VNR: Drive-thru ceremony celebrates UH West Oʻahu graduates

University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Contact:
Leila S W Shimokawa, (808) 689-2603
Dir of Comm, Chancellor's Office/Public Relations & Marketing
Posted: May 8, 2021

Volunteers celebrate graduates at the UH West Oʻahu Drive-Thru Celebration.
Volunteers celebrate graduates at the UH West Oʻahu Drive-Thru Celebration.

Video News Release

Link to video (details below): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pTIQiDIgxBAulCoqOdNtQTVF8m0Gkt-u

What: More than 350 UH West Oʻahu students receive degrees this spring, and approximately 169 stopped by a Drive-Thru Celebration (the first large-scale on-campus event following COVID-19) to pick up their diploma covers, take an official photo, and receive makana (gift) items.

UH West Oʻahu followed federal, state, county, and UH guidelines at the event.

Who: UH West O‘ahu graduates received their baccalaureate degrees in Applied Sciences, Business Administration, Creative Media, Cybersecurity, Education, Humanities, Natural Science, Public Administration and Social Sciences. Graduates will also receive certificates in various programs including Applied Forensic Anthropology, Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Gender Studies, Health Care Administration, Music, Risk Management and Insurance, and Substance Abuse and Addictions Studies.

At 369 graduates, the Spring 2021 class is one of UH West Oʻahuʻs largest graduating classes.

Note: UH West Oʻahu also produced a virtual commencement ceremony, which featured the Nā Lehua ʻUla Alumni Award, honoring Dr. Glenn Medeiros, Saint Louis School President. 

VIDEO: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pTIQiDIgxBAulCoqOdNtQTVF8m0Gkt-u

BROLL: 

Clip 1 - Volunteers: Volunteers cheering (0:13)

Clip 2 - StepandRepeat: Balloon and Step-and-Repeat (0:15)

Clip 3 - Truck: Truck passing through drive-thru queue (0:07)

Clip 4 - UHWOGradTruck: Truck with "UHWO Grad" painted on rearview window (0:11)

Clip 5 - Makana: Graduate receiving makana (0:10)

Clip 6 - Excited Grad: Graduate celebrates before getting back into car (0:XX)

Clip 7 – Queue: Queue of cars lined up at Drive-Thru Celebration (0:13)

Clip 8 – Presenting Grad: Graduateʻs name is announced and they take photo with Chancellor Maenette Benham (0:13)

Clip 9 - GradStepandRepeat: Graduate take picture with Chancellor Maenette Benham as family celebrates in car (0:13)