KCC’s class of 2003 to walk on the Great Lawn at Graduation
volume. 36 issue. 28 | May 5, 2003
Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2003 will be held on the Great Lawn, instead of at the Waikiki Shell. The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Approximately 275 graduates are expected to participate.
Mimi Horiuchi will deliver the valedictory address. As co-valedictorian, she represents the 28 graduates who have maintained a 4.0 GPA at KCC.
Commencement speaker will be Sam Aiona. Aiona, a former KCC student, now serves on Governor Lingle’s cabinet as Executive Director of the Office of Community Services.
Joyce Tsunoda, UH Vice President and Chancellor for International Education, will present the Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Award for faculty service to the community.
UH Regent Capsun Poe will present the UH Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award.
KCC Chancellor John Morton will present awards to two outstanding students:
Abraham Flores, Jr., recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for his scholastic achievements and many contributions to the community. His honors include selection as the 2003 New Century Scholar for the State of Hawai‘i; All American Scholar; Guistwhite Finalist Scholarship, a national award; charles Hemenway Scholarship; listing in “Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.”
Crichton Uale, recipient of the Charles K. Nakamura Award for outstanding contributions to KCC and to society. For two years he worked as a volunteer with low-income Hispanic families in Los Angeles. He is a volunteer Spanish tutor,assists at the International Café and has represented KCC at many international functions.
Six Kapi‘olani Scholars who have completed two honors classes and maintained a 2.5 GPA: Abraham Flores, Jr., Flavia Arsenault, Mimi Ghoriuchi, Stacie Teng Thasouk, Johann Wahnon, Christie Yoshimura.
Flores, Jr., Flavia Arsenault, Mimi Ghoriuchi, Stacie Teng Thasouk, Johann Wahnon, Christie Yoshimura.
Chancellor Morton and Dean of Students Mona Lee will present diplomas. The Royal Hawaiian Band will play, and Kawika Napoleon, Hawaiian language instructor, will open the ceremony with a chant he has written for the occasion. Phi Theta Kappa adviser, Linda Letta, will be mistress of ceremonies.
Refreshments will be served after the ceremonies. Leis will be sold on campus.