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The UH Foundation Office of Alumni Relations will begin editing the final proofs of the print directory soon. This exciting project will include historical photos of UH, a timeline of the university as well as a listing of nearly 60,000 alumni who included their details. We anticipate that the directory will be published this winter. Please feel free to contact us toll-free at 1-877-UH-ALUMS (1-877-842-5867) if you have any questions.
Keep an eye on your inbox in August when we’ll be sending you a reader survey about our e-newsletter Nūpepa. We’d like to hear from you and learn what you would like to read about. So please keep an eye on your inbox and share your thoughts with us! Questions, comments or suggestions? Email the editor at Nupepa.editor@uhf.hawaii.edu.
If not, you might be missing out on one of the best ways to reconnect with lost friends and find out about all the opportunities to meet fellow UH alumni at UHAA events. Registration only takes a few minutes and you’ll be on your way to meeting new people and reconnecting with former classmates. Become part of a growing online network of friends at UHAA Online. Email us today with your full name and academic details at alumnihelp@uhf.hawaii.edu and we’ll send you registration instructions.
To read some of the UH-related media coverage in Hawai‘i during the past month in pdf format, please click here.
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A planet larger than Pluto has been discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system and UH Mānoa alumnus Chad Trujillo (MS ’98, PhD ’00) along with two other colleagues, David Rabinowitz and Dr. Mike Brown, is credited with helping to discover the tenth planet named 2003 UB313. The planet was discovered at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, Calif.
The planet is about 97 times further from the sun than the Earth, and is the farthest-known object in the solar system.
Trujillo, who while at UH received the 1998 Helen Jones Farrar ARCS Scholarship, currently works at the Gemini Observatory on Mauna Kea. Trujillo, Brown and Rabinowitz have determined that the planet they’ve found is much bigger than Pluto. They first photographed the new planet in October of 2003, but because the object was so far away, they didn’t know just how big it really was until they were able to analyze the data last January.
To read more about this new discovery, please visit:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=17528
http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=142
The UH Foundation is listed as one of Hawai‘i’s top 250 companies in this month’s issue of "Hawai‘i Business" magazine and was highlighted as having one of the largest gross revenue growth from fiscal year 2003 to 2004. Read the article here.
The UH System's Mālamalama magazine was recently awarded a 2005 Koa Hammer by the Public Relations Society of America Hawai‘i Chapter. The magazine, designed and edited by UH Creative Services and published by External Affairs and University Relations, won in the external audience magazine category. Mālamalama is mailed to more than 150,000 alumni and donor households three times a year.
UH Mānoa alumnus and senior project manager for spaceport engineering and technology at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Chris Davis (BS ’83, MS ’93), is helping NASA determine what caused a large chunk of foam to break off an external tank of the space shuttle Discovery. Read more here.
Dr. Rose Tseng, chancellor of UH Hilo, announced the selection of Peter B. Giles as director of the Mauna Kea Astronomy Education Center, effective September 1, 2005. Giles, who served 18 years as president and CEO at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, replaces Dr. Marlene Nachbar Hapai, who is resigning August 31, 2005 for personal reasons.
Read more here.
UH Mānoa joined 12 universities from Asia to become the only institution from the U.S. selected to be a founding member of the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE). Dr. Edgar Porter, interim dean of the School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies and UH Mānoa’s liaison for International Affairs, represented the university at the founder’s meeting in December 2004 at Korea University to discuss objectives and sign the statement of intent.
The APAIE is the first of its kind for the region. Founding members envision it to be a collaborative body of international educators who will promote and support communication, networking, professional development, and other areas critical to the advancement of international education in Asia and the Pacific.
For more information about APAIE, the 2006 conference and how to become a member, visit www.apaie.org.
The Chinese Civic Association of Hawai‘i (CCAH) recently donated $6,000 to fund student scholarships for college graduates enrolled in UH Hilo’s MA program in China – U.S. Relations. Nearly 20 students are currently enrolled in the program and selected scholars will be eligible for annual awards of up to $2,000 each.
