{"id":88888,"date":"2018-12-18T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=88888"},"modified":"2020-08-03T12:16:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:16:36","slug":"commencement-speakers-manoa-midyear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/18\/commencement-speakers-manoa-midyear\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers share appreciation, urge pride in identity at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa commencement"},"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_88534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88534\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-grad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-grad.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/manoa-grad-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-88534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commencement draws a large crowd of graduates and supporters to the Stan Sheriff Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On a morning celebrating academic achievement and personal perseverance, student speaker <strong>Robert Tsuyoshi Matsumura<\/strong> took the spotlight at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/commencement\/\">Mid-year Commencement Exercise<\/a> on Saturday, December 15, 2018, at the Stan Sheriff Center. Keynote speaker <strong>Janet Mock<\/strong>, author, advocate and television host addressed the graduates. An estimated 800 students participated in the commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<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_17419\"  width=\"643.64\" height=\"361.82\"  data-origwidth=\"643.64\" data-origheight=\"361.82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/js_Ol1jCWRk?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=\"Robert Matsumura addresses students at the Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa 2018 Mid-year commencement exercise\"  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>\n<h2>Robert Matsumura<\/h2>\n<p>Matsumura earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree in business administration in human resource management from the Shidler College of Business. He appreciated his time at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa that provided him with opportunities to meet people from an array of backgrounds and cultures, explore different majors, study abroad all while allowing him to stay close to his family and friends.<\/p>\n<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_64686\"  width=\"643.64\" height=\"361.82\"  data-origwidth=\"643.64\" data-origheight=\"361.82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2vKdVylnSVs?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=\"Janet Mock inspires graduates at the 2018 Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa mid-year commencement\"  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>\n<h2>Janet Mock<\/h2>\n<p>A nationally recognized author and television host, Mock is a native of Honolulu who attended <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. She is a sought-after speaker and advocate who addressed millions on stage at the Women\u2019s March in Washington, D.C. She encouraged the graduates to keep telling their stories, &ldquo;this is what our stories do. They let us know that no matter how different, how unique, how invisibilized, misunderstood and marginalized that we are worthy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Matsumura shared his appreciation for his <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa opportunities and experiences, and Janet Mock charged the graduates with telling their own stories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,12],"tags":[234,9,56],"class_list":["post-88888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","category-video","tag-commencement","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\/88888","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=88888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88947,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88888\/revisions\/88947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}