“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched—they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller

I do not know how to begin to thank everyone for the many, many hours of hard work to showcase our University. From exhibits to symposia, to tree planting and luau, the week clearly demonstrated everyone’s ability to pull-together with dignity and true aloha spirit. People from near and far, and from within our University and in our community were impressed with University of Hawaii at Hilo. Our community-at-large expressed to me their pleasure and sense of pride in having a University like ours on this island of Hawaii. Although the celebratory events are over, I hope we will continue forward with the spirit of working together in promoting the theme of uniting the world through education, technology and culture.

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