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The 45th annual Prince Lot Hula Fes- tival premieres at 7 p.m. Nov. 3 on KHON2 and will feature perfor- mances by 12 hālau hula, including two from West O‘ahu. Hālau Ka Lei ‘Il- ima Ka Po‘ohiwi, led by kumu hula Kamana‘o and Hi‘ilei Manoi-Hyde, will dance kahiko mele Maikaʻi Ka Oʻiwi o Kaʻala, a tribute to Wai‘anae. Meanwhile, kumu hula La‘akea Per- ry leads Ke Kai O Kahiki, which will perform oli O Ua Ao and mele He Aloha Nō Nā Pua, a classic kahi- ko dance of their hālau. The two-hour show will be live streamed on khon2.com/ prince-lot-hula-festival and KHON2’s YouTube chan- nel. For more information, visit moanaluagardensfoun- dation.org ... Two Marri- ott’s Ko ‘Olina Beach Club staffers were recently hon- ored at the American Resort Development Association– Hawai‘i’s 2022 Timeshare with Aloha Awards, which recognizes timeshare em- ployees statewide for their professionalism, expertise and aloha spirit. Janine
West O‘ahu-based Ke Kai O Kahiki is one of 12 hālau hula performing at this year’s Prince Lot Hula Festival on Nov. 3.
PHOTO COURTESY MOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION
two-way texting and phone calls. UH West O‘ahu es- timates that the campaign resulted in 204 continuing students re-enrolling for the fall semester and 93 first- time freshmen. “The suc- cess of our touchpoint cam- paign is due in large part to a campus-wide effort by faculty, administrative and operational staff members joining the good work of our enrollment and student services team,” states chan- cellor Maenette Benham. However, UH West Oʻahu set a record in its four-year graduation rate at 28.6%, a 5.6 percentage point in- crease from the previous year ... gkeller@midweek.
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Navidad was named Front Desk Person of the Year, while Gwen Alcantra is Leader of the Year ... No- hea Keaunui-Gould joins Wet’ n’ Wild Hawai‘i as op- erations manager. She will manage the water park’s staff to ensure all safety standards are upheld while overseeing scheduling, re- cruiting, hiring and training for security, housekeeping, first-aid and aquatics. Born and raised in ‘Ewa Beach, Keaunui-Gould has worked at Disney parks and resorts
in Florida before moving cials, the college avoided ment campaign that includ-
back home ... Kapolei High a larger drop in enrollment ed email reminders, post- School grad Harlee Wong through a student recruit- cards, social media posts, com was one of nine recipients
of the Paubox Kahikina
STEM Scholarship, which
encourages Native Hawai-
ians to pursue careers in
STEM (science, technolo-
gy, engineering and math).
Wong attends Chaminade
University and is majoring
in forensic science ... En-
rollment at University of
Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu went
down by 3.2% this year.
According to school offi-
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