Title III: Kupu Ka Wai: Native Hawaiian Serving Institute

The Kupu Ka Wai Council is comprised of Native Hawaiians associated with Honolulu Community College as faculty, staff, administration, and students. The vision of Kupu Ka Wai (The Nurturing Waters) is to nurture and to sustain Honolulu Community College as a Hawaiian place of learning. The Kupu Ka Wai Council and the Honolulu Community College Chancellor and Administration work together to strengthen the coordination of all Native Hawaiian Programs on campus: Nā Papa Hawaiʻi, Ocean Hawaiʻi, MELE, The Native Hawaiian Center, Title III and Po‘i Nā Nalu. The program seeks to: Increase recruitment, retention and graduation of Native Hawaiian Students at Honolulu Community College; To support the integration of Hawaiian language, culture, values and history into curriculum and campus activities; Provide faculty development to assist integrating a Hawaiian perspective into the curriculum; And to improve efforts to recruit and retain faculty, staff, and administrators from underrepresented groups, especially Native Hawaiians.