Intercultural Day showcases HPU diversity

The April 16 Intercultural Day marked the 20th anniversary of HPU’s celebration of its cultural diversity. Twenty years ago Assistant Professor of psychology Howard Mark-owitz, then advisor to the International Student Organization (ISO), helped create an event to allow students to share their cultures. The now biannual Intercultural Day has grown into a spectacular pageant of cultural awareness that culminates one of the five themes taught here at HPU.

Club Awards - USO tops again; SSA first win: 'most spirited'

The United Samoan Organization at HPU took home the Club of the Year Award—the big prize at the annual Student Life Club Award Banquet held April 8 at the Raddison Prince Kuhio hotel in Waikiki. Also winning big was the Swedish Student Association, which won its first-ever club award for “Most Spirited Club.”

Singing all the way to Carnegie Hall

June 13 will be the day HPU’s International Vocal Ensemble debuts on an international stage when it performs with five other U.S. choral groups at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Susan Duprey, director of the ensemble said, “the performance will not be a competition, but an appreciation of the art of music.”