EWC alumni in Phnom Penh held a dinner meeting on July 28 with President Morrison who provided an update on EWC and EWCA activities and encouraged Cambodian alumni to attend the Bali Conference in mid November. Chhany Sak-Humphry and Nicole Knudsen (both standing far left) helped to organize the gathering.
Former Research Program Administrative Officer Meg McGowan organized a reunion for 1968 alumni at the East-West Center on July 18. The eight alumni enjoyed the day receiving updates from President Morrison and Dean of Students Mary Hammond followed by a tour of the campus and dinner in the old cafeteria area.
About one hundred and sixty new East-West Center students will be arriving at the EWC in the first week of August. We would like to ask the Hawaii alumni to help these students by donating their used kitchen items.
Each year, the EWC Association Hawaii Chapter Board members assist the EWC Participant Association by collecting and selling the donated items for a nominal price (about $.50 a piece) to raise a little money for the Association and help new students save some money for necessary kitchen items.
PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR DONATED ITEMS AT:
ALUMNI OFFICE
EAST-WEST CENTER
1601 EAST-WEST ROAD
BURNS HALL, ROOM 1062
THE DROP OFF PERIOD IS FROM JULY 28 – AUGUST 1ST ONLY
by Sumeet Saksena
The driver of the auto rickshaw sure was puzzled when I instructed him to drive for half an hour along a busy road and then turn back to return to where we started. If he had any apprehensions about the strange devices that graduate student Chitra Murali of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, and I were carrying, he politely kept them to himself. (After all, in this day and age any small device kept closely to one’s body in public can raise a lot of fear). Perhaps he didn’t care as long as he got his fare. Or was his brain, after years of driving in a highly polluted environment, cloudy, as mine was beginning to get? Continue Reading »
After serving five years on the East-West Center Board of Governors, Puongpun Sananikone has been elected the new chairman of the Board. He is the first East-West Center alumnus to hold this position.
Puongpun (ISI ‘64-68) met his wife Thanh-Lo (ISI ‘64-68) while they were both students at the East-West Center. Since leaving the Center, both have been very active alumni who contribute considerably to the Center.
We would like to extend our congratulations to Puongpun and look forward to his time as chairman.
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In 2010, the East-West Center will mark 50 years of working to promote understanding and cooperation in the Asia Pacific region, including the United States. This golden anniversary year is an opportunity both to celebrate the accomplishments of the Center’s first 50 years and to look forward to addressing the needs and challenges of the Asia Pacific community today and in the years to come.
One of the premier events of the 50th anniversary celebration will be the EWC/EWCA International Conference 2010 in Honolulu from July 1 to 5, hosted by the East-West Center and the East-West Center Association. The conference theme is “Leadership and Community Building in the Asia Pacific Region.”
The 21st century is often characterized as the era of the post-national and the global. However, the world is still made up of diverse nations and states, and the survival and success of the global community depend on the ability of these nations and peoples to understand and cooperate with each other.
The challenges of the 21st century cover virtually all aspects of life and society, including commerce, human rights and cultural identity. Globalization increasingly requires that problems of the environment, social welfare and technological innovation be dealt with in frameworks larger than the nation state. At the same time, states and governments also face issues that are smaller in scale than the nation state, including response to localized natural disasters, ethnic and religious conflicts, and demands from regions and other groups for changes.
The EWC/EWCA International Conference will consider the position, importance and relevance of national interchange and interaction in the 21st Century and the impact of social, cultural, technological and political factors on traditional national frameworks and new international frameworks and institutions. In doing so, it will draw on the richness of experience gained in half a century of study and involvement by alumni and staff of the East-West Center.
Since it is being held in Hawai‘i – the crossroads of the Pacific and the home of the East-West Center – the conference will also provide an opportunity for the EWC community to “return to the source” to renew old friendships and make new ones. We hope you will start making plans soon to join us!
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The EWCA would like to welcome its two newest chapters and their chapter leaders:
Timor-Leste, Dili Chapter
Chapter leader Brigida da Silva
Indonesia, Aceh Chapter
Chapter leader Anton Widyanto
We look forward to hearing all about their future activities. If you reside in one of these areas and would like to be involved in chapter activities, please email the chapter leader of that area.
For a complete list of chapters, chapter leaders and their contact information, please click here.
It’s the stuff of high adventure: Warrior kings, mysterious ships from far-off Japan, thriving trade across oceans and generations.
All part of the real-life tale of Thailand’s King Naresuan, who sat on the Thai throne more than 400 years ago when adventurous Japanese traders and samurai first settled in Thailand. And, you can read all about it in English thanks to Kennon “Ken” Breazeale, a projects coordinator at the Center. Here’s the story: Continue Reading »
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