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

[phil cash cash]

Wouldn't it be swell if we all could establish a doctoral program 
supporting our
language(s)?  A feel good thought for today...
Phil
UofA
Quoting 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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> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: phil cash cash
>   To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>   Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:51 AM
>   Subject: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall 
> commencement (fwd link)
>
>
>   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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