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There’s big news on the education front. For the academ- ic year 2020-21, Wind- ward Community College achieved its highest one- year (2.5%) and two-year (10.4%) full-time first-time students graduation rates and six-year rate for part- time first-timers. University of Hawai‘i president David Lassner states that the rates at Windward CC are likely the result of UH’s active early college program. Ear- ly college is a partnership between the state Depart- ment of Education and UH that allows high school stu- dents to take college classes for credit ... Kailua resident Matthew Megorden, a fi- nancial adviser in Honolulu, has earned the UBS Private Wealth Advisor accredita- tion. Megorden has been with UBS since 2009, build- ing a successful business fo-
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Matthew Megorden
cused on high net worth en- trepreneurs and executives in the technology sector. He has been recognized over the last two years as one of Barron’s Top 1,200 finan- cial advisers in the country. He has the certified invest- ment management analyst designation from the Whar- ton School at University of Pennsylvania, and the certi- fied financial planner certi- fication ... Windward resi-
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Lance Ming
dent Lance Ming has been promoted at Central Pacific Bank to vice president and deposit and fee products manager. In this new role, he will be in charge of managing, promoting and innovating consumer de- posit accounts, small busi- ness deposit accounts, debit cards and ATMs. He is also responsible for the manage- ment and growth of non-in-
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