CCAH’s gift represents its second contribution to the new MA program launched last fall. In addition to scholarships, CCAH has donated a total of nearly $4,000 to UH Hilo’s Edwin A. Mookini Library to purchase library reference materials and to maintain an online database system supporting the new MA program.
CCAH’s signature “Taste of Asia” event is the driving force behind the group’s fundraising efforts. To date, proceeds from the annual dining extravaganza have funded more than $12,000 in student scholarships and library resource purchases for the UH Hilo MA program.
Frederick Burkle, M.D., M.P.H., UH Mānoa professor of public health sciences and epidemiology at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, recently received the Award for Service to Medicine and Community from the University of Vermont College of Medicine's Medical Alumni Association.
Dr. Burkle received the award in recognition of his extraordinary work in disaster management and humanitarian assistance throughout the world, as well as his exemplary military service.
The award is presented to graduates who have maintained a high standard of medical service and who have achieved an outstanding record of community service or assumed other significant responsibilities in addition to their medical practice. Read more here.
The UH Board of Regents (BOR) has approved the appointment of Dr. Marcia Sakai as dean of the College of Business and Economics at UH Hilo, effective August 1, 2005.
Dr. Sakai, who holds the rank of professor in tourism and economics, has been serving as interim dean since 2004, the year the college was established. She previously served as director of the college, director of the School of Business Administration and chair of the Division of Business and Economics at UH Hilo.
The BOR also approved the appointment of Dr. William Steiner as dean of the UH Hilo’s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management. Dr. Steiner will assume his new duties in September.
For the past decade, Steiner has served as director of the Pacific Islands Ecosystems Research Center in Honolulu.
Active in teaching, Steiner held the position of adjunct associate professor at the University of Missouri from 1986-1995 and adjunct professor at UH Mānoa from 1995. He is also an associate in research with the Bishop Museum and serves on the State of Hawai`i Endangered Species Review Committee.
Both appointments were approved during the BOR’s July meeting in Honolulu.
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The individuals who designed and planted the Native Plant Garden in Sherman Courtyard on the UH Mānoa campus were recently honored by Scenic Hawai‘i, Inc. with the 2005 Betty Crocker Landscape Award for a Community Garden. The garden was developed under the leadership of project coordinator Travis Idol and team members Roxanne Adams, Dr. Andrew Kauffman, and Jody Smith, as an educational resource to enable students to view Hawaiian plants in a garden modeled on native ecosystems. Volunteers and landscaping students planted the garden during 2004 and 2005. CTAHR teammates Samir El-Swaify, Carl Evensen, Jody Smith, Andy Kauffman, and Farouk Wang accepted the award during Scenic Hawai‘i’s annual awards ceremony on July 11 at the Outrigger Canoe Club.
A fact sheet about the garden is available at http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nrem/courtyard/factsheet.pdf. For more information, visit: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/nrem/courtyard.html.
CTAHR alumna Tracie Uchima recently received the Stan Bates Award as the Western Athletic Conference’s top female scholar-athlete for the 2004-05 school year. A skilled softball outfielder, Tracie successfully balanced athletic achievement with academic accomplishment and community service. She batted .327 and scored 31 runs last season. Graduating in May 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in animal sciences, she maintained a 3.8 grade point average while serving as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Hawai‘i Rotaract Club, a teacher’s aide and reader at Hokulani and Noelani Elementary Schools, and a veterinarian assistant at the Honolulu Zoo. Tracie plans to attend veterinary school at Michigan State University.
