Established October of 1988, upon the recommendation of the Hawaiian Studies Task Force in the Ka‘u Report of 1986, to address the under representation students of Hawaiian ancestry at the Kua'ana was developed. Kua'ana Native Hawaiian Student Development SErvices (KNHSDS) is a service program for students of Hawaiian ancestry that is organized under the Office of Student Affairs at UHM.

KNHSDS is a service program for Native Hawaiian students that is organized under the Office of Student Affairs at UHM.

Kua'ana Native Hawaiian Student Development Services (Kua'ana) is a student service program for students of Hawaiian ancestry, organized within the office of Student Equity, Excellence, & Diversity, in Student Affairs at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Since 1988, Kua'ana has served hundreds of Hawaiian students through student services that include need-based tuiton waivers, community service activities, an annual financial aid fair to allow students to interact face to face of financial aid, tuiton waiver and scholarship resources on and off the Manoa campus.In addition students may visit the Kua'ana office to speak with staff about academic related concerns they have. Kua'ana also forwards to the Hawaiian students information on appointments such as jobs, internships, and scholarships.

Each year, Kua'ana sponsors the Annual Hapai Pu Financial Aid Fair in which over 15 vendors of financial aid, tuiton waivers and scholarships are available to speak with students about resources their organization provides and which students of Hawaiian ancestry may take advantage of.

http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2012/11/30/record-crowds-at-native-hawaiian-scholarship-events/

KUA'ANA 2013-2014 APPLICATION: Click the link below to find the Kua'ana Tuiton Waiver Application.

http://www.hawaii.edu/fas/info/scholarships.php