Chaminade president earns honor

Chaminade University will honor its eighth and longest-serving president, Mary “;Sue”; Wesselkamper, during its winter commencement ceremony Monday at 7 p.m., in the Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall.

Wesselkamper, who is on a medical leave of absence because of a recurrence of cancer, will be awarded the university's degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa.

During the latest major fundraising drive, Wesselkamper has raised more than $66 million for Chaminade over the last nine years.

“;Sue is genuinely loved by faculty, staff and students of the Chaminade ohana,”; said Brother Bernard Ploeger, Chaminade's acting president.

About 260 Chaminade students will receive their degrees at the graduation ceremony. Adm. Timothy Keating, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, will be the commencement guest speaker.

Toguchi elected as BOE chairman

The Board of Education has elected member Garrett Toguchi as its chairman.

Toguchi, an Oahu at-large school board member, was elected at a meeting Thursday. He takes the top school board post from member Donna Ikeda.

Karen Knudsen, an Oahu at-large school board member who has served since 1990, was elected first vice chairwoman. School board member Lei Ahu Isa was picked as second vice chairwoman.