SPRING 1999 GRADUATES

Laura Albright

  • High Honors in Political Science
  • William Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Golden Key, National Honor Society
  • 1999 Carl Knobloch Award, Department of Political Scienc
  • 1998 Richard Kosaki Award for Excellence in Research,

Leslie Arakaki

  • Honors in Computer Science
  • UH Educational Technology Graduate Program

Tia Ballantine-Berger

  • Highest Honors in English
  • UH English Graduate Program
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Golden Key, National Honor Society
  • 2 years tuition waiver for academic merit
  • Hemingway Best Undergraduate Poet
  • Academy of American Poet

Darrett Choy

  • Highest Honors in Biology
  • Regent Scholar
  • John Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honors Societ
  • Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society

Serafin Colmenares, III

  • Highest Honors in Microbiology
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Biomedical Symposium Award
  • Barry Goldwater Scholarship
  • Sidney Townsley Scholarship of College of Natural Science
  • Asian-Pacific Scholarship

Susan Fink

  • Highest Honors in Biology
  • Regent Scholar
  • MD/PhD Program at University of Washington
  • Honorary Membership in American Association for the Advancement of Science, Hawaiian Academy of Science
  • Golden Key, National Honor Society

Charmaine Higa

  • Highest Honors in Psychology
  • University of Tulsa Graduate Program
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology

Courtney Horwath

  • Honors in Liberal Studies
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society

I Han Lam

  • Honors in Psychology
  • Plans for Graduate School, Psychology
  • Pacific Asian Scholarship, Fall 1996 - Spring 1999
  • Scholarship from Psychology Department
  • Scholarship from State Department of Education of Macau
  • Tuition Waiver from International Student Services

Lisa Martin

  • Honors in Psychology
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Golden Key, National Honor Society
  • Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
  • Plan for Graduate Program

Hui Ming Brenda Ng

  • High Honors in Travel Industry Management
  • Working, Singapore Tourism Board 
  •  Eta Sigma Delta, International Hospitality Management Honor 
    Society
  • Outstanding Senior in Tourism
  • Travel Industry Management Dean’s Scholar
  •  Presented paper at 30th Annual Conference of Travel & Tourism Research Association (TTRA), Halifax, Nova Scotia
  •  Undergraduate Student Award from TTRA

Kyra Nishimoto

  • Honors in Biology
  • Plans for Medical School

Kelly Shimabukuro

  • Highest Honors in Biology
  • Regent Scholar
  • Mt. Sinai Medical School
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society

Kellie Takamiya

  • Honors in Psychology
  • JET Program
  • Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology

Kimberly Tsumoto

  • Highest Honors in History
  • Golden Key, National Honor Society
  • Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society

Amber Turlik

  • High Honors in Psychology
  • Golden Key, National Honors Society
  • Psi Chi, National Honors Society in Psychology

Merrisa Uchimura

  • Honors in English
  • Planning for law school

Yuko Yamamiya

  • Highest Honors in Psychology
  • Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society
  • Psi Beta, National Honor Society in Psychology
  • Asian-Pacific Scholarship

Waynele Yoshida

  • Highest Honors in Human Resource Management
  • Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society
  • Society for Human Resource Management Scholarship
  • Outstanding Senior in the College of Business Administration
  • Outstanding Senior in Human Resource Management