UH Hilo celebrates 2023 Fall Commencement Dec 16

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo celebrates its 2023 Fall Commencement ceremony Saturday, December 16, 9 a.m., Vulcan Gymnasium. The ceremony is limited to invited guests and not open to the public. The ceremony may be viewed via live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/gSaJWiwHkE0?feature=share.

The Class of 2023 includes approximately 206 participants representing the College of Arts and Sciences, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikolani College of Hawaiian Language, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, College of Natural and Health Sciences, College of Business and Economics, and the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.

Gregory “Seido” Morrical serves as student speaker.

Morrical is a double major in Philosophy and Linguistics, with minors in English and Japanese Studies, and a subject certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. During his time at UH Hilo, he worked in The Learning Center as a writing tutor for Hawaiʻi Community College, and taught yoga at the Student Life Center. He also directed yoga sessions at Taishoji Soto Zen Mission in Hilo and led its Monday night Zazen meditation sessions. In Spring 2023, he assumed the role of president of the Hawaiʻi Island Philosophy Club.

Morrical plans to continue his pursuit of knowledge and wisdom outside of academia, and looks forward to sharing his skills and knowledge by offering classes in the community, writing, and eventually publishing works of Buddhist fiction.

For more information, go to the UH Hilo Commencement web page at: https://hilo.hawaii.edu/commencement/.