Volume 33, Number 2 Fall 2010 Turning of the tassels: SPRING AND SUMMER SHIDLER GRADUATIONS INSIDE: Ethics and integrity in the real world: The Will Weinstein Conversation Series Real-world learning: Internship experiences from around the world DEAN’S MESSAGE experiences. Through their stories we will hardworking and dedicate alumni board Aloha, discover how their hard work, initiative members. It is truly an incredible time to be Welcome to the Fall 2010 issue of and networking efforts helped to create a Shidler alum. Shidler Business. This is a great issue unforgettable experiences which have a In the following pages, we hope that packed with fun articles and profiles that lasting impact on their careers. you will enjoy reading about all that we share all the amazing things that our We continue to invest heavily in people have achieved together. Thank you for your students, faculty, alumni and friends have and programs with the establishment support of the Shidler College of Business accomplished in recent months. of several new scholarship and program and please do not hesitate to give us your In our feature stories, the excitement endowments in the 2009–2010 fiscal year. feedback and comments. of our spring and summer graduations These gifts, as well as our many other is brought to life in photographs and individual and corporate donors, are Sincerely, highlights from our commencement recognized in our “Honor Roll” listing on ceremonies throughout Asia and the Pacific. page 23. You will also get to know Will Weinstein, I would like to send a special thanks one of our most popular summer guest to the members of the Shidler Alumni V. Vance Roley lecturers. We will explore why students and Association who have truly amped up the [email protected] community leaders alike make it a priority fun factor at our events. A record number to reserve seats in Will’s classes and lectures of alumni of all ages and professions are on ethics. connecting through our social mixers, sake Finally, we will shadow some tasting fundraisers, and student welcome outstanding Shidler students as they recount events. All of our outreach efforts would their exciting international internship not be possible without the help of our SHIDLER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAIR Terri Fujii Ross Murakami Robin K. Campaniano Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, Honolulu Founding Partner, KMH LLP Senior Advisor, Farmers Insurance Hawaii David A. Heenan Jean E. Rolles General Partner, Ulupono Initiative Trustee, The Estate of James Campbell Vice President, Community Affairs, Outrigger Enterprises Inc. Robert Hiam Nancy Rose Steven C. Ai President & CEO, Hawaii Medical Service Association Managing Partner, KPMG LLP President & CEO, City Mill Company Ltd. Paul Higo Nate Smith Robert F. Clarke Managing Partner - Hawaii, Deloitte & Touche LLP President, Oceanic Time Warner Hawaii Former Chairman, President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric Glenn K.Y. Hong Charles A. Sted Industries Inc. President & CEO, Young Brothers Ltd. President & CEO, Hawaii Pacific Health John C. Dean Faye W. Kurren Kent K. Tsukamoto Executive Chairman, Central Pacific Financial Corp. & President & CEO, Hawaii Dental Service Managing Partner, Accuity LLP Central Pacific Bank Constance H. Lau Keith M. Vieira W. Allen Doane President & CEO, Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Senior Vice President & Director of Operations – Hawaii, Former Chairman & CEO, Alexander & Baldwin Inc. Warren K.K. Luke Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. H. Mitchell D’Olier Chairman, President & CEO, Hawaii National Bank Joseph L. Wikoff President & CEO, The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation & Kaneohe Tan Tek Lum Managing Director, Wikoff, Combs & Co. LLC Ranch Co. Ltd. President & Director, Lum Yip Kee Ltd. Brenda Lei Foster Bill D. Mills President, American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Chairman, The Mills Group 2 MAKING THE WORLD a “GREENEr” PLACE CONTENTS Starting with the Spring 2011 issue, alumni FALL 2010 who graduated in 2005 or later will receive FEATURE STORIES an email version of Shidler Business. Those 4 Turning of the tassels who graduated prior to 2005 will continue to receive an issue in the mail. 6 Ethics and integrity in the real world Also, we are consolidating our mailing list to 8 Real-world learning one issue per household. If you are receiving duplicate copies, simply email [email protected] or call SHIDLER NEWS 808-956-6044 with questions or concerns. 