Daniel Rubinoff and William Haines of UH Mānoa’s Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences recently discovered a unique predatory behavior in an endemic Hawaiian caterpillar, now named Hyposmocoma Mollucivora. The caterpillar uses its silk glands much as a spider does, to capture and immobilize its prey, namely native snails of the genus Tornatellides. When it encounters a resting snail clinging to a leaf, the caterpillar restrains the snail with silk so that it cannot escape by falling off the leaf. Once the hapless snail is bound to the leaf, the caterpillar enters its shell and eats it. Carnivorous caterpillars are rare, and this is the first report of one that eats snails. It was published in the prestigious journal Science on July 22. Congratulations to Dan and Will on this fascinating and notable finding, which received attention from both local and national media outlets. Click here to read an article on this.
Four UH Hilo students have been named as recipients of the UH’s prestigious Presidential Scholarship. The UH Board of Regents established the Presidential Scholarship and its companion Regents Scholarship to support students with a record of outstanding academic achievement.
UH Hilo’s Presidential Scholars and their respective majors are: Marla Garcia (Biology), Heather Kaluna (Astronomy), Branden Lohrey (Natural Science) and Faye Plescia (Psychology).
Presidential Scholarships are awarded to 10 college juniors who earn a cumulative GPA of 3.7 for all their college-level work, a record of sustained progress in academic courses, and evidence of superior academic achievement or creative endeavor. As Presidential Scholars, each receives a full tuition waiver for two years of undergraduate study, $4,000 a year and a one-time travel grant of $2,000.
UH cancer center researchers have been hearing from patients who are taking noni that they are reporting less pain interfering with activities.
The noni plant, once used throughout Polynesia for its healing properties, is today being promoted worldwide for its perceived health benefits.
UH researchers want to know if noni helps more than it harms and the first thing they are taking a look at is the effects of noni on people and whether or not it does what the ads claim.
To read more, visit: http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/24/news/story5.html.
Thirty-seven undergraduate interns from across the state are participating in the UH Hilo Pacific Internship Programs for Exploring Science (PIPES) program. The PIPES program and its collaborating partners have been working since 1997 to increase the involvement of underrepresented minorities in science and conservation biology. A significant part of the program focuses on local interns, especially those of Native Hawaiian ancestry.
PIPES’ goal is to strengthen the state’s efforts in protecting and managing its natural resources by connecting researchers and partner agencies to young people as part of the overall effort to train the next generation of scientists.
After a four-day orientation program in Hilo, participants reported to their respective sites to begin nine-week internships with host agency researchers, resource managers, and educators from the university, federal and state government and non-profit organizations. The internships provide students with the opportunity to come together to learn about conservation issues in Hawai‘i, conservation research methods through hands-on activities and the keys for successful internships. All interns write project proposals, work with their agencies on a directed project or program, complete a final project report and give a final presentation at the end of the summer. Most will also attend the Hawai‘i Conservation Conference in late July in Honolulu.
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On Sunday, August 7, the Los Angeles/Orange County Chapter of the UH Alumni Association hosted its fourth annual summer sendoff for new students to UH Mānoa. Approximately 65 students, family, friends and UH alumni participated in this year’s event.
To kick things off, each attendee selected a name tag with a Hawaiian word printed on it next to its English equivalent. They also received a sheet listing only the Hawaiian words. Attendees were instructed to check each other’s name tags to find the English equivalents of the words on their lists. The mixer worked and successfully engaged attendees.
Chapter president, Jeff Rowe, welcomed new students to the send-off and asked UH alumni to say a few words about their background and experiences at UH. Following introductions, a local halau performed for attendees.
Kalua pork, poi, spam musubi, chicken long rice, guava cake, Chinese chicken salad, macaroni salad, potato salad, fried rice, cookies, and a scattering of cracked seed and candies were among Hawai‘i delicacies enjoyed at the event. The unique spread raised a flurry of questions from attendees like “What’s that? How do you eat it? What does it taste like?”
Another highlight of the evening was the island-themed quiz President Jeff Rowe gave to the soon-to-be students. Questions ranged from the population of the State of Hawai‘i to the meaning of various Hawaiian words. Each winner received a UH-themed prize item.
