UHAA's School of Library and Information Sciences Alumni chapter held its annual reunion at EAT Catering & Cafe in the Gentry Pacific Design Center in Honolulu on April 23. Catherine Toth '96 was a guest speaker and talked about social media in education. MORE

11th annual Engineering Banquet raises $100K for College
The 11th annual UH Mānoa College of Engineering banquet at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on April 14 featured an awards presentation that honored alumni Michael Chun '68, Diane Kodama '91 and Derek Mukai '89. MORE

UH alumni group in Kansai is growing
Nearly 20 UH alumni and friends met for a casual dinner gathering on April 16 at Mauloa Eat and Drink Restaurant in Osaka, Japan. The group is working to establish an official UHAA chapter in the region and is planning another gathering this summer. MORE UHAA Kansai Group

Alumni news briefs
UHAA – East members gather in NYC for aloha in Central Park; social work alumni welcome new graduates; UHAA – San Francisco Bay Area chapter awards its 2011-12 scholarship. MORE




Pan-STARRS telescope spots new distant comet
Astronomers have discovered a new comet they expect will be visible to the naked eye in early 2013.

Professor selected as a visiting fellow at University of Oxford program
Robert Perkinson will take part in the week-long independent research program, starting July 4.

Hawai‘i astronomer finds new voracious black holes in the early universe
Ezequiel Treister and colleagues made the discovery with NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory.

Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree to be offered in fall 2012
The program is designed to meet the statewide demand for a highly competent nursing workforce.

Three students earn State Department’s Critical Language Scholarships
Three UH Mānoa students will spend seven to ten weeks in intensive language institutes this summer.

Termite experts to give free seminars on termite control
The UH Mānoa Termite Project: Educate to Eradicate addresses research, extension and instruction.

C-MORE Hale wins building design excellence award
C-MORE is one of only 17 National Science Foundation-sponsored Science and Technology Centers.



 

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