10 The 2010 Hall of Honor Awards 12 Shidler team is first to represent Hawai‘i in Global Moot Corp 13 A day at Kualoa Ranch leads to good times for Family Business Center members Volume 33, Number 2, Fall 2010 14 Summer at Shidler focuses on Asia-Pacific Shidler Business is the official magazine of the Shidler College of business Business at the University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa. It is published twice annually for alumni, friends and supporters of the Shidler College of Business. Please direct correspondence and address changes to: FACULTY & STAFF NOTES Shidler Business 16 Faculty awards and research Shidler College of Business University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa 2404 Maile Way, C202 ALUMNI NEWS Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822 USA 18 Alumni recap Phone: (808) 956-6044 • Fax: (808) 956-9882 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shidler.hawaii.edu/magazine 19 Alumni profile: Cheryl Lupenui (BBA ‘87) DEAN PHOTOGRAPHY 20 Alumni profile: Rick Ching (MBA ‘86) V. Vance Roley Stacia Garlach, Grant Kim, Krystal Lee, Michael Orbito, ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR Tami Williams, Tyson Yamada, 21 Alumni profile: Tra My Nguyen (VEMBA ‘07) ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Steven Yamaki John Butler WEB DONOR NEWS ASSISTANT DEAN FOR Loren Swendsen STUDENT SERVICES 23 New scholarship, program and faculty Ellen Vinson ONLINE EDITION endowments www.shidler.hawaii.edu/ ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF magazine DEVELOPMENT 24 Honor roll Terry Wells CIRCULATION 27,000 per issue DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ALUMNI AT WORK ENGAGEMENT ON THE COVER 27 Hawaiian Electric Company Maile Au Vietnam Executive MBA graduates at Ho Chi Minh City EDITORIAL STAFF commencement ceremony CALENDAR MANAGING DIRECTOR Dolly Omiya 28 Featured events EDITOR Amy Watari DESIGN Kristine Wada The University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution Online edition available at www.shidler.hawaii.edu www.shidler.hawaii.edu 3 THE TURNING OF THE TASSELS highlights from Shidler graduations around the world Vietnam Executive MBA, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng Vietnam Executive MBA, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnam Executive MBA, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Shidler Graduate Commencement Japan-Focused MBA, Tokyo, Japan Reception, Honolulu, Hawai‘i Vietnam Executive MBA, Hanoi, Vietnam Master of Financial Engineering, Honolulu, Hawai‘i UH M¯anoa Commencement, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 4 SPRING/SUMMER 2010 GRADUATES BY THE NUMBER It'’s the most celebrated time of a Graduation ceremonies and student'’s life—graduation. celebrations continued throughout No one looks forward to this time the spring and summer. On April 21, more than undergraduate students. students of the Japan-Focused MBA BBA •’ 271 Close to 200 undergraduate students class received their diplomas at a joined 1,400 other bachelor candidates commencement ceremony held in BBA by Major at the University'’s Commencement Tokyo, Japan. The ceremony coincided Ceremonies at the Stan Sheriff Center with the end of a three-month * Accounting •’ 68 on May 15. The commencement capstone internship with companies in * Finance •’ 90 address was given by education Japan. * HR Management •’ 20 specialist at the East-West Center, Dr. In front of family and friends, 26 * International Business •’ 33 Maya Soetoro-Ng, better known as students from the first graduating class * Management •’ 43 the sister of President Barack Obama. of the Master of Financial Engineering * MIS •’ 22 In her address, Soetoro-Ng challenged program were awarded diplomas at a * Marketing •’ 66 graduates to "’shine a little light on private commencement ceremony held * Entrepreneurship •’ 4 more of the world'’s shadows and at the Kahala Hotel in July. * Graduates with 2 majors •’ 66 improve [their] communities." Vietnam Executive MBA (VEMBA) * Graduates with 3 majors •’ 3 Graduate students in Hawai‘i graduates also proudly accepted their * Graduates with 4 majors •’ 1 celebrated the completion of their diplomas this summer in Vietnam. final semester with family and friends On July 10, 40 students from the fifth Full-Time MBA •’ 39 during a special Commencement VEMBA class in Hanoi participated Reception on May 14 in the Shidler in an elaborate ceremony on the Part-Time MBA •’ 19 courtyard. Among those in attendance beautiful grounds of the Hanoi School Master of Accounting •’ 17 were students from the Full-Time of Business. Forty-five students of the MBA, Part-Time MBA, Japan-Focused second VEMBA class in Ho Chi Minh Master of MBA, Master of Financial Engineering, City graduated on July 11 at a ceremony Financial Engineering •’ 26 and Master of Accounting programs. held at the White Palace Convention The following day, Shidler graduate Center. Executive MBA Vietnam students joined some 800 UH M’¯anoa Congratulations and best wishes (Ho Chi Minh City) •’ 45 graduate students at the Stan Sheriff to all of the 2010 spring and summer Center and were treated to a second graduates and welcome to the Shidler Executive MBA Vietnam appearance by Dr. Soetoro-Ng. Alumni ‘Ohana. (Hanoi) •’ 40 www.shidler.hawaii.edu 5 eth • ics [eth-iks] - the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation Will Weinstein and Bernard Osher Mary Bitterman (top left) ETHICS AND INTEGRITY IN THE REAL WORLD THE WILL WEINSTEIN CONVERSATION SERIES by Amy Watari Top students vie for seats in his class. Reece Tokunaga was among the non-profit, etc., the lectures explore Community leaders flock to his public students who truly felt that they the ethical situations that occur in each lectures. His network includes the likes gained a new perspective on ethics industry and the role that ethics plays in of renowned business tycoon Sam Zell after completing Weinstein’s course.