University of Hawaii at Hilo Spring 2010 Student Commencement Speech

The University of Hawaii at Hilo Spring 2010 Student Commencement Speech by La'akea Yoshida. This is the academic bio given by the university:
"La`akea Yoshida, a history major focusing on European history, with a minor in anthropology, is student speaker. Yoshida, who has maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.8, has earned numerous academic honors including the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Scholarship, the CAS Dean's List, the first ever UH Hilo Student Association Ambassador Grant, the Vulcan Leadership Award for Outstanding Scholar, twice the UH Hilo History Department's Outstanding Student Writing Award recipient, Kamehameha Schools' Na Ho`okama a Pauahi Scholarship, and Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities.
Yoshida is president of the UH Hilo Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, (Alpha Beta Omicron) The National History Honor Society, and was part of a five-member team that competed in March at the Society's regional conference at UH Manoa. Yoshida's paper, "Bloodline Accession and Gifted Power: Nero Claudius Drusus and the Struggle to Define Heir ship in Rome During the Reign of Tiberius," was voted Best Undergraduate Paper. It was the second time Yoshida captured that award after first winning it in 2008.
Yoshida is scheduled to enter Oxford University in October, where he was admitted earlier this year as a Master of Philosophy candidate in Roman and Greek history. He is believed to be the first student from UH Hilo ever admitted to the prestigious United Kingdom institution."

[@Kaua66]

La`akea, this is a beautiful Speech, as an Alumni I am very Proud!