To wrap up the send-off, the chapter held a Wahine Water Polo benefit drawing where CDs, DVDs, UH shirts, and Wahine Water Polo-signed items, hats and logo mugs were handed out to lucky winners.
On September 6th, the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl will present the second annual “Flavors” winetasting event at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel ballroom. More than 100 wines from noteable wineries, including Penfolds, Pieper Heidsieck, Kendall Jackson and Kenwood will be available for tasting. Other highlights include an educational wine seminar, door prizes and a silent auction. Pupus will be served. Proceeds from the function will go to Hawai‘i Children’s Cancer Foundation, Cure Autism Now Foundation, Rainbow Fever and the UH Letterwinners Club. For more information in pdf format, please click here.
Top island entertainment, ‘ono food, unique local crafts , keiki activities, community exhibits and a host of special campus attractions will be part of the 5th Annual Windward Ho‘olaule‘a, Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Windward Community College in Kane‘ohe. The theme for the celebration is “Windward Ho‘olaule‘a – Spanning the Generations.” The non-alcoholic event is expected to draw more than 25,000 attendees. No coolers will be allowed. Admission is free.
“Our goal is to showcase Windward O‘ahu and help people discover opportunities at the college and in the community,” said Chair Janis Chun. “This is a grassroots event for people of all ages.”
Sponsored by Windward Community College and the Kane‘ohe Business Group, the event will be a community day of family fun that will include Hawaiian games, keiki rides and shows in the college’s new Paliku Theatre, the high-tech Imaginarium, and Gallery ‘Iolani. A storytelling corner for children of all ages will be provided by Read-to-Me International and the Honolulu Sunrise Rotary.
Among those in the entertainment line-up will be Na Hoku Hanohano award winners Raiatea Helm, Auntie Genoa Keawe and Ho‘okena, as well as the Royal Hawaiian Band and the 3D’s.
The celebration also is one of 100 special centennial events for the City and County of Honolulu. For more details, check the Ho‘olaule‘a web site at http://www.wcc.hawaii.edu/hoolaulea.
UH Mānoa-bound students were invited to the UHAA Alumni & Friends - Las Vegas Summer Sendoff for Nevada students. The sendoff was held at the home of Rae Pattison where students, parents, second-year students and members enjoyed a potluck dinner.
UHAA graciously provided gifts for the students. The purpose of the sendoff is to give the students an opportunity to meet other students headed for UH Mānoa. This was the second sendoff the Las Vegas chapter hosted and they plan to make it an annual event.
In addition to the sendoff, the Las Vegas chapter recently established the “We Care” project for Hawai‘i National Guard in the Middle East. On July 1, 2005, the committee mailed 24 boxes to two units in Kuwait and Iraq. Project “We Care” committee members are Lynette Macauley, Cindy Puana, Gerry Hackney, Rozita Lee and Merriam Olds.
The “We Care” project is ongoing and donations toward the purchase of telephone calling cards for the two units are being solicited. Chapter members are excited about the project and encourage anyone who would like to volunteer or donate items to get in touch with the committee by sending an email to: Hzleric@aol.com.
Tickets are now on sale for the 10th annual Mealani "A Taste of the Hawaiian Range" food and agriculture festival, to be held Friday, September 16, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawai‘i's Kohala Coast. This delicious celebration will feature locally raised forage-finished meats and fresh, Big Island vegetables prepared by many of the state's top chefs. From humble town hall beginnings, the event has grown to feature more than 1,800 participants, but it remains true to its roots as an educational forum that brings together food producers, preparers, and consumers.
This year, the Taste welcomes two prominent visitors returning from the mainland. Chef Rodelio Aglibot of Yi Cuisine, a pan-Asian fusion restaurant located in Los Angeles, grew up in Hawai‘i and hopes to establish connections with agricultural producers here. Brook Lee (Miss Hawai‘i, Miss USA, and Miss Universe (1997) is the host of Pacific Fusion, a television program on Asian Pacific American culture that airs in Hawai‘i and in San Francisco. She will be bringing her film crew to the food show. Tickets are $35.00 in advance and $50.00 at the gate. Buy yours today before they're gone; visit www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/taste for more information.
