Six high school students named finalists in UH West O‘ahu flyer contest

Online voting to determine grand-prize winner

University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
Contact:
Julie Funasaki Yuen, (808) 454-4821
Public Relations and Marketing
Posted: Mar 11, 2009

More than 250 high school students from around the State of Hawaiʻi entered the second annual UH West Oʻahu Flyer Contest for a chance to win an iPod Touch and an opportunity to get their work published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek. Participants were asked to create a flyer that promotes UH West Oʻahu as a top choice for college-bound students and incorporate a unique advertising headline.



The finalists are:

- Ahndiana Flores, James Campbell High School

- Leah Hashimoto, King Kekaulike High School

- AnnaRae Kahala, Kahuku High and Intermediate School

- Michael Pangilinan, Kapolei High School

- Daryl Sanbei, Leilehua High School

- Christina Yarbrough, Waipahu High School



The general public is invited to vote for the grand-prize winner, who will have his/her design published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and MidWeek. To vote, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu/flyercontest. Online voting begins on March 13 and ends March 31 at 11:59 p.m. HST. The grand-prize winner will be announced in April.



For more information, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu/flyercontest, email uhwoflyercontest@uhwo.hawaii.edu or call (808) 454-4750.



About UH West Oʻahu

UH West Oʻahu became a four-year, comprehensive university when it served its first class of freshmen in fall 2007. The university offers quality education, small classes and personalized attention at convenient locations. UH West Oʻahu held a ground blessing ceremony in January in anticipation of the start of construction for a state-of-the art, new campus in the City of Kapolei. For more information, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu, twitter.com/uhwestoahu or call 454-4700 or toll-free (866) 299-8656.

For more information, visit: http://www.uhwo.hawaii.edu/flyercontest