Silversword Reunion 2025

Please save the dates Friday, October 17-Sunday, October 19 for Silversword Reunion 2025!

We are excited to welcome our Chaminade alumni ohana back to campus this year for alumni reunion. This gathering is a chance for us to reunite with lifelong friends and faculty, explore our campus, and relive the moments that made your time as a Silversword unforgettable.

Schedule of Events

5:15 pm – Campus Tour
Re-explore the Kalaepohaku campus with walking tours led by current students. Our student ambassadors will share their knowledge and passion for the campus, offering insights into what makes Chaminade special to them. Take a moment to reminisce about your time here, reconnect with old friends, and share stories and memories of your experiences on the hill.

6:00-9:00 pm – Pacific Island Review
Join us for a fabulous evening of Pacific Island cultural performances, celebration and great food at Chaminade’s signature fall event, Pacific Island Review, hosted by the Office of Student Engagement and Chaminade Student Government Association.

Join your fellow alumni for the Silversword Reunion Dinner, an opportunity to honor the past, embrace the present and create new memories to celebrate in the future! The dinner will feature a delicious buffet of Hawaiian food to enjoy as you raise a glass for the Alumni Award honorees.

Return to the Mystical Rose Oratory for Sunday Mass with our vibrant Marianist community. Celebrate faith, hope and aloha as we strengthen our bonds as one Chaminade ‘ohana.

2025 Alumni Awards

Now is your opportunity to help honor distinguished Chaminade University alumni for their contributions to the community, the university, and the world. We rely on your recommendations to identify potential honorees as part of our awards program, and we very much value your feedback.

Please see below for descriptions of our upcoming awards, and nominate candidates you feel deserve special recognition. Award nominations will close August 29, 2025 at 8:00 A.M (HST).

First arriving in Hawaii in 1883, The Marianists (Society of Mary) are a Roman Catholic religious order of men who embrace the idea of education as a mechanism to transform society and support a spirit of openness, mutual respect and acceptance. The Marianist Alumni Award recognizes an alumnus or alumna who exemplifies the Marianist spirit.

Submit your nomination here

The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes an alumnus or alumna who has made distinguished and outstanding contributions to his or her profession or field of interest as well as, over the course of a lifetime, brought benefit to his or her community, humanity, and honor to the university by embodying the values and 2023 spirit of Chaminade University.

Submit your nomination here

The Young Alumni Award recognizes an outstanding alumnus or alumna of Chaminade University who is 35 years old or younger. The award is given to an alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated excellence in his or her professional field and/or has demonstrated service to his or her community, the university, the public, or humanity.

Submit your nomination here

For more information or questions, please contact Director of Alumni Relations Jodi-Anne Yoshida, MBA ‘23 at
(808) 735-4763 or [email protected].