  {"id":41063,"date":"2015-12-09T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T19:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=41063"},"modified":"2021-06-10T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:47:18","slug":"fall-commencement-celebrations-at-west-oahu-hilo-and-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/12\/09\/fall-commencement-celebrations-at-west-oahu-hilo-and-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall commencement celebrations at West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Hilo and M\u0101noa"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_41066\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41066\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/system-commencement-fall-2015.jpg\" alt=\"U H West Oahu graduates\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/system-commencement-fall-2015.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/system-commencement-fall-2015-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy graduates at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> commencement<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The holidays bring an added cause for celebration for graduates who will be participating in fall commencement exercises at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> celebrates more than 261 graduates, the university&#8217;s largest ever graduating class. Former <abbr>UH<\/abbr> president and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor <strong>Albert Simone<\/strong> will give the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I look forward to commencement every semester,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Chancellor <strong>Rockne Freitas<\/strong>. &ldquo;The students and their families have so much to celebrate and their dedication makes me truly proud to represent this great university.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, December 12<br \/>\nTime: 9 a.m.<br \/>\nLocation: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Lower Courtyard<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/campus-life\/student-affairs\/commencement\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> commencement website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo will confer a total of 290 degrees and\/or certificates at the fall 2015 commencement ceremony. <strong>Sherry Menor-McNamara<\/strong>, the youngest and first female president and chief executive officer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochawaii.org\/\">Chamber of Commerce of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, will deliver the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zachary Tman<\/strong>, an anthropology and cell and molecular biology major, who is also pursuing a minor in chemistry, will represent the graduating class as student speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, December 19<br \/>\nTime: 9 a.m.<br \/>\nLocation: Vulcan Gymnasium<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/graduation.uhhcc.org\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo commencement website<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/h2>\n<p>Approximately 1,100 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa students are eligible to receive degrees and certificates to conclude the fall academic term. Keynote speaker and honorary degree recipient is <strong>Robert K. Masuda<\/strong>, retired <abbr>YMCA<\/abbr> executive and public servant. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pualani Armstrong, an elementary and special education and political science major, will represent the graduating class as student speaker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: Saturday, December 19<br \/>\nTime: 9 a.m.<br \/>\nLocation: Stan Sheriff Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/commencement\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa commencement website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall graduates from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West O&#699;ahu, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa to participate in commencement ceremonies, December 12 and 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":41162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[234,14,9,59],"class_list":["post-41063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-commencement","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/west-oahu-commencement-feature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063","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=41063"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143571,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41063\/revisions\/143571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}