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Awards Ceremony, 2009 PBN Finalists
UH Hilo exec makes conference center a true marketing partner
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Date: Sunday, April 12, 2009, 6:00pm HST
Judith Fox-Goldstein likes to joke that her job can be viewed as “creative chaos.”
She is the creator and director of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Conference Center.
The center opened in 1990 as a university project but is self-supporting, operating on grants and event fees and contracts.
It acts as an events-planning organization, putting on academic and business meetings throughout the state and coordinating special events inside and outside of the UH Hilo community. It also plans festivals and workshops, and handles UH Hilo’s commencement exercises each semester.
“We look at our unit as an extension of the university’s marketing department, as a way to help showcase UH Hilo,” Fox-Goldstein said.
She and a staff of seven, whom she refers to as “eventologists,” help plan everything from site location to accommodations for attendees to food and beverage and technical support for events and workshops. The center also interns UH Hilo students.“Judith has reinvented all the traditional concepts of what a nonprofit, government or university program can do to be competitive and to survive, especially during difficult economic times,” a colleague said. “She leads by example and has an exhausting — and inspiring — work ethic that sets the standard for everyone who works with her.”
The conference center also runs the Hawaiian EDventure Travel Program, which coordinates learning tours for out-of-state visitors.
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A Thank You Card From Our Japanese Participants
- Big Island Candies ONO. We love it!
- I was happy that I could come to UH. Mahalo. I will continue to learn Hula with a joy.
- Mahalo, Mahalo, Thank you. It was a joyous memory. Noriko
- Started from wonderful greetings, I felt so happy. Thank you. Naoka
- The beautiful nature and beautiful hearts. I love Hilo and cookies too. Thank you. Yukiko
- Thank you. I enjoyed this program. Natsuki
- ALOHA! JUDITH
- Thank you for the cookies. I will buy more for the souvenir. Noriyo
- I want to come back to Hilo. Pikakenuilani Kinoshita
- It was the best day of my Hula life. Pualilia
- ALOHA- It was a great experience for me. Thank you! Sachiko Uono
- Thank you for inviting us. Junko
- Mahalo. Aya Kealohilani
- Mahalo. Keiko Iwamoto
- Thank you for the great experience. Miyuki
- Thank you for the wonderful opportunity. S. Yoshida
- The candies tasted good especially when we were tired. Kazuko
- Thank you. Mitsuyo Fukuoka
- Thank you for the wonderful opportunity. The lessons were fun. I will not forget. Hiromi K
- I love Hilo. I love Hula. Mahalo Nui Loa. Yumiko Hosokawa
- Big Island Candies were delicious! Mahalo. Ritsuko
- I did not know that there was the UH in Hilo also. For me, coming to UH became a good memory.
Thank you. Marika T - Thank you for the delicious cookies. Mahalo. Setsuko
- Everyday was a moving experience. I want to come back next year. K.H.Yanagi
- It was a fulfilling 5 days of program. Thank you for everything. Mahalo. Shino
- I love you. I am a Judith fan. Thank you so much. Miyuki
“A New Sound: Green For All”
Video description
The dirty energy economy has brought pollution and poverty to too many. But a clean-energy economy can bring opportunity, health, and wealth to struggling communities. Weatherizing homes, installing solar panels, manufacturing wind turbines – these jobs of a clean energy economy will put millions of people to work in their own communities.
A new green economy will provide opportunity to people who have been left out of the old economy. That is the promise of Green For All.
Watch the video. Take Action. Share A New Sound with your friends and family.
The Art of Hula
Program Description
From June 27th to July 2nd, 2009, the Hawaiian EDventure team implemented an intensive Hula program led by Kiwala`o Taylor (Aloha Hula Arts partner) who thaught our EDventurers the necessary knowledge and techniques to Honor Pele, the goddess of volcanoes (see the video). The program was filled with hands-on activities (kupee making, preparing Ho`okupu …etc) and introduced different places of the Hawaii Island; the pilgrimage indeed ended up to the sacred Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This EDventure definitely shared some of the Hawaiian culture based on respect, well being, art and gaiety!
