{"id":158283,"date":"2022-05-01T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158283"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:39:24","slug":"spring-2022-uh-commencement-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/01\/spring-2022-uh-commencement-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses host variety of commencement ceremonies"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-fall-2021-commencement-10.jpg\" alt=\"U H Hilo graduates\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-fall-2021-commencement-10.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-fall-2021-commencement-10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hilo-fall-2021-commencement-10-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Graduates will be celebrated throughout the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> 10-campus system in a variety of ways this spring. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> launches commencement season on May 7, with two in-person ceremonies. <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s spring commencements will conclude with different types of celebrations at campuses across the state on May 14. Some ceremonies include graduates from previous years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/west-oahu-fall-2021-commencement-10-feature.jpg\" alt=\"U H W O graduate getting hugged\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-153178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/west-oahu-fall-2021-commencement-10-feature.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/west-oahu-fall-2021-commencement-10-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/west-oahu-fall-2021-commencement-10-feature-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May 7: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/commencement\/\">in-person ceremonies<\/a> will be held in the campus courtyard. Graduates are limited to four guests.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 a.m. ceremony for applied science, business administration, education, humanities, and math, natural and health science<\/li>\n<li>1 p.m. ceremony for creative media, public administration and social sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>May 13: Honolulu Community College&#8212;9 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/graduation\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be held at the Waik&#299;k&#299; Shell. Graduates were able to request four tickets.<\/p>\n<h2>May 13: Leeward Community College&#8212;10 a.m.&#8211;3 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/studentlife.leeward.hawaii.edu\/content\/commencement\">drive-through ceremony<\/a> will be held at the <span aria-label=\"Puuloa\">Pu&#699;uloa<\/span> (Pearl City) campus for fall 2021 graduates and spring, summer and fall 2022 candidates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/leeward-spring-2021-commencement-1-feature.jpg\" alt=\"graduate in her car\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-141735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/leeward-spring-2021-commencement-1-feature.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/leeward-spring-2021-commencement-1-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/leeward-spring-2021-commencement-1-feature-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May 13: <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College&#8212;12&#8211;5 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>Graduates will be organized by programs and will participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/hawaii.edu\/kcc-commencement\/\">walk-through ceremony<\/a>. The celebration will include processional, name reading, scroll presentation, conferral of degree, tassel turn, a lei zone and photo spots around campus.<\/p>\n<h2>May 13: <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8212;4:30&#8211;6:30 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\/Commencement\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be held behind the Performing Arts Center. After the ceremony, graduates may meet family and friends on the grass area in between the Performing Arts Building and the Office of Continuing Education.<\/p>\n<h2>May 13: Windward Community College&#8212;5 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/graduation\/graduation-faq\/#Q2\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be held in the Palik&#363; Theatre. Lei giving will follow on the Great Lawn. Each candidate was allowed two tickets. There will also be a livestream of the event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-fall-2021-commencement-feature-1.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa graduate\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-153562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-fall-2021-commencement-feature-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-fall-2021-commencement-feature-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/manoa-fall-2021-commencement-feature-1-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May 13: <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College (Hilo)&#8212;6 p.m. <\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/graduation\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be at the Edith <span aria-label=\"Kanakaole\">Kanaka&#699;ole<\/span> Tennis Stadium.<\/p>\n<h2>May 13&#8211;14: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/h2>\n<p>Three <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/commencement\/\">in-person ceremonies<\/a> for spring 2022 candidates, as well as 2021 and 2020 graduates, will be held at the Stan Sheriff Center. All guests are welcome to the ceremonies on a first-come, first-seated basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 13: 5 p.m. (A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/itunesu\/vlive\/?s=manoagrad.sdp\">livestream<\/a> of the ceremony will be online)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/li>\n<li>School of Ocean &#038; Earth Science &#038; Technology<\/li>\n<li>William S. Richardson School of Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 14: 9 a.m. (A livestream of the ceremony may be viewed from Murakami Stadium.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Arts, Languages &#38; Letters<\/li>\n<li>College of Natural Sciences<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Â鶹´«Ã½nui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/li>\n<li>Interdisciplinary Studies<\/li>\n<li>John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li>School of Architecture<\/li>\n<li>Thompson School of Social Work &#38; Public Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 14: 3:30 p.m. (A livestream of the ceremony may be viewed from Murakami Stadium.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College of Education\n<\/li>\n<li>College of Engineering\n<\/li>\n<li>Shidler College of Business, with School of Travel Industry Management\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>May 14: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo&#8212;9 a.m.<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/commencement\/\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be held at the Edith <span aria-label=\"Kanakaole\">Kanaka&#699;ole<\/span> Multipurpose Stadium. The ceremony is limited to registered graduates and their registered guests. An online component will be available that day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawaii-spring-2021-commencement-3.jpg\" alt=\"graduate holding diploma\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-141766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawaii-spring-2021-commencement-3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawaii-spring-2021-commencement-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hawaii-spring-2021-commencement-3-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>May 14: <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui (Kona)&#8212;10 a.m.&#8211;1:30 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/graduation\">drive-through ceremony<\/a> will be held on campus. Only graduates will be allowed to exit their vehicles.<\/p>\n<h2>May 14: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College&#8212;5&#8211;6:30 p.m.<\/h2>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/studentlife\/commencement\/\">in-person ceremony<\/a> will be held on campus, with no spectator limit. Multiple satellite photo booths and lei stations will be made available throughout the parking lot. There will also be a <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/mctv-live\/\">livestream<\/a> of the ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graduations will be held at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses across the state May 7&#8211;14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[234,61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-158283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-commencement","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158283","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=158283"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158527,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158283\/revisions\/158527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}