Cynthia Henry Thielen '51 has served in the Hawaii State Legislature for 29 years. Currently she is the Ranking Independent Republican serving on the Judiciary; Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs; and Energy & Environmental Protection committees in the Hawaii House of Representatives.

Jan Jones Blackhurst ’67 served two terms as Mayor for Las Vegas, Nevada, and now holds the role of Executive Vice President for Caesars Entertainment where she oversees the business’s global government relations, public policy, and corporate responsibility governance.

Mill Valley, California, elects five members to City Council who serve a four-year term. The mayorship rotates among council members every year. Stephanie Moulton- Peters ’79 has just completed her year as Mayor during her third term as a city council member (making this her third term as Mayor).

Passionate about gender parity in politics, Jamice Oxley '02 is a member of the National Women's Political Caucus and on the Advisory Committee for Ignite, a non-partisan organizaiton whose mission is to build political ambition among girls and young women, encouraging them to run for office.

Maya Humes ’10 is the Press Secretary for NextGen America, a political action committee focused on mobilizing young voters ages 18 - 35 to cast their ballot for candidates who stand for their values.

Sophia B. ’22 was in Russia during the spring semester participating in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, where she is learning classical, contemporary, historical, and character dance, as well as Russian language.
 

Computer Science students apply their skills and creativity in new and impactful ways.

In April, the Marlbots traveled to Houston to compete in the FIRST Robotics World Championship. This amazing event combined four levels of competition and students of all ages into an enormous celebration of technology and innovation.

In the mid 1980s, affinity groups first began to form on campus, starting with the African-American Cultural Exchange (AACE), which created a welcoming space for students to share their common experiences and interests.
 

"It takes being brave to be authentic." - Elaine Welteroth

Emiko Herbert ‘19 launched her first startup, a school uniform donation platform called UniCycle, this semester.

Honors Research students - over 30 in all - presented to the community about their work on topics including the effects of gun access in youth, neuropsychiatric lupus, modern feminism, and nanobatteries, among many others.

Art and science came together at this year’s All School Dance Concert, “Haiku”, which featured interactive animations created by Honors Computer Science Projects students.