HPU community members participate in APEC

Dr. Carlos Juarez, Chairman of HPU’s Department of Social Sciences and Honorary Consul of Peru, meets with Rafael Roncagliolo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru, between APEC meetings at the Trump International Hotel in Waikiki Nov. 12. Later, Juarez served as the translator for Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and met several heads of state, including President Barack Obama, at the APEC Leaders Dinner. See "APEC, Peru and HPU" for more about one student's experience at APEC.

Karen Michael Mikel, Hawai‘i Pacific University Director of International Student
Services and advisor to HPU’s Malaysian Student Association joins HPU students
Stephenie Ng, Raja Nabil Imran Aziz Raja Dzurkarnain, Syed Shareef Alsagoff,
Eugene Mak and Leconte Lee at a dinner hosted by Malaysia Prime Minister
Najib Razak at the Halekulani Nov. 13. The prime minister visited Hawai‘i as part
of APEC.

Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak shakes hands with Dr. Matthew LoPresti,
chairman of HPU’s Asian Studies Program Nov. 13. Honorary Consul of Malaysia
and former Hawai‘i Gov. John Waihee accompanied the prime minister at the dinner.
LoPresti helped arrange for several HPU students from Malaysia to attend the event.

HPU students take the stage with Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak, his wife
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, and other Malaysian students studying in Hawai‘i.