On Saturday, September 17, an all-day farm tour is planned and will be sponsored by the Big Island Farm Bureau. "A Taste of Kamuela: A Heritage Tour" will visit a vegetable and flower farm, a traditional agricultural site, and a working ranch. The tour originates from the Waimea Farmers' Market located at the Kuhio Hale Building. Participants will leave the market at 9:15 a.m. and return at 5:15 p.m. Lunch is included. To learn more about the tour, visit www.hawaiiagventures.com or contact Stacy Davis, Hawai‘i AgVentures Coordinator, by phone at 808-882-7084 or by email at hawaiiagventures@verizon.net.
Each year, the School of Travel Industry Management at UH Mānoa and its alumni association, TIM International, Inc., pay tribute to an individual who has made significant and long-term contributions to the travel industry. This year the two organizations are proud to honor Mr. Peter Schall, recently retired senior vice president and managing director of Hilton Hawai‘i. Mr. Schall’s 40-year career of dedication and contribution to Hawai‘i’s visitor industry will be honored at this year’s “Celebrate A Legacy in Tourism” Fundraiser and Silent Auction event. Proceeds from this celebration will go towards funding scholarships and providing support for a lectureship program focused on resort management and planning.
The School of Travel Industry Management is the leading professional institution in development and dissemination of knowledge on all aspects of the travel industry in the Asia Pacific. One of the school’s important areas of focus is resort planning and management which provides it with a unique position within hospitality, travel education and research.
Date: November 1, 2005 ● Time: 5:30 – 9:00 PM
Hilton Hawaiian Village ● Coral Ballroom
Tickets are $225 each, tables of 10 start at $2,000. For an invitation or information on supporting this fundraiser, please call 808-864-9812.
The UH College of Business Pacific Asian Management Institute (PAMI) hosted Fons Trompenaars, Ph.D., author of "Riding the Waves of Culture" & "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" and managing director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Intercultural Management Consulting, delivered the 2005 N.H. Paul Chung Memorial Lecture at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on August 5. He is often cited as one of the top five management consultants, along with Michael Porter, Tom Peters and Edward de Bono and as the “World's Greatest Culture Guru." Dr. Trompenaars presented to a room full of students, faculty, alumni and community leaders insightful knowledge on “How Eastern Values are Transforming Western Business Practices – Leveraging Cross-Cultural Competence for Business Performance.”
Of particular relevance was Dr. Trompenaars’ research comparing the cultures of the UK, Germany, France, Japan, Korea, China, India and the U.S. (with Hawai‘i separated) along seven dimensions. His research findings placed Hawai‘i between Asia and the U.S., with greatest cultural similarity to Japan. Dr. Trompennars took this one step further and provided advice on how Hawai‘i could leverage this cultural positioning between Asia and the U.S. into wealth creation.
The N.H. Paul Chung Memorial Lecture is held annually and features a distinguished individual discussing an important international topic of interest. This event is held in honor of Dr. Paul Chung who founded PAMI in 1977 with the energetic vision of creating a “knowledge center” for international management. For over 28 years, PAMI has brought people together from countries around the world to study and exchange ideas on international business and related issues. This year’s event was co-hosted by the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin," College of Business Administration Alumni and Friends, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, University of Colorado at Denver - Center for International Business Education and Research, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council and the Professor N. H. Paul Chung Memorial Fund.
UH Mānoa alumnus George Kuo (BS ’78), Martin Pahinui and Aaron Mahi are masters of ki ho'alu, or slack key guitar, the unique fingerstyle developed by 19th century Hawaiian cowboys. The three slack key legends will tour Oregon, California and Nevada in August.
To view their tour schedule in pdf format, please visit: http://www.uhf.hawaii.edu/uhalumni/external/kuopahinuimahitouraugust05.pdf.
