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The College held its Spring 2008 Commencement Ceremony for Associate in Arts degree graduates on Saturday, June 14 at 4:00 pm in the HTIC Auditorium. The Commencement Address was delivered by Dr. Dan Boylan, Professor of History at the University of Hawaii, West Oahu, and a well-known commentator on local and national politics.Also highlighting the afternoons ceremonies were speeches by two graduating students who were selected as class representatives: Ms. Kyung-Hee (Kelly) Kim and Mr. Yuki Moriya.
As a part of Ms. Kim's speech, she thanked members of the Learning Community noting that: "In this diverse, yet family-like, caring environment, I was inspired so much by one of the best groups of professors that I have ever encountered in my life and received many essential feedbacks and encouragements both inside and outside of the classroom to achieve my dream. Throughout it all, I have learned the important value of ethics, as well as what it means to be an effectively capable global citizen, and to respect individuality in harmony."
Mr. Moriya made a point in particular of thanking his classmates for their help and support. As a part of his speech, he commented that "Without my friends' help, I might have left HTIC much earlier. I often had difficult problems to deal with, but I had friends to help me in these situations. However, by getting over these problems and experiencing these hardships, we can happily graduate today. I believe that the precious experience we had here today will change our lives to the right and better direction."
The Faculty, Staff, and Administration of HTIC commend all of the Spring 2008 graduates for their hard work and successful completion of the Associate of Arts Degree program!
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