{"id":158625,"date":"2022-05-06T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158625"},"modified":"2022-05-06T09:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T19:28:26","slug":"business-night-in-person-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/business-night-in-person-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Night makes in-person return to strengthen bonds with Hawai\u02bbi businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Kristi Bates, Shidler executive director of development; Mark Yoda, FICOH<\/abbr> president and CEO<\/abbr>; Wendy Peterson, Shidler alumna and general counsel at Knobbe Martens; Shidler Dean Vance Roley; Natalie Kwon, Shidler senior and executive director of the student committee; Cheryl Oncea, Hawaii Business Magazine<\/em> publisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Shidler College of Business<\/a> marked the in-person return of Business Night, its signature student event, on May 5, at the Sheraton Waik\u012bk\u012b after hosting it virtually for the past two years. The annual event, now in its 61st year, has connected Shidler students with Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s leading business professionals over the past six decades, while honoring the college\u2019s top students for their accomplishments.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s function welcomed more than 200 professional mentors and nearly 250 students for a fun evening of networking and business building. Through the generous support of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s business community, 49 awards were presented to the college\u2019s shining undergraduate and graduate students, totaling nearly $90,000.<\/p>\n

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Shidler’s Business Night was held in person on May 5 at the Sheraton Waik\u012bk\u012b.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year\u2019s keynote speaker featured Shidler alumna Wendy Peterson<\/strong>, BBA<\/abbr> \u201982, JD<\/abbr> \u201985, general counsel at Knobbe Martens, who shared her own experiences as a student as well as her vibrant career journey. First Insurance Company of Hawaii (FICOH<\/abbr>) served as title sponsor for the 17th consecutive year and Hawaii Business Magazine<\/em> returned as the media sponsor for its sixth year.<\/p>\n

“After nearly three years of change, learning and building relationships across distances of 6 feet to 6,000 miles, this year\u2019s theme of ‘Exploring First Horizons’ is something we can all easily relate to,” said Shidler College senior Natalie Kwon<\/strong>, who served as executive director of the student committee and received the Outstanding Senior in Marketing award. “As the first in-person Business Night since 2020, it was a great honor to share my vision of an evening that represents celebration and inspiration.”<\/p>\n

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Shidler Business Night student committee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“For many of our students, this is the first large-scale professional event they have been to since the pandemic began,” Shidler College Dean Vance Roley<\/strong> said. “Our students were eager to get out for an evening of career development and mentorship, and we are thankful for the community\u2019s support of this event. We are especially grateful for First Insurance Company of Hawaii, serving as our title sponsor nearly two decades and to Hawaii Business Magazine for their continued support.”<\/p>\n

“We are proud to once again serve as title sponsor of Business Night,” FICOH<\/abbr> President and CEO<\/abbr> Mark Yoda said. “Each year, we look forward to the opportunity to recognize and meet Shidler College\u2019s best and brightest. The in-person interaction and mentorship piece make this an enjoyable and meaningful event for all involved.”<\/p>\n

For a complete list of Business Night award recipients and sponsors, visit Shidler\u2019s website<\/a>. To learn more about sponsoring an award, contact Kristi Bates<\/strong>, executive director of development at Kristi.Bates@uhfoundation.org or call (808) 956-3597.<\/p>\n

This event is an example of UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Forty nine awards were presented to the college\u2019s shining undergraduate and graduate students, totaling nearly $90,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[498,1466,146,660,9],"class_list":["post-158625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-business","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158625","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=158625"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158674,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158625\/revisions\/158674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}