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_______Semester Summary_______ In the Spring 2010 semester, we continued to undertake new projects and to

build on the previous semesters’ projects. Under the leadership of Lauren Ono, the Fish Scholars have continued to work together to create a closer cohort, despite losing Shannon Phenix to study abroad in Spain and Kendra Berch to an FDIC internship. We have been keeping in touch with Kendra and Shannon through social networking sites like Facebook, and their blogs. The number of new cohort members continues to decrease as a result of the economy, but this has led to the development of a stronger sense of camaraderie among the current cohort. Next semester, Jericah Baxa and Mason Choy will be sharing the duties as the Fish Cohort Co-Coordinators and will strive to integrate a new cohort of Fish Scholars into the Fish family.

This semester we have also tried to expand our community service activities to different groups. We tried to participate with Big Brothers Big Sisters, but due to a scheduling conflict, were unable to participate. Instead, we started working with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii by volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House in Manoa. In April, we also participated in the March of Dimes March for Babies event for the first time. Additionally, we coordinated our first International Education Session, and hope to be able to coordinate more sessions in the future. We also participated in annual events such as the Hawaii Food Bank Food Drive, the Alumni Association’s Executive Vineyards Wine Tasting, and Shidler College of Business Career Expo.

Increasing the visibility of the Fish Scholars has been a focus of this semester. Each scholar has been featured in an article in the Shilder Newsletter which highlights his or her strengths. These articles will be available on the FISH Web site, which will be online at the end of May. The Web site will also feature the semester newsletters, pictures of past and current cohorts, and an alumni section. We would like to ask for the alumni’s cooperation in completing the alumni section, so please feel free to email Mason Choy at masonchoy@gmail.com with any news or updates.

We wish the best of luck to Marnelli Joy Basilio, Trung Nguyen, Lauren Ono and Shannon Phenix as they graduate and take their skills into the business world. Congratulations!

Table of Contents

Overview 1

Community Service 2

Service to School 2

Shannon’s Study Abroad 3

Kendra’s Internship 3

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Community Service

Ronald McDonald House This semester, we tried something new by working with the Ronald McDonald Charities of Hawaii. In February, we

provided the families with a home-cooked spaghetti dinner. We went back in March to bake cookies and brownies for the children and their families. We hope that our help and kind gestures have impacted the families in a big way.

Food Bank

In April, we partnered with the Hawaii Food Bank to help feed Hawaii’s hungry. We stood at the corner of Kapiolani and McCully holding out nets and raising signs to encourage people to donate. As we saw the various donations coming in, we could not help but take joy in the fact that we

were making a difference in our very own state of Hawaii.

March of Dimes In April, we volunteered at the March of Dimes’ March for Babies event.

This annual event helps raise money to go towards research and programs to promote healthy babies. We were able to help facilitate

games for children, such as ring toss and bounce houses.

Service to School

International Education Session With their international experience, second-year FISH Trung Nguyen and first-year FISH Mariam Beard coordinated an International Education Session on March 8, 2010. The session provided students with the opportunity to learn about

different international experiences, and included speakers from the International Exchange program, the Study Abroad office and the PAMI Asian Field Study program. Each of these departments tailored their presentations for business

students looking to take business courses that apply towards their respective majors. Presentations included tips on how

students can fund their international exchange, how to transfer their credits and also experiences of students who

have already gone abroad.

Executive Vineyard Wine Tasting At the beginning of the Spring semester 2010, we had an

opportunity to serve at the Alumni Association’s Wine Tasting event at the Kahala Resort. This event gave us a glimpse at

organizing a professional event. We had the chance to communicate with alumni, who are now working at businesses island-wide. Having the opportunity to speak with the Alumni gave us more confidence, especially to those of us graduating.

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Shannon’s Semester in Spain

Being a Fish Scholar means not only having the financial assistance, but also the encouragement and support it takes to make the decision to actually study abroad. If I had not received the Fish Scholarship I simply would not have been able to afford to study abroad. The Fish Scholarship has set me apart from other students and, I think, has helped me receive other scholarships that went towards my incredible semester in Spain.

My courses at the International College of Seville focused on international business and the European Union, and tied in perfectly with the courses I needed in order to graduate from the Shidler College of Business. Studying abroad and traveling in the European Union during the Global Financial Crisis has been an amazing learning opportunity. I have been able to see firsthand how the Greek and Spanish economies are effecting the Euro, and learn from professors from throughout the European Union their take on the world economy. It has been absolutely fascinating to live in the most integrated economic system in the world, the European

Union. I have traveled to one of the main countries involved in the European Neighborhood Policy, Morocco, and have gotten to see how important European integration with the Mediterranean Rim countries could be to increasing mutual understanding between Western and Islamic nations. The potential improvements in the political, economic, and social stability likely to be brought about by this integration have the potential to drastically alter international relations.

The Fish Scholarship has given me the opportunity to attend one of the best business colleges in the country, and to expand on this education by traveling abroad. There are hardly words that can express my gratitude for what this scholarship has done for me. It has been one of the most significant factors in my academic success.

Kendra’s FDIC Internship Experience

I am currently in San Francisco, CA participating in the Student Career Education Program with the FDIC, an internship for students wishing to continue working at the FDCI upon graduation. As an intern, I am expected to do the work of any other non-commissioned bank examiner in their first few years at the corporation. I have travelled to different banks as part of a team conducting a “Safety and Soundness Exam,” which evaluates the bank’s CAMELS components: capital, asset quality, management, earnings, liquidity, and sensitivity to market risk. At each location, I am assigned a trainer at each bank and a component to assess, which includes reading documents, interviewing management, writing a memo, and making recommendations for improvement of the component.

Everything I encountered was new to me. Much like accounting has its own language, so does the banking industry, and so does the FDIC. It was challenging at first to learn even the basics of how a bank operates and how each component plays a part in the bank’s success. On a daily basis, I come to work with a sense of purpose and a sense that, even though I am an intern, I am contributing. Most importantly, I have learned that I want to come back to the FDIC after I graduate.

In the forefront of my mind is gratitude for the Fish Scholarship as without it, I would not have this amazing opportunity. I was recruited from the Fall 2009 Career Expo at the Shidler College of Business while volunteering with the Fish Cohort. As I was walking around handing out lunches and waters to the booths, the representatives from the FDIC called me over and asked to speak with me when I had some free time. If I hadn’t received the Fish Scholarship, I would not have been volunteering at the Expo, which led to this great opportunity.

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