George Kuo’s web site: http://www.dancingcat.com/artists/George_Kuo.html
Martin Pahinui’s web site: http://www.dancingcat.com/artists/Martin_Pahinui.html
August
14 9am UH Mānoa Summer 2005 Commencement Ceremonies at Stan Sheriff Arena
14 9 - 10:30am Reception for Alumni in Miami
23 7pm – 10pm Ke Kani O Ke Kai – Music at the Aquarium - Waikiki Aquarium
September
10 4pm UH vs. MSU football tailgate
16 6 – 8pm Taste of the Hawaiian Range presented by CTAHR
19 7am – 3pm The Eighth Annual Aloha Invitational Charity Golf Tournament UHAA-NCRC Chapter
23 6:30 – 9pm Second Annual All-Class Reunion William S. Richardson School of Law
24 10am – 10pm Windward Community College Ho‘olaule‘a
27 5:30 – 7:30pm CASAA Wine Tasting Event at Vino in Restaurant Row
October
7 6 – 9pm Aloha Friday Pau Hana Business Mixer 2005 UHAA Pacific Northwest Chapter Event
7-8 Washington State College Fairs 2005 UHAA Pacific Northwest Chapter Event
14 7:30am – 9am CASAA breakfast gathering “Meet Athletics Director, Herman Frazier”
9-15 UH Homecoming: A week of festivities celebrating UH and its ‘ohana
21-22 UH Alumni Association & HCCNC Present: 2005 Road Warrior Tailgate-San Jose
To view other events, please click here.
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In addition to the discounts, your membership with UHAA offers on air travel and hotel stays, you can also save on rental cars, both at home and while traveling. Be sure to take advantage of all the possibilities.
Alamo Rent-A-Car is proud to offer corporate discounts to UHAA and its members. Alamo is one of the nation's largest rental car companies that services domestic and international travel destinations by providing quality vehicles and service to leisure, business, and local customers. To use your discount, look in your membership packet for further information, or call our office at 1-866-UH-ALUMS (1-866-842-5867). With the UHAA corporate ID, you can save on car rentals throughout the Hawaiian Islands as well as on the mainland.
With your UHAA travel partners - Alamo Rent A Car, Hawaiian Airlines, and Outrigger/Ohana Hotels - your membership can pay for itself, while you are on vacation!
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The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Athletics Department has entered into a partnership with CreditBack to provide fans with special offers on tickets to UH men's and women's sporting events and a variety of discounts at more than 200 Oahu retail outlets, Herman Frazier, athletics director, has announced.
Fans purchasing the UH CreditBack card, which is $35, will receive a voucher for two free tickets to a UH sport of their choice (based on availability), as well as the opportunity to receive four tickets for the price of three whenever they purchase tickets at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office and Les Murakami Stadium.
Additionally, fans will receive a voucher for a free UH ticket each time they make $200 or more in ticket purchases.
"We are truly excited about our partnership with CreditBack." Frazier said. "We will offer incredible benefits and discounts to our fans, while increasing attendance and generating additional funds to support our student-athletes."
UH CreditBack cards go on sale beginning Monday, August 15, at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office. A ticket window will be dedicated exclusively to the sale of the cards.
"Our alliance with UH Athletics is a positive for our entire community," Chris McMahon, CreditBack director of merchant services, said. "From a consumer standpoint, this is the best $35 they'll ever spend. They'll receive outstanding ticket benefits from UH and great discounts on a variety of other services from hundreds of other retailers."
For additional information, visit HawaiiAthletics.com or CreditBack.com.
Mānoa Maniacs football and women's volleyball season tickets, as well as a new all-sports pass, are now on sale to all UH System students at the Stan Sheriff Center Box Office and by phone at 808-944-2697. The Mānoa Maniacs are the official student spirit group for UH Mānoa athletics.
