Marshall Islands president visits HPU

HONOLULU - Geoffrey Bannister, president of Hawai'i Pacific University, greets Republic of the Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak, a 1979 graduate of HPU¹s College of Business Administration, during a visit to HPU, Sept. 21. Loeak was in Honolulu on his way to New York to take part in the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, where President Obama and Mitt Romney are both scheduled to speak. Bannister also spoke to Carl Hacker, president of the College of the Marshall Islands, and Noda Lojkar, Consul General of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in Honolulu. Bannister said HPU wants to continue to develop a mutually beneficial relationship between the university and the republic. (Click for high resolution)

HPU President Geoffrey Bannister listens as Republic of the Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak
reminisces about his time as a student at the university. (Click for high resolution)

HPU President Geoffrey Bannister speaks to Republic of the Marshall Islands President Christopher Loeak
about cutting edge research at the Oceanic Institute, an HPU affiliate. (Click for high resolution)