UH Hilo indigenous teacher education program receives accreditation
WINHEC congratulated Kahuawaiola for its “commitment to elevate high standards of indigenous teacher education as an exemplar example for all Indigenous peoples.”
Nā Pua Noʻeau mission and vision integrated into campus programs
The programs will continue to strengthen the cultural identity of Native Hawaiians while providing multifaceted opportunities for college degree completion and career pathways.
UH Hilo lab school nationally awarded for Hawaiian immersion education
Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu will receive a National Indian Education Association award which recognizes an organization for its success on native student academic achievement.
$3.9M for Native Hawaiian education at UH
In support of its goal to become a model indigenous serving institution, UH has been awarded almost $3.9 million in grants by the U.S. DOE’s Native Hawaiian Education Program.
UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language contributes to Hilo mural project
The Hilo mural is part of a 10-mural statewide project celebrating the 23 Hawaiian language immersion and charter schools.
Spoken Hawaiian language digital repository awarded grants
The project, entitled “Building a Hawaiian Spoken Language Repository,” will create a digital corpus of recordings and transcripts of Native Hawaiian language.
UH Press publishes open-access Hawaiian language journal
Palapala is an academic journal dedicated to the study of the Hawaiian language and the literature produced in it.
Expansion of indigenous language immersion programs focus of UH Hilo field study
UH Hilo hosted a two-day conference with educators from around the world working toward revitalizing indigenous languages.
Hawaiian forms of debate highlight of second UH Hilo teach-in
UH Hilo’s College of Hawaiian Language held a second all-class teach-in aimed at raising awareness around the issues surrounding Maunakea.
UH Hilo digitizing 40-year-old ʻōlelo radio show
UH Hilo’s Larry Kimura is digitizing recordings from his radio show, Ka Leo Hawaiʻi, which started in 1972 and continued for 16 years of broadcasts.
