Shidler College celebrates re-opening of newly renovated Corporate Interview Rooms for students

First Insurance Company of Hawai'i donates $150,000 to fund the renovations

The University of Hawai'i and First Insurance Company of Hawaii celebrate the unveiling of the renovated Corporate Interview Rooms.

Kahu Arna Johnson performs a traditional Hawaiian blessing as the newly renovated Corporate Interview Rooms are unveiled.

Link to video and interviews - http://bit.ly/2xEir5z

With a traditional Hawaiian blessing, the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa unveiled its newly renovated Corporate Interview Rooms on September 25 thanks to a $150,000 gift from First Insurance Company of Hawaiʻi, Ltd. (FICOH).

The Corporate Interview Rooms will be used to conduct job interviews and to prepare students for internship opportunities and entry into the job market. The rooms received electrical upgrades, furniture, video equipment for mock interviews, and several large digital monitors to conduct long distance interviews via Skype. 

Last year, over 40 companies held interviews or informational sessions in the interview rooms through Shidler’s “Business of the Week” program. Some of the companies who participated in the program included: PWC Los Angeles, FICOH, US Army Corps of Engineers, Matson, Servco, The Queen’s Health Systems, and Merrill Lynch. 

For more, see UH News. 

B-ROLL (60 seconds):

- Blessing from the outside (4 shots)
- Kahu entering and blessing the rooms (4 shots)
- Students walking through new interview rooms (3 shots)

SOUNDBITES:

Kelli Sunabe - UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business student (7 seconds)
"Corporate interview rooms right here at Shidler will allow students to interview with students, right here on campus. Quick and easy and convenient."

Jeff Shonka - President & CEO, First Insurance Company of Hawaiʻi (10 seconds)
"The entire economy in Hawaiʻi benefits from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Shidler School of Business, so we all benefit from it but clearly I would like to bring in some students to work at First Insurance."

Group photo caption from left: Donna Vuchinich, UH Foundation president and CEO, Vance Roley, UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business dean, David Lassner, UH President, Kelli Sunabe, UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business student, Unyong Nakata, UH Foundation executive director of development and Jeff Shonka, First Insurance Company of Hawai‘i president and CEO.