The inclusion of a five-song set of Hawaiian music in Noah Yamashiro's '24 senior recital was a homage to a culture that has had a large influence on his musical journey.
Part of the university's annual Lūʻau and Hōʻike, the Country Store brings some of the foods, flowers, produce and fashions to the Forest Grove Campus for a Hawaiian-style farmer's market away from the islands.
Nā Haumāna O Hawai‘i honored a very special alumna, mentor and friend — “Aunty” Edna Gehring (nee Doar) ’70, MSEd ’72 — at its presents its 58th annual Lu’au in 2018.
Pat Pimental spent three years as floral and lei chair of the Nā Haumāna O Hawai‘i Lu‘au. As a parent, she says, she was able to become part of the ‘ohana at Pacific.