Kaua?i CC awarded nearly $1.2M to help develop Native Hawaiian teachers
Kauaʻi CC will provide clear, culturally responsive pathways for Native Hawaiians to earn careers as high school teachers without having to leave the island.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Kula
Kula—School, academy; to teach school
Hawaiian Word of the Week: K¨±?ai
Kūʻai—To buy, barter.
Windward CC pioneers pathways to cybersecurity
Five tribal colleges, including Windward CC, are collaborating to improve cybersecurity and computer science training.
UH Sea Grant, partners awarded $68.5M to advance climate resilience
The project will build long-term climate resilience by restoring forest, watershed, coastal and marine ecosystems and through improved co-management and community governance of resources.
Navigating nursing: From Kapi?olani CC to UH Hilo’s Wai?anae Cohort
Three graduates of UH Hilo¡¯s School of Nursing credit a Kapiʻolani CC program for Native Hawaiian students.
Q&A: Expert on the world¡¯s first academic ethnomathematics program
Linda Furuto, a professor at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹, started teaching ethnomathematics at UH West Oʻahu in 2007.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Makani
Makani—Wind, breeze.
Punihei Lipe selected to lead systemwide Native Hawaiian initiative
Lipe has been named the director of Â鶹´«Ã½ Papa O Ke Ao and will lead the 10-campus system¡¯s commitment to becoming an Indigenous-serving and Indigenous-centered institution.
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Wahi
Wahi—Place, location, position, site, setting.