Strengthening the EWC Community / December 19, 2008
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Bali Conference a huge success
Post-Conference materials now available online
2008 Alumni Awards
Rose Nakamura recognized with AARP Magazine's Inspire Award
EWC Alum receives Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
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Bali Conference a huge success
Take 530 people of all ages from 45 different countries and put them together for three days of meetings and fellowship in one of the most beautiful, exciting, and friendliest places in the world and what do you get? The 2008 EWCA International Conference in Bali, Indonesia! The 2008 Conference was one of the most successful conferences we have held since we last met in Bali twenty years ago.
The Chapter Leaders Workshop took place over the two days just before the conference. The thirty-one chapter leaders in attendance discussed a range of issues centered on the EWCA Strategic Plan: how to best support the EWC, how to energize our Chapters, and how to use 21st century technology to communicate more effectively within the EWC/EWCA community. A number of great ideas were shared ranging from ways to raise funds to support participants (focusing on the recent successes by our Thai and Okinawa chapters), to public service projects, to encouraging interested chapters to work together on a climate change project suggested by the Brisbane Chapter, to seeking out within each chapter a tech-savvy person who would help their technology-challenged colleagues connect more efficiently through such social networking tools as the East-West Center Community and Facebook.
The conference began with our traditional Roll Call of Participants lead by K.K. Poh (Chair of the EWCA) and we were enlightened by excellent speeches from Indonesia’s Minister of Women’s Empowerment, the Governor of Bali, the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, Linda Lingle (Governor of the State of Hawaii), Thomas Farrell (Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs, U.S. Department of State), Puongpun Sananikone (Chair, EWC Board of Governors), Dr. Charles Morrison (President of the EWC), and Dr. Lawrence Foster (President of the EWCA).
There was a program for everyone’s interests: health, religion, education, music, culture, business, human rights, economics, social justice leadership, philanthropy, the media, the environment, globalization, governance & democracy, as well as women’s economic and social progress.
A number of alumni were honored for their accomplishments and service to the EWCA: U Maung Maung, Joe Overton, Didin Sastrapradja, Claire Richmond, Dennis Zvinakis, Kuldeep Mathur, and Riley Lee. Two chapters shared the outstanding alumni chapter award: Bangkok, Thailand and Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The social events were highlighted by an opening dinner and Indonesian entertainment hosted by Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a UH-Alumni reception hosted by Dr. Virginia Hinshaw (Chancellor, University of Hawaii at Manoa), and the closing Aloha Dinner with Indonesian music and dance arranged by alumnus Garrett Kam.
See you next in Honolulu for our Golden Jubilee Celebration, July 2-5, 2010.
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Post-Conference materials now available online
Please check out the Post-Bali Conference website for post-conference materials that have been included for your information. Materials include the transcripts of EWC President Charles E. Morrison, EWC Board Chair Puongpun Sananikone, and EWCA President Larry Foster's speeches, abstract listing, conference program, registered participant list, and photos from the conference are available by clicking here.
Due to unforseen circumstances, we were unable to do the live video streaming and blogging as planned. We hope to get the video that was captured at the conference up on our website as soon as possible. Please check the Alumni Blog for links to the video.
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2008 EWCA Alumni Awards
During the final day of the 2008 EWC/EWCA International Conference in Bali, the 2008 EWCA Alumni Awards for Outstanding Volunteer, Outstanding Chapter, Distinguished Alumni, and Makana Awards were presented.
Oustanding Volunteer Award
U Maung Maung (Burma)
Joseph L. Overton (Honolulu)
Claire Koch Langham Richmond (San Diego)
A. Seshan (Mumbai)
Outstanding Chapter Award
Bangkok Chapter
Dhaka Chapter
Distinguished Alumni Award
Riley K. Lee
Kuldeep Mathur
Dennis Zvinakis (posthumous)
EWCA Makana Award
Didin Sastrapradja
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Rose Nakamura recognized with AARP Magazine's Inspire Award
Surely, many of you who were at the East-West Center between the years 1963-1989 remember Rose Nakamura. The former Education Program Officer and Participant Services Officer for Student Affairs and Open Grants has touched many that have come through the Center. Rose didn't stop there.
Recognized for her work in co-founding Project Dana, a non-profit organization with a mission of helping senior citizens with their daily needs, the AARP selected Rose for the "Compassionate Caregiver" Award, one of 10 AARP Magazine Inspire Awards. Rose accepted the award on December 8, 2008 in Washington, DC.
Rose finds herself in prestigious company as a recipient of this national award, given to those of or over the age of 50, with the likes of recipients Glenn Close, Quincy Jones, and past recipients Caroline Kennedy, Gary Sinise, Gladys Knight, and Tom Brokaw, to name a few.
Please join us in congratulating Rose for the national recognition of her hard work and giving back to the community.
Click here to read the East-West Center's News Spotlight on Alumni and for more links to video.
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EWC Alum receives Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
EWC Alumnus Dr. Joseph F. Kess (ISI '62-'65, OEA '03) has been awarded the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon during the 2008 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals. He received the award for contributing to the promotion of academic exchange between Japan and Canada and the study of Japanese language.
Joseph is Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria and Emeritus Chair in Japan and Asia Pacific Relations, Center for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria
We would like to express our sincerest congratulations to Dr. Kess and look forward to many more of his contributions.
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