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Free Practice Test for Graduate Admission Exams
2/12/2011 10:00 AM
(GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, OAT, PCAT)
Shidler College of Business, UH Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup
2/26/2011 9:00 AM
Meet at Kawaikui Beach Park, Honolulu, Hawai'i

2011 UHAA Life Member Event
3/4/2011 6:00 PM
Kapi'olani Community College, Honolulu, Hawai'i

2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner
5/12/2011 5:30 PM
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Chapter Events

UHAA-Los Angeles/Orange County Chapter Reception
2/10/2011 5:30 PM
Urban Noodle, Los Angeles, California

UH Shidler Alumni & Student Club Social
2/16/2011 6:00 PM
The Willows, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Talk Story with Dan Gross
2/22/2011 5:30 PM
The Plaza Club, Honolulu, Hawai'i

UHAA & Friends-Las Vegas Chapter Pot of Gold Scholarship Bowling Tournament
2/26/2011 1:00 PM
Southpoint Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

CASAA 2011 Spring Breakfast
3/8/2011 7:30 AM
The Pacific Club, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Executive Vineyards Wine Tasting Fundraiser
3/10/2011 6:00 PM
The Kahala Hotel & Resort, Honolulu, Hawai'i

UHAA & Friends-Las Vegas Chapter Stew Night
3/12/2011 6:00 PM
Masonic Memorial Temple, Las Vegas, Nevada

TIM School's Na Kukui: Netlinks Mentorship Event
3/31/2011
Location TBD

11th Annual College of Engineering Dinner
4/14/2011 5:00 PM
Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa, Honolulu, Hawai'i

School of Public Health Alumni Assoc. Spring Fundraiser
4/17/2011 2:00 PM
Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Lecture on Sustainable Tourism
4/20/2011 4:30 PM
George Hall 227 & Sunset Reference Center, UH Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Shidler Business Night 50th Anniversary
5/5/2011 5:00 PM
The Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawai'i

UHAA & Friends-Las Vegas Chapter Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
5/14/2011 7:30 AM
Silverstone Golf Club, Las Vegas, Nevada




Event Discounts

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

UH Mānoa Athletics
50% off tickets (8 max.)

Men's Basketball:
Feb. 24 – Louisiana Tech

Women's Basketball:
Feb. 5 – Idaho
Mar. 3 – Utah State

Men's Volleyball (upper level seats)
Feb. 11 – Cal Baptist
Mar. 4 & 5 – Pepperdine
April 16 – Alumni

UH Mānoa Kennedy Theatre
Special ticket prices to Mainstage and Prime Time performances (4 max.):

Dancing Greener
Love2
The Vengeful Sword
Spring Footholds

Manoa Valley Theatre
$5 off regular adult tickets:

Avenue Q
August: Osage County
Tony N Tina's Wedding

News


A message from UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw
An elevator speech is a concise, clear and artful articulation of one's company that can be conveyed in the few seconds it takes to ride up an elevator. I would like to share mine with you. MORE




2011 Distinguished Alumni honorees announced

L. Tammy Duckworth Gary Galiher & Diane Ono Richard Ha John T. Komeiji Hing Leung Sham, PhD Isabella Aiona Abbott, PhD

The Distinguished Alumni Awards pay tribute to those alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and community, committed themselves to advancing the values and goals of the University of Hawai'i and ensuring improvement in the quality of life for future generations.

Join us on May 12 at the Sheraton Waikiki to honor our 2011 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients:

  • L. Tammy Duckworth BA '89 (Mānoa), Major, U.S. Army National Guard, Iraq War veteran
  • Gary Galiher JD '77, MEd '71 (Mānoa), Senior Partner
    & Diane Ono JD '91, BA '73 (Mānoa) AS '82 (Kapi'olani), Managing Partner
    Galiher DeRobertis Ono
  • Richard Ha BBA '73 (Mānoa), Founder and President, Hamakua Springs Country Farms
  • John T. Komeiji BEd '75 (Mānoa), Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Hawaiian Telcom
  • Hing Leung Sham, PhD PhD '80 (Mānoa), Senior Vice President of Chemical Sciences, Elan Biopharmaceuticals

The 2011 UH Founders Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the family of:

Event proceeds and donations will benefit UHAA programming and its scholarship fund. By attending this event, making a donation or contributing to our silent auction, you will help UHAA honor this year's awardees, support UHAA and its mission to promote and support the University of Hawai'i by connecting alumni and friends with the university and each other and inspiring pride among the University of Hawai'i 'ohana. For more information, to register for event, or to reserve seats visit UHalumni.org/daa.






TIM alumnus helps fellow TIM grads find jobs
Ren Hirose '85, general manager of the W Los Angeles Westwood hotel, mentors TIM graduates in their career paths and has provided employment opportunities for fellow alumni at Starwood. MORE

School of Social Work celebrates its special alumni
The Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work has benefitted tremendously from the contributions of its loyal alumni and friends. See MORE about the second annual Alumni & Friends of the School of Social Work Reunion, a fond farewell to Ah Nee Leong '41, and a tribute to the generosity of Sally Lampson Kanehe '77.




Hawai'i, Alaska joined by health-care partnering agreement
Beneficiaries of the agreement will be the residents of Hawai'i and Alaska.

College teams up with state to battle pathogen infecting basil plants
Peronospora belbahrii was identified by basil growers at several farms in Wai'anae.

UH Mānoa College of Education offers new degree
More than 200 individuals have already expressed interest in the new doctoral degree.

Collaborative botanical research consortium receives $1.4 million grant
One of the consortium's goals includes creating a standardized plant checklist.

Medical school disease specialist brings awareness to Kawasaki disease
More than 2,000 people in Hawai'i have had the mysterious illness that mostly strikes young children.

Fourth Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies announced
Fourth Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies features movie screenings followed by discussion.

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