{"id":95208,"date":"2019-04-25T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T23:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=95208"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:42:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T22:42:37","slug":"nakamura-therrien-memorial-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/25\/nakamura-therrien-memorial-award\/","title":{"rendered":"东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo student recognized as outstanding English major"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Kiaria Zoi Nakamura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> student Kiaria Zoi Nakamura<\/strong> is the 2019 recipient of the Matthew Somchai Therrien Memorial Award<\/a>, a $500 scholarship given to an outstanding English major.<\/p>\n

Nakamura, a 2017 graduate of Waiākea High School, is pursuing a bachelor of arts in English with a minor in performing arts and a certificate in educational studies. She has won many scholarship awards, including the 东精影业<\/abbr> Board of Regents Presidential Scholarship and others from the East Hawaiʻi<\/span> Hiroshima Kenjin Kai, Kiwanis Cal-Nev-Ha Foundation, Takitani Foundation, Big Island Federal Credit Union, Hui Makaala and Zonta Club of Hilo.<\/p>\n

After graduation, Nakamura plans to attend graduate school for advanced degrees in teaching and dance. She hopes to become an English college professor and open her own dance studio.<\/p>\n

She says her interests in both English and the performing arts “enable a sense of creativity that could have been lost if not for the freedom and innovation that the two provide. Both bring out a level of diligence and imagination that makes me a better student, choreographer and teacher.”<\/p>\n

The recipient of the Matthew S. Therrien Memorial Award must be an English major and demonstrate academic merit with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The awardee must also have demonstrated excellence in writing, preferably through published work.<\/p>\n

For more, go to 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Susan Enright<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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