All are invited to attend El Camino College's 19th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival, scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. March 28 near the ECC Student Activities Center.

The annual "Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata Memorial Cherry Blossom Festival" is named after the college's former vice president of academic affairs, who passed away in 2005. Dr. Hata was an internationally known scholar who was extremely involved in academia and community work. She was instrumental in bringing the cherry trees to the campus 17 years ago, one of the many programs she supported during her 34-year career at El Camino College. American Honda Motor Co. donated the cherry trees and generously contributed to an endowed scholarship in her name in 2005.

Under Dr. Hata's leadership, the Cherry Blossom Festival has become a college tradition – a way to ring in the spring season and celebrate friendship. A performance by UnitOne of Asano Taiko U.S. is planned, in addition to haiku poetry readings by ECC students. Dr. Donald Hata, a retired faculty member from CSU Dominguez Hills and the husband of Dr. Nadine Ishitani Hata, will join us as an honored guest.

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