{"id":151616,"date":"2021-11-10T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=151616"},"modified":"2021-11-10T11:35:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T21:35:08","slug":"uh-hilo-students-mix-it-up-hawaii-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/10\/uh-hilo-students-mix-it-up-hawaii-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Work, play, learn\u2014UH<\/abbr> Hilo students mix it up on Hawai\u02bbi Island"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> Hilo international and on-campus resident students walk in Liliʻuokalani<\/span> Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pandemic restrictions left student residents at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo hungry for interaction and connection with others. Searching for a safer solution, the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Center for Global Education and Exchange<\/a> collaborated with the University Housing Office<\/a> to create a program to engage on-campus residents.<\/p>\n

That collaboration bore K\u0101wili Kine Culture<\/a>, an inter-departmental program that places students in the community to physically work and play, while highlighting the Indigenous culture and diverse ethnic heritage of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island. It was designed to share island culture with international and out-of-state exchange, and other students in on-campus housing.<\/p>\n

“Basically every week we offer a lecture followed by a huakaʻi<\/span> or outing,” said Carolina Lam<\/strong>, director of Global Education at UH<\/abbr> Hilo. “We have invited faculty, alumni and community members to come to campus and speak to our students, sharing with them something about our island culture.”<\/p>\n

Lam consulted with Alton Okinaka<\/strong>, a sociology professor at UH<\/abbr> Hilo who she said was instrumental in advising the center during the initial planning of the new program.<\/p>\n

“The term k\u0101wili in Hawaiian means to mix,” added Lam. “So those of you who did not know this about our university\u2019s street name, now do.”<\/p>\n

Island adventures<\/h2>\n
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Students plant trees to help with reforestation effort in Keaukaha. (Photo credit: Dom Walczuk via Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weekly excursions have taken students to Volcanoes National Park and Keaukaha to plant native seedlings at a reforestation project. They also took a walking tour of Hilo town visiting Lyman Museum, Wailuku River and Liliʻuokalani<\/span> and Kal\u0101kaua parks.<\/p>\n

Retired UH<\/abbr> Hilo geography professors Sonia Juvik<\/strong> and Jim Juvik<\/strong> led the latest outing and took students to Kāʻū<\/span> to soak in the area\u2019s land and people.<\/p>\n

On social media, students raved about the experience noting, “along with the beautiful sightseeing we were able to [peek] into the history of these places thanks to the knowledge shared by Drs. Sonia and Jim.”<\/p>\n

For more information go to UH<\/abbr> Hilo Stories<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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