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Hawaii Students Broaden Horizons Abroad

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Molly Solomon

Published August 1, 2013 at 4:08 AM HST

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Students are heading back to school next week, and many are coming back from places as far as Beijing and Morocco. Thanks to the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, nearly 40 public high school students were given scholarships to travel in the Asia-Pacific region. HPR’s Molly Solomon shares some of their stories from abroad.

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Molly Solomon

Molly Solomon joined HPR in May 2012 as an intern for the morning talk show The Conversation. She has since worn a variety of hats around the station, doing everything from board operator to producer.

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