Dustin Shindo delivers keynote at 2007 Fall Commencement. Photo by John Oshima.

UH Hilo celebrated Fall Commencement today! There were 233 candidates for various degrees and certificates. The UH Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching went to Raina Ivanova, associate professor of mathematics.

Keynote speaker was Dustin Shindo, a fantastically successful “local boy” from Hilo, now CEO of Hoku Scientific in Kapolei, a publicly traded company that’s building a plant to produce silicon, a key component in solar energy systems and other electronics.

More on Commencement in press release here .