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WINDWARD

Arts awards offered students

Windward high school students who excel in the arts are invited to apply for $300 Arts Achievement Awards from the Windward Arts Council.

The six categories are instrumental and vocal music; theatre; dance; creative writing; visual arts; and Hawaiian music, dance and chant.

The deadline to apply is March 1. To obtain an application, call Anne McKay at 254-1147, e-mail annemckay@worldnet.att.net or write to Windward Arts Council, PO Box 1704, Kailua, HI 96734.

HONOLULU

Vice chancellor finalists to talk

Two finalists for the position of Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education on the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus will give public presentations beginning today on the topic: "The future of the research university — from arts and humanities to science."

They are:

• Bruce Margon, Associate Director for Science in the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md. He will speak at an open forum from 4 to 5 p.m. today in the Architecture Auditorium.
• Gary Ostrander, Associate Provost for Research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. He will speak from 4 to 5 p.m. Feb. 17 in the same place.

A third finalist has not yet been confirmed by the committee, chaired by Oceanography Professor Fred MacKenzie.