UH VIDEO NEWS RELEASE: UH Mānoa celebrates graduates at hybrid fall commencement

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Contact:
Daniel Meisenzahl, (808) 348-4936
UH Spokesman, UH Communications
Posted: Jun 8, 2022

Link to video and sound (details below): https://bit.ly/3yEfwYn

WHAT—The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa hybrid fall commencement

WHEN—Friday, December 17 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, December 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

WHERE—The UH Mānoa SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center 

WHO—Approximately 650 graduates along with families and friends

ADDITIONAL FACTS:

  • Approximately 650 graduates are expected to participate in the commencement ceremony

  • Each graduate is allowed to bring four guests for the in-person diploma presentation and photo session

  • Each school and college is allotted a time slot, and the time slots are scheduled over two days to prevent crowding

  • UH COVID-19 safety protocols are in place including receiving clearance by the LumiSight UH app and wearing face masks at all times when indoors

  • The virtual commencement address keynote speaker is Hawaiʻi Department of Health Director Libby Char

  • The virtual student address was delivered by Abby Kuba, the first by a student from the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business Vietnam Executive MBA program. Kuba is from Cambodia. 

  • This is the second hybrid commencement ceremony held at UH Mānoa since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

  • More information can be found on the UH Mānoa Commencement website 

Link to video and sound: https://bit.ly/3yEfwYn

VIDEO: 

BROLL: (TRT - 1 minute, 12 seconds)

Assorted shots of hybrid commencement

SOUNDBITES:

Kyrillos Guirguis—UH Mānoa masters degree recipient (10 seconds)
“UH has the greatest resources I have experienced. The professors are personable, they are always there for you, email and in-person, so as long as you have that internal drive, UH will take good care of you.”

Emily Guerrero Curton—UH Mānoa law school graduate (15 seconds)
“I am a Hawaiʻi girl through and through so I am so grateful that I am here. That I went to school here from my very childhood, until after undergrad until law school and I just going to be continuing to help the people of Hawaiʻi.”