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Peter's Visit
Peter Lee '63, Director of the Western Regional Office for Cornell
University Alumni Affairs and Development touched down in paradise
to promote the University's development, enrollment, and alumni
activities.
Despite his whirlwind tour, that included a visit to the Big Island
of Hawaii to talk with Matthew M. Hamabata, Executive Director (AB,
Cornell University) of the Kohala
Center, which is partnering with Cornell University to develop
research and undergraduate programs on the Big Island, Peter still
managed time for the Cornell Club of Hawaii Holiday Party, and Cornell
University alumni.
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| Peter
Lee '63 and members of the Cornell Club of Hawaii pose in front
of the "Orchids"at the Halekulani. Many thanks to
Peter for his generosity and efforts to promote Cornell University
while on the islands! |
Cornell's involvement
with the Center is as follows:
"By involving K-12 students in its island-wide research
projects, Cornell University, will provide them with important
connections to senior scientists and will also connect these students
with one another. Cornell envisions a collaborative sharing of
results and building of databases which will culminate in the
presentation of K-12 scientific congresses. Mentoring programs
will also allow Cornell's student scientists to work with younger
students on island-inspired research projects.
In addition to pursuing its research interests, Cornell will
partner with The Kohala Center to develop an environmental sciences
program for its undergraduates. The semester-long educational
program will place undergraduates and their supervisors in island-managed
research projects, giving the students first-hand information
about real field situations and about the societal, cultural,
and spiritual contexts of scientific work."
For more information
on the Center please contact:
Matthew M. Hamabata
AM, PhD, Harvard University
AB, Cornell University
Executive Director, The Kohala Center
mhamabata@kohalacenter.org
The Cornell Club of Hawai'i is looking forward to Peter Lee's next
visit!
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