The Art of Hula Video
Summit Camp 2009
HAWAIIAN EDventure SUMMIT CAMP & TRAVEL
The 2009 Summer Summit leaving Hilo
The University of Hawaii at Hilo EDventure program participated in coordinating the 2009 Summit Camp on the Hawaii Island for 7 days. The collaborative program brought boys and girls (ages 15-24) to:
- Enjoy Lili`uokalani Park and its Hip Pop activities (see video)
- Explore the universe at the Imiloa Astronomy center
- Relax at Coconut Island with recreational activities
- Visit the beautiful Akatsuka Orchid Garden
- Learn Hawaiian History (tsunami, plantation, kings…etc)
- Walk around the Hawaiian Volcanoes National Park and Rainforest
- Spend a full day with our Kupunas to experience the true Hawaiian Culture !!!
Hope you enjoyed the experience as much as it looked like !!! Please let us know !
Aloha and A hui hou
Do you believe in the new G8 ambitions?
Introduction
“The annual Leaders’ Summit is the highest-profile and most important event in the G8 process, but that process does in fact cover the whole year, with meetings at the ministerial and ranking functionary levels. The main issues on the Italian Presidency’s agenda are: a response to the global economic and financial crisis; the restoration of grassroots confidence and a boost to growth on a more solid and balanced basis, also through the definition of new, shared ground rules for economic activities; a focus on the social aspect of employment, to help the weaker sectors of society both in the industrially advanced countries and in the poorer countries; the struggle against protectionism and the deregulation of world trade for everyone’s benefit; the resolution of regional crises; food security and safety; and the struggle against climate changes. To debate these issues, the Italian Presidency has organized a G8 Summit which will be unique in terms of the number of countries attending, comprising as it will both the emerging countries, Africa and the main International Organizations. Some 90% of the world’s economy will be represented at the Summit in the expanded working sessions. ”
http://www.g8italia2009.it/G8/Home/G8-G8_Layout_locale-1199882116809_Summit.htm
Concerns
07/08/09- The G8 (Canada, the Russian Federation, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States) met at Aquila, Italy in order to establish balance in the world (economically, socially, environmentally, legally, and equitably). What a challenge and ambition ! It really sounds like that the G8 is thinking more sustainably ! This is probably the result of numerous anti-globalization protests during previous G8 summits (June 2007 in Rostock, Germany for instance). Even if the G8 formulated a promising outline, focused on poorer countries (best way to mother world balance), no real progress have been made (to today 07/10/09)
Progress
07/10/09- “Developing nations are prepared to make concessions on climate change targets if the G8 fulfils its side of the bargain in the run-up to the climate change talks in Copenhagen in December, a key negotiator told the Guardian today.
The developing countries want the G8 nations to sign up to a 40% cut by 2020, but that figure is off the radar of the EU and, given the unwieldy legislation laboriously passing through the senate, not a possibility for the US.
In important forward steps this week, the G8 agreed to cut its emissions by 80% by 2050 and said worldwide emissions should fall 50% by the same date.
However, the value of this pledge has been reduced by the lack of an agreed start date from which the emission cuts should be measured, making it a distant promise.”
See full article (HERE)
Short summary
Even though the Aquila G8 summit and the coming one in Copenhagen (Denmark, Dec. 11, 2009) definitely show a concern in environmental, health and economical issues specifically for poorer countries, the G8 still does seem to have much trust from the public opinion anymore. Indeed, the Heads of State and Government Leaders of the world’s major industrially advanced democracies have been meeting on an annual basis since 1975 to debate the most important economic and political issues on the global agenda, but never really make any major revolution.
DO YOU THINK THE WORLD AND G8 IS CHANGING? DO YOU FEEL THAT IT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO WORK ON INTERNATIONAL COHESION?
