Posted on: Saturday, May 7, 2005

Manoa grads get new look this year

Advertiser Staff

Thousands of students throughout the University of Hawai'i system will receive diplomas in commencement exercises beginning Thursday.

Manoa's commencement ceremonies will feature several new additions, from green caps and gowns to new academic regalia for the chancellor based on Hawai'i themes including the kukui nut and leaves, which have traditionally symbolized "the light of knowledge."

Graduates will march to new music, a processional titled "Above All Nations" composed by UH-Manoa music professor Don Womack at the request of chancellor Peter Englert.

The music, whose title is taken from the university motto "Above all nations is humanity," incorporates elements distinct to Hawai'i, UH and Manoa, with themes drawn from "Hawai'i Pono'i" and the theme "In Green Manoa Valley."

Womack said he hopes it "captures both the joy and the solemnity of the occasion."

The schedule of events:

Thursday

Kapi'olani Community College,

6 p.m., on campus at the Great Lawn; 700 candidates.

Friday

Leeward Community College, 5 p.m., on campus at Tuthill Courtyard; 540 candidates.

UH-Manoa School of Travel Industry Management, 5 p.m., on campus at the Sunset Reference Center in George Hall; 50 candidates.

Honolulu Community College, 5:30 p.m., Waikiki Shell; 574 candidates.

UH CenteriMaui, 5:30 p.m., H.P. Baldwin High School auditorium; 65 candidates.

Kaua'i Community College, 6 p.m., on campus at the Performing Arts Center; 170 candidates.

UH-Manoa College of Education Commencement Convocation, 6:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom; 298 candidates.

Hawai'i Community College, 7 p.m., Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium, Hilo; 335 candidates.

Next Saturday

UH-Hilo, 9 a.m., Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium; 412 candidates.

UH-West O'ahu, 9 a.m., Tuthill Courtyard, Leeward Community College campus; 105 candidates.

Windward Community College, 1 p.m., on campus at Paliku Theatre; 150 candidates. (Special honors: conferral of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters upon legendary singer Genoa Keawe.)

UH-Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine convocation ceremony, 3:30 p.m., on campus at Kennedy Theatre; 53 candidates.

UH CenteriWest Hawai'i, 4 p.m., King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel; 58 candidates.

May 15

UH-Manoa baccalaureate degrees, 9 a.m., Stan Sheriff Center, lower campus; 1,300 candidates.

UH-Manoa, advanced degrees, 3 p.m., Stan Sheriff Center, lower campus; 760 candidates.

Maui Community College, 7:30 p.m., Maui Arts & Cultural Center; 300 candidates.

May 16

UH-Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law, 5 p.m., on campus at Andrews Amphitheater; 103 candidates.

UH-Manoa School of Architecture, 5:15 p.m., on campus at the School of Architecture auditorium; seven candidates.

UH Army ROTC commissioning ceremony, 7 p.m., Orvis Auditorium, UH-Manoa; 11 candidates.