UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

Thanks Phil...that is really great news to receive. I have been watching what the Hawaiian and Maori peoples have been doing for some time.
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rolland nadjiwon


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  UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement

  University of Hawaii at Hilo
  Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
  Director Media Relations
  Posted: December 16, 2008

  A Maori educator from New Zealand will become the first recipient of a doctoral
  degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.

  Katarina Edmonds will receive the Ph.D. in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and
  Culture Revitalization awarded by Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of
  Hawaiian Language. Edmonds will receive her degree in absentia during fall
  commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 20, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in
  the UH Hilo New Gym.

  A member of the Te Whanau a Apanui and Rutaia tribes, Edmonds has an extensive
  background in language and cultural education dating back to 1980. She earned
  her undergraduate degrees in education and Maori and a master’s in applied
  linguistics from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. After
  eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium schools, Edmonds became
  involved in Maori immersion education and discovered the value of teaching
  through the Maori language. Subsequently, Edmonds returned to Waikato to earn a
  graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Maori immersion teachers in
  the University’s teacher education program.

  Access full article below:
  http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052
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