May brings Hawaii’s graduation season, with its abundance of lei and celebrating — but also added traffic and crowds, and the increased need to plan ahead.
Most local college graduations take place over the next two weeks; Brigham Young University-Hawaii held its graduation in April. Most high school graduations Opens in a new tab also take place from this month into early June.
Here’s a list of commencement exercises for the University of Hawaii system and other major local colleges, starting with the largest group, for UH Manoa, and the rest in alphabetical order:
>> UH Manoa
>> 9 a.m. May 13, Stan Sheriff Center
For College of Arts, Languages and Letters; College of Natural Sciences; College of Social Sciences; College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge; Interdisciplinary Studies; School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
>> 3:30 p.m. May 13, Stan Sheriff Center
For College of Education; College of Engineering; John A. Burns School of Medicine; Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing, including Department of Dental Hygiene; School of Architecture; Shidler College of Business; Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health; William S. Richardson School of Law
For more information on both ceremonies, go to 808ne.ws/42iDHt2 Opens in a new tab
>> Chaminade University: 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Waikiki Shell (808ne.ws/ 3Lp2i8x) Opens in a new tab
>> Hawaii Community College: 6 p.m. May 12, Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium (808ne.ws/3LYqHUd) Opens in a new tab
>> Hawaii Community College-Palamanui: 4 p.m. May 13, Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort (808ne.ws/3LYqHUd) Opens in a new tab
>> Hawaii Pacific University: 10 a.m. Saturday, Hawai‘i Convention Center (808ne.ws/3Htzjzu) Opens in a new tab
>> Honolulu Community College: 6 p.m. May 12, Waikiki Shell (808ne.ws/41XJAMq) Opens in a new tab
>> Kauai Community College: 4:30 p.m. May 12, on campus (808ne.ws/3Ljejwk) Opens in a new tab
>> Kapiolani Community College: 1 and 5 p.m. May 12, Diamond Head Theatre (808ne.ws/ 42ag6e8)
>> Leeward Community College: 5 p.m. May 12, Leeward CC Tuthill Courtyard, Pu‘uloa Campus (808ne.ws/ 3Vpc1Ae Opens in a new tab; livestream: 808ne.ws/3p0G4lN Opens in a new tab)
>> UH Hilo: 9 a.m. May 13, Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium (808ne.ws/3p45HSZ Opens in a new tab; livestream: 808ne.ws/ 3npxqgi Opens in a new tab)
>> UH Maui College: 5:30 p.m. May 11, UH Maui College Great Lawn (808ne.ws/3HvVN2J Opens in a new tab)
>> UH West Oahu: 9 a.m. Saturday, Stan Sheriff Center (808ne.ws/42izllG Opens in a new tab)
>> Windward Community College: 5 p.m. May 12, Windward CC Paliku Theatre (808ne.ws/3nnOyTI Opens in a new tab)
