{"id":109156,"date":"2020-01-10T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=109156"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T02:25:31","slug":"asuh-olelo-hawaii-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/01\/10\/asuh-olelo-hawaii-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"ASUH<\/abbr> offers free \u02bb\u014dlelo Hawai\u02bbi classes at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The Hawaiian language classes will be held at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Campus Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

March 13, 2020 editor\u2019s note<\/em><\/strong>: ASUH<\/abbr> announced that its ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> classes will now be taught online until further notice. This is due to the recent developments regarding the COVID-19 threat, including the recent decision by UH<\/abbr> administration to suspend all in-person classes in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Beginning March 25, classes will be held live online, at its regularly scheduled time\u2014every Wednesday at 3 p.m. All UH<\/abbr> students, faculty, staff and community members will have online access to the course via the KTUH<\/abbr> Facebook Page<\/a>, which will post livestreams of the course every Wednesday at 3 p.m. Video recordings of all class sessions, including previous class sessions, can also be accessed via the ASUH<\/abbr> Website<\/a> under the “Be Involved” tab.<\/p>\n

The remaining ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> course dates are: March 25, April 1, April 8, April 15, April 22, April 29 and May 6.<\/p>\n

ASUH<\/abbr> will provide further updates to the UH<\/abbr> community should it be necessary. Those interested should monitor ASUH<\/abbr> social media for announcements: Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Members of the public should contact Raiyan Rafid, ASUH<\/abbr> vice president at raiyan@hawaii.edu<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\n

Original story continues below.<\/p>\n

The Associated Students of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> (ASUH<\/abbr>), the undergraduate student government at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa, is hosting a free weekly, non-credit Hawaiian language class on the Mānoa campus in the spring 2020 semester. The course, offered in partnership with the Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a>, will be taught by fluent ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> speakers.<\/p>\n

The classes, which begin on January 22, will be offered free of charge to all UH<\/abbr> Mānoa students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.<\/p>\n

“We are very excited to begin offering this Hawaiian language course for members of the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa community,” said ASUH<\/abbr> Senator Raiyan Rafid<\/strong>, who introduced the bill which appropriated funds for the ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> course. “As an indiginous-serving institution, we feel that everyone deserves the opportunity to learn ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and we hope that this initiative will help to further the university\u2019s goal of becoming a true ‘Hawaiian place of learning.’”<\/p>\n