Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 4, 1 April 1992 — Dudoit top scholar [ARTICLE]

Dudoit top scholar

University of Hawai'i at Manoa senior Darlaine Mahealani Mui Lan Dudoit has been named one of the nation's 20 top college students. USA Today newspaper awarded Dudoit a plaee on its A11-USA Academic First Team, whieh recognizes outstanding scholarship, intellectual achievement and leadership. Dudoit, who maintains a perfect 4.0 grade point average, is a UHM Presidential Scholar and honors student majoring in English and Spanish. She is of Hawaiian ancestry and was born and raised here. She traveled abroad widely before returning to Honolulu and enrolling in the University of Hawai'i. Dudoit is managing editor of the university's award-winning literary journal "Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing," an unusual responsibility for an undergraduate. Dudoit hopes to eam a Ph.D. specializing in ethnic literature then continue in higher education as a writer, editor and teacher of literature.