UH professor selected as 2023 Obama Foundation Global Leader
Linda Furuto has been chosen to be one of 105 global leaders.
New stipend program assists early childhood education students
The Hawaiʻi Early Childhood Educator Tuition Stipend Program is part of a larger initiative to develop systems of financial support for early childhood educators.
Indigenous research lands UH scholars on presidential panel
Margaret Maaka, Kekailoa Perry and alum Kamuela Kimokeo were invited to present during the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on April 13–16.
In memoriam: Devoted education mentor, professor Christine Sorensen Irvine
Irvine served the UH Mānoa College of Education from 2007 until her death on January 27, 2023.
In memoriam: Francis M. Pottenger, III, innovator in science, curriculum development
Pottenger jumpstarted science education research for the College of Education.
In memoriam: Ronald Heck, education leadership advocate
Nationally renowned education scholar, teacher and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professor Ronald Harvey Heck died on January 11.
$1.6M to prepare Native Hawaiian, Asian, Pacific Islander special education teachers
Project Equal Access aims to create a more diverse teacher workforce to serve students of color in rural and remote communities.
PhD grad goes from directing commencement to walking in same ceremony
Lori Furoyama joined 860 fellow graduates at the fall 2022 commencement ceremony and received her PhD in education.
Kaiser HS Peace and Sustainability Garden grows plants and students
Paul Balazs and his students spent several months clearing an overgrown plot of land that would become the Peace and Sustainability Garden.
Face of Nike Indigenous collection is Kānaka ʻōiwi grad student
2022 Miss Aloha Hula Piʻikea Lopes is the first Native Hawaiian to be featured in Nike’s N7 collection.
