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Alumni, faculty and staff had the opportunity to visit and hear what the alumni are currently doing at HTIC’s Annual “Pau Hana" held on Wednesday, November 28 on the 19th floor dining room. Among the alumni who attended were Ms Lydia Shepard, who returned to HTIC as a staff member in the International Programs office and Ms Yuki Shoji, who completed her Associate in Arts degree in 2000 and her baccalaureate degree from the University of Hawaii in 2003. Both women are mothers. Lydia's daughter Serai Lohanna is a familar sight at HTIC, while Yuki took the opportunity to introduce her three daughters at the alumni event, Quianna and the twins, Alicia and Natasha.

HTIC alumna Ms Birgit Neldner missed the alumni Pau Hana but stopped by HTIC later in the week to catch up with classmates, faculty and staff. Birgit, who is from Germany, completed her Associate in Arts degree at HTIC before transferring to Arizona State University where she earned a bachelor's degree in travel industry management. After graduating, Birgit returned to Hawaii to do an internship at the Kahala Mandarin Hotel. Birgit now lives in Germany and works as a travel agent. She tries to return to Hawaii each fall -- this year she ran the 10K portion of the Honolulu Marathon and looks forward to returning next year to complete the entire run!

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Hawaii Tokai International College held its Fall Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 4:00 pm in the college’s auditorium. Nineteen students received their Associate in Arts degree at the ceremonies.

The highlight of the afternoon’s ceremonies came in the speeches by graduating students, Takahisa Koike and Takaaki Honda, who were selected by their classmates to speak on behalf of their class. Takahisa ended his speech with a reference to American pop culture, saying: “Finally, I conclude my HTIC life. The tuition fee is $3,050. The dormitory room fee is $1,200. The meal coupon fee is $500. My experiences here at HTIC... priceless.”

Takaaki, in his thoughtfully reflective remarks, encapsulated the essence of a liberal arts education when he noted that “my life in this school influenced me to think at all times. I was always forced to think about the meanings of all things.”

Students completing their studies were: Maaya Abe, Aya Fujii, Yasuko Fujii, Kento Ishida, Shunsuke Kinoshita, Takahisa Koike, Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Hiroshi Nakamura, Itsuki Shibakiri*, Yumiko Uchino, Takuma Hirako, Takaaki Honda*, Mirei Kasai*, Daisuke Kinoshita*, Daijiro Komatsu, Shu Hikichi*, Seira Nakayama*, Yuriko Ohno*, and Tetsuya Yamamoto. Ten of the graduates will continue their education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, four will complete their studies at Tokai University campuses in Japan, and one student will attend Hawaii Healing Arts College.


*Honors graduates who maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.65 or higher.