The UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business hosted more than 350 donors and students at its annual Scholarship Luncheon at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and Resort on November 4. The event provided donors with an opportunity to meet their student recipients and learn first-hand about the impact of their gifts.

More than 60 people gathered at the Shidler College of Business on September 16 to commemorate the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing between the University of Hawaiʻi and Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of provinces (MOFA).

Nearly 250 alumni, friends, college faculty and staff, and new Vietnam Executive MBA (VEMBA) graduates converged on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from July 11-13, 2019 for the Shidler College of Business’ inaugural Global Leadership Summit. The event drew world-class Shidler faculty, speakers from multiple countries, and distinguished global alumni together to explore business opportunities and exchange experiences and ideas on business trends.

In the U.S. News & World Report ranking for 2020, Shidler College of Business was ranked 15th in international business and 112 among national business programs.

The 2019 Dr. N.H. Paul Chung Memorial Lecture and Luncheon was held on August 27 at the Prince Waikiki Hotel. The lecture focused on climate change and featured keynote speaker Admiral Paul Zukunft, U.S. Coast Guard (retired).

The Shidler College of Business welcomed new and returning Shidler and pre-business students to the 2019-20 school year during its annual Shidler Day event on September 5. 

Former Starwood Hotels & Resorts Executive Keith Vieira donates $1 million to Shidler College to fund scholarships for Hawai‘i students.

Tourism is the biggest industry in Hawaiʻi, and the TIM School can be one of the best

The Shidler Alumni Association’s (SAA) annual Dine Around event was attended by nearly 100 alumni and friends on August 21 at the International Market Place in Waikiki. The unique networking event is an opportunity for alumni and friends to mix and mingle in a casual environment, as well as make new meaningful business connections.

On Thursday, June 20, 2019, ten teams of founders graduated from the 2019 Summer Startup Launchpad, presented by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) at the Shidler College of Business. Each team made 7-minute presentations to a panel of entrepreneurship and innovation experts, and received certificates for completing the rigorous requirements of the 6-week program. The celebratory event also selected two teams, which were voted by their peers “Most Likely to Orbit,” based on the founders’ progress during the program. All teams received claps and cheers from their cohort mates.

Northwestern Mutual Hawai’i has committed $50,000 to establish an endowed scholarship to support full-time undergraduate students at the Shidler College of Business at UH Mānoa.

The former securities executive Will K. Weinstein is returning to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa to moderate his annual Ethics Conversation Series. The series features an impressive lineup of knowledgeable professionals to examine ethical issues in business, law, medicine, sports and politics as part of his summer course, “Integrity and Ethics in the Real World.”

Real estate developer Christine Camp was featured at the 3rd annual Flores Real Estate Lectures Series on May 9 at the Waialae Country Club.

Over 200 professionals and students gathered at the inaugural School of Accountancy (SOA) Alumni & Friends Lunch at Pacific Club on May 16th to raise funds for the School of Accountancy Advancement Fund.

Donors and Shidler faculty gathered at the Pacific Club on April 29th to celebrate the accomplishments of the college's endowed faculty members.

HiBEAM funds a $25,000 UH Business Plan Competition Award in honor of well-known lawyer, entrepreneur and educator Billy Richardson, the son of the founder and namesake of the William S. Richardson School of Law.

The 58th Annual Shidler College of Business premier student event “Business Night” drew over 500 business professionals and students to Sheraton Waikiki on May 2nd for an evening of networking, learning and sharing.

The City Mill Company, Ltd. / Chung Kun Ai Foundation has made a recent donation to elevate their longstanding, annual scholarship to an endowment to support full-time, undergraduate students at the Shidler College of Business in perpetuity.

The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) is pleased to announce that a team of biology, business and mechanical engineering students received first place honors in the 2019 UH Business Plan Competition.

Undergraduate students from the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business competed at the Milgard Invitational Case Competition on corporate social responsibility.

Sheena Iyengar, one of the world’s foremost expert on choice and author of the award-winning The Art of Choosing, presented “Lead by Choice” to a capacity crowd on the UH Mānoa campus.