{"id":118915,"date":"2020-05-19T14:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=118915"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T23:19:25","slug":"uh-manoa-alumni-welcome-new-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/19\/uh-manoa-alumni-welcome-new-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alumni welcome new alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_19904\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XO4DGCVC_w?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Congratulations Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa Class of 2020! | A message from the Â鶹´«Ã½alumni \u02bbohana\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Although they may not have had the commencement ceremony they imagined, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa\u2019s class of 2020 joins a network of more than 190,000 proud <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa alumni worldwide. In lieu of an in-person celebration, the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhalumni.org\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Office of Alumni Relations<\/a> called on a handful of fellow alumni to help congratulate the class of 2020 and welcome graduates to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span>&#8212;virtually.<\/p>\n<p>Featured alumni include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maile Au<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Master of Business Administration\">MBA<\/abbr> \u201906<\/li>\n<li><strong>Larry Beil<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Arts\">BA<\/abbr> \u201983<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maya Soetoro-Ng<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> \u201906, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201994<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shiraz Dole<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Business Administration\">BBA<\/abbr> \u201917<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bernadette Baraquio<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Master of Arts\">MA<\/abbr> \u201917, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201996<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shaiyanne Dar<\/strong>, <abbr>BBA<\/abbr> \u201908<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kolten Wong<\/strong>, Rainbow Warrior Baseball standout, 2009&#8211;2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tammy Duckworth<\/strong>, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201989<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Shoji<\/strong>, Former Wahine Volleyball Head Coach<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Hennessey<\/strong>, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201996<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sabrina McKenna<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Juris Doctor\">JD<\/abbr> \u201982, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201978<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Matlin<\/strong>, <abbr>MBA<\/abbr> \u201997<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alex Kawakami<\/strong>, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Science\">BS<\/abbr> \u201911<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lan Chung<\/strong>, <abbr>BS<\/abbr> \u201996<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erin Kanno Uehara<\/strong>, <abbr>MBA<\/abbr> \u201913, <abbr title=\"Bachelor of Education\">BEd<\/abbr> \u201906<\/li>\n<li>President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong>, <abbr>PhD<\/abbr> \u201998<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mazie Hirono<\/strong>, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201970<\/li>\n<li><strong>Robert Kekaula<\/strong>, <abbr>BA<\/abbr> \u201908<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alumni offered heartfelt congratulations, words of wisdom and encouragement as graduates prepare to embark on their next journey.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know this is not the way you wanted your year to end up,&rdquo; said <strong>Larry Beil<\/strong>. &ldquo;But know this; No matter where you go, no matter what you do, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will always be in your heart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a fellow University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> graduate, congratulations to each of you in the class of 2020,&rdquo; said Senator <strong>Mazie Hirono<\/strong>. &ldquo;This is a graduation that you will never forget in the midst of a world pandemic. My hope is that you will take your hard-earned degrees and make a difference for the better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-alumni-welcome-2020.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic of alumni\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-118943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-alumni-welcome-2020.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-alumni-welcome-2020-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-alumni-welcome-2020-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Office of Alumni Relations called on fellow alumni to help congratulate and welcome the class of 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[90,234,271,9,56],"class_list":["post-118915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-alumni","tag-commencement","tag-uh-alumni-association","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118915"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118952,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118915\/revisions\/118952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}