Connecting Learning, Life and Aloha
‘O ka ‘imi na‘auao, ke ola a me ke aloha kā kākou e huliāmahi ai

Alexander Athena Eva Celeste Coley - UH Hilo Spring 2021 Commencement Celebration Graduate

Congratulations on your hard-earned accomplishments and to all of our graduates!

  • Bachelor of Arts in English
  • Bachelor of Arts in Gender & Women's Studies
  • Graduated with honors.

A family of four is featured on a beach during sunset. On the far left of the photo, a young man is seen in pink semi-formal wear. Next to him, a young woman, his sister, stands smiling in an orange dress. To her side is her other brother, much taller than the first, in a plaid shirt and gray pants. By his side, at the photo's far right, is the mother of this family, smiling widely and attired in black-and-white semiformal wear. A photo of my family and I on the beach, from a few years back!

All I can say is mahalo nui loa, UH Hilo, for helping me become what I am today. I will be forever grateful to my mentors and professors within the English and Gender & Women Studies departments. Thank you too to the faculty in these departments and elsewhere who-- in my senior year-- embraced my newfound interest in psychology and have, since then, been helping me plan for a potential master's in that field. As cliché as this may sound, I cannot express my gratitude enough. I truly feel that God guided me back home from Portland to complete my undergraduate degrees here, and I am so ineffably glad that I heeded that call.

A young man with pale skin and dark hair sits on a flight of white stairs, close to the bottom. He has a gray hoodie on that reads "University of Hawai'i Hilo", and with his right arm he gestures to the emblem on it. On his left hip rests a chubby calico cat, who is looking directly at the camera. Myself, and my cat, Miette, showing our UHH pride!

A young man with pale skin and dark hair looks into the distance, a slight smile on his face. In his arms, a chubby calico cat is bundled up; she is looking directly at the camera. In the background, a variety of plants can be seen. Myself, and my cat, Miette, looking into the distance... What will we find out there?

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The list of degree candidates are tentative and based upon the successful completion of work undertaken. Degree conferral can only be verified by receipt of a diploma or official transcript noting degree completion; inclusion in the Commencement Program or participation in the Commencement Ceremony does not imply degree conferral. The official registry for conferral of degrees is with the UH Hilo Registrar.