HONOLULU—May 6, 2008—Approximately 400 students will receive their degrees at Chaminade University's Spring Commencement Ceremony at 7 p.m. Monday, May 12, at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena.

Leslie Wilcox, chief executive officer and president of PBS Hawaii, will be the special guest commencement speaker. A respected news veteran of 34 years, Wilcox began reporting at age 18 for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, worked as a reporter, anchor and news director at KGMB9 for 15 years, and then joined KHON-TV in 1992 as executive producer and anchor of Channel 2's extended morning news program.

Wilcox also worked 10 years for PBS Hawaii in the 1980s and '90s as Honolulu anchor for the nationally syndicated program "Asia Now." In 2007, she left KHON-TV as its co-anchor of the "Hawaii at Five" news and co-coordinator of its Lokahi Project to begin her new leadership position with PBS Hawaii.

Student salutatory speakers include Shaunalei Kauinohea Awong (undergraduate speaker), and Melanie G. Legdesog (graduate speaker).

Celebrating more than 50 years of educating students for life, service and successful careers, Chaminade University is a Catholic/ Marianist university offering programs of study grounded in the liberal arts with day, evening, online and accelerated courses. Chaminade is also a Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander serving institution with its main campus located at 3140 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, and 10 satellite locations around Oahu. For more information, visit the Chaminade Web site at www.chaminade.edu or call (808) 735-4711.