Students can join the Mānoa Maniacs by purchasing season tickets or by purchasing the new "Mānoa Maniacs All-Sports Pass," which costs $35 and provides students with admission to eight UH sporting events (for the price of seven), along with all the benefits of Mānoa Maniacs membership.
Mānoa Maniacs' season tickets are available for $30 for football and $70 for women's volleyball. Students must present a valid UH identification card when purchasing their tickets at the Stan Sheriff Center. Students purchasing season tickets by phone must present a valid UH identification card for each seat purchased when picking up their tickets. Read more here.
A redesigned T-shirt, a free Hanai Bear and a membership card that can be used for a variety of special discounts are among the benefits UH Kids' Club members will receive during the 2005-06 UH sports seasons.
The new UH Kids' Club T-shirt features the club logo in full color (rather than last year's one-color design) and is free to all members. In addition, members will receive a certificate for a free Hanai Bear, which is wearing a mini UH Kids' Club T-shirt. Read more here.
UH football and women's volleyball season tickets are currently on sale for the general public.
The Warrior football team will open the 2005 season against two-time defending national champion USC on Saturday, Sept. 3 at Aloha Stadium. The home schedule also features Western Athletic Conference (WAC) rivals Boise State Saturday, Oct. 1, and Fresno State Saturday, Oct. 29. UH also hosts new WAC members New Mexico State (Oct. 15) and Utah State (Nov. 13).
Hawai‘i will wrap-up the regular season with non-conference games against Wisconsin Friday, Nov. 25, and former WAC member San Diego State Saturday, Dec. 3.
The Rainbow Wahine volleyball team will face one of its toughest schedules in recent history, hosting nine teams that were in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Hawai‘i opens its home schedule with national semifinalist USC Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Stan Sheriff Center. Read more here.
The CSTV/AVCA Women's Volleyball Division I Preseason Poll was released with the UH Rainbow Wahine ranked No. 4, with one first-place vote.
The Rainbow Wahine finished the 2004 season with a 30-1 record, ranked No. 8 in the final poll. Hawai‘i returns 12 letterwinners for the 2005 season, including all seven starters, while adding newcomers Sarah Mason, a transfer from Oregon, and incoming freshman Jamie Houston.
Nebraska, UH's season-opening opponent in the AVCA/NACWAA Volleyball Showcase on Aug. 26, is the top-ranked team with 35 first-place votes. The other two teams in the Volleyball Showcase, Stanford and Penn State, are ranked Nos. 3 and 5, respectively. Other teams on UH's schedule that are ranked in the Top 25 are No. 2 Washington (Sept. 16 and 17), No. 7 Southern California (Sept. 1) and No. 13 UCLA (Sept. 10). Nevada (Oct. 8 and Oct. 27) and Loyola Marymount (Sept. 23 and 24) are listed as others receiving votes.
UH opens its fall practice on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 6 p.m., at the Stan Sheriff Center.
Complete 2005 CSTV/AVCA Preseason Poll
Renewable tickets for the 2005 Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl, which will be played on Christmas Eve, are currently on sale, Jim Donovan, executive director, has announced.
Renewable ticket order forms were mailed out Tuesday, July 12. The renewal deadline is Friday, Aug. 5.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, Sept. 19. For the 2005 game, ticket prices will be $40, $25, and $15, marking the fourth-consecutive year that Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl prices have remained the same.
ESPN will televise the game, which will feature Conference USA vs. the Western Athletic Conference, live at 3:30 p.m., Hawai‘i Time (8:30 p.m. EST) Saturday, Dec. 24, at Aloha Stadium.
The Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl was played on Christmas Day for the first two years, and on Christmas Eve last season when Hawai‘i defeated UAB, 59-40. Tulane defeated Hawai‘i, 36-28, in the inaugural game in 2002, while Hawai‘i defeated Houston, 54-48, in triple overtime in 2003.
For more information, call 808-523-3688 or visit sheratonhawaiibowl.com.
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