{"id":6261,"date":"2019-04-30T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T02:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:43:11","slug":"cheri-ebisu-named-lis-program-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/cheri-ebisu-named-lis-program-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheri Ebisu named LIS Program Coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are very happy to announce that LIS alumna Cheri Ebisu will begin as LIS Program Coordinator May 1, 2019, and in lieu of a formal press conference :), she was kind enough to respond to a few questions:<\/p>\n

How did you discover the LIS Program initially?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I am sure Google was involved initially, but Christian was probably my real introduction to the program. I scheduled a meeting with him and we talked about classes and tracks and puppets.<\/div>\n
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What made you want to apply for the Program Coordinator position?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I applied for this position because I wanted to help ease the transition after Christian’s departure and because I think I can provide a new perspective and new ideas to increase student enrollment and job recruitment. The LIS program is a very special program and if I can stick around it for as long as I can, I will.<\/div>\n
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What do you actually do in this position — and what would you like to do?<\/strong><\/div>\n
So far the job is 50% herding cats and 50% documentation. Some of what I would like to do is upping the program’s PR game, helping students get more practical experience throughout their time in the program, and just making sure we all survive day-to-day.<\/div>\n
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Any advice for new and continuing students?<\/strong><\/div>\n
Ask questions. Get feedback. Communicate with your classmates, faculty, and me. You’re not alone and two people solving a problem is often better than one.<\/div>\n
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Tell us something about yourself not many people know.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Despite my well-known fear of large rabbits, one of my top three favorite books is Watership Down <\/i>by Richard Adams.<\/div>\n
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The office decor. Why?<\/strong><\/div>\n
\nChristian and I both talked a lot about transitioning former classmate and faculty perceptions of me as a very recent former student. He told me to make the desk space my own, but now that I’m settled I think a more unifying design to reflect the program itself would help. I also have grand designs for the office, commons, and Diner, so, in the end, Christian has really created a monster. But one with good intentions.<\/div>\n
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Welcome and congratulations Cheri!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are very happy to announce that LIS alumna Cheri Ebisu will begin as LIS Program Coordinator May 1, 2019, and in lieu of a formal press conference :), she was kind enough to respond to a few questions: How did you discover the LIS Program initially? I am sure Google was involved initially, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6266,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions\/6266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/lis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}