Updated at 10:25 a.m., Thursday, August 9, 2007
HPU to confer degrees to nearly 350 students
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i Pacific University will next week confer associate, baccalaureate and master degrees to nearly 350 students as the university celebrates its 67th commencement ceremony.HPU's master's of education in secondary education and master's of social work programs will confer degrees to 12 and 18 students, respectively, the first graduating classes for the programs.
Another first for an HPU program will be the conferring of the university's first nurse educator certificate.
Hawai'i Pacific Health President and CEO Charles A. Sted will deliver the commencement speech and receive the Fellow of the Pacific Award — the university's highest accolade — in recognition of outstanding contributions and service to the community and higher education.
Three valedictory speakers, chosen for their outstanding academic performance, will make presentations during the ceremony set for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Waikiki Shell.
Veronica Andersson (bachelor of arts degree in international relations), a native of Halmstad, Sweden, will represent the on-campus baccalaureate degree programs. Heidi Ann Greenberg Karns (master's degree in social work), who grew up in Jamestown, N.Y., will represent the graduate degree programs. Lt. Robert Calderwood (bachelor of science degree in computer science), a native of Bellwood, Pa., will represent the military campus programs.
