{"id":154466,