Wouldn't it be swell if we all could establish a doctoral program supporting our
language(s)? A feel good thought for today...<br /><br />Phil<br />UofA<br
/><br />Quoting Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn@shaw.ca>:<br />
<br />
> Thanks Phil...that is really great news to receive. I have been <br />
> watching what the Hawaiian and Maori peoples have been doing for some <br
/>
> time.<br />
> -------<br />
> wahjeh<br />
> rolland nadjiwon<br />
><br />
><br />
> ----- Original Message -----<br />
> From: phil cash cash<br />
> To: ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br />
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:51 AM<br />
> Subject: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall <br />
> commencement (fwd link)<br />
><br />
><br />
> 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 <br />
> 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 <br />
> 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 <br />
> 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 <br />
> an extensive<br />
> background in language and cultural education dating back to 1980. <br />
> 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, <br />
> Edmonds became<br />
> involved in Maori immersion education and discovered the value of
teaching<br />
> through the Maori language. Subsequently, Edmonds returned to <br />
> Waikato to earn a<br />
> graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Maori immersion <br
/>
> teachers in<br />
> the Universitys teacher education program.<br />
><br />
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