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<DIV>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.<BR>-------<BR>wahjeh<BR>rolland nadjiwon</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first
Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall
commencement<BR><BR>University of Hawaii at Hilo<BR>Contact: Alyson
Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642<BR>Director Media Relations<BR>Posted: December
16, 2008<BR><BR>A Maori educator from New Zealand will become the first
recipient of a doctoral<BR>degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at
Hilo.<BR><BR>Katarina Edmonds will receive the Ph.D. in Hawaiian and
Indigenous Language and<BR>Culture Revitalization awarded by Ka Haka `Ula O
Ke`elikolani College of<BR>Hawaiian Language. Edmonds will receive her degree
in absentia during fall<BR>commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 20,
beginning at 9:00 a.m. in<BR>the UH Hilo New Gym.<BR><BR>A member of the Te
Whanau a Apanui and Rutaia tribes, Edmonds has an extensive<BR>background in
language and cultural education dating back to 1980. She earned<BR>her
undergraduate degrees in education and Maori and a masters in
applied<BR>linguistics from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New
Zealand. After<BR>eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium
schools, Edmonds became<BR>involved in Maori immersion education and
discovered the value of teaching<BR>through the Maori language. Subsequently,
Edmonds returned to Waikato to earn a<BR>graduate degree in bilingual
education and to train Maori immersion teachers in<BR>the Universitys teacher
education program.<BR><BR>Access full article below:<BR><A
href="http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052">http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>