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| The initial grant supported the 2009 Summer Institute for English Educators, which brought 26 teachers from 10 countries from Latin America, the Russian Federation, and Southeast Asia. Photo courtesy Dr. Carlos Juarez | |
| Volume 33, Issue No. 10, November 2, 2009 |
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Hawai‘i Pacific University has been awarded a renewal grant of $749,862 from the U.S. Department of State, announced Dr. Carlos Juárez, chair of the Department of International Studies and the grant’s Principal Investigator. The award represents a 59 percent increase from year-one of the grant when HPU was awarded $472,000. |
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The morning of Sept. 29 was like no other in American Samoa. After an 8.3 magnitude earthquake shook the islands at 6:48 a.m., no one expected a devastating 15 foot tsunami wave to wash across the island and claim the lives of 119 people less than 15 minutes later. |
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On Oct. 21 the newest group of HPU’s President’s Hosts was inducted during a ceremony held at the Hawai‘i Loa campus Academic Center lanai. The inductees were each given leis when they arrived, and President Wright presented the group to be recognized. |
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An HPU linguistics professor, and one of the school’s longest serving faculty members, realized a 55-year-old dream in October when he travelled to Rome to participate in the canonization of St. Damien of Moloka‘i. | |
