UH Hilo Chancellor’s Awards
Chancellor’s Award Winner
Keiki Kawaiaea
Keiki Kawaiaea is an assistant professor at the Ka Haka Ula o Keelikolani College of Hawaiian Language and the recipient of the Koichi and Taniyo Taniguchi Award for Excellence and Innovation.
Kawaiaea has been instrumental in the development of the Na Honua Mauli Ola Hawaiian cultural pathways and the Moenaha culture-based curriculum design and instructional method that impact native learners in culturally healthy and responsive ways.
She is a published author on Hawaiian education, language revitalization and has written numerous children’ books and songs.
Kawaiaea is a true role model and continuously demonstrates unwavering determination to fulfill goals of excellent teaching while reviving the Hawaiian language for the benefit of future generations in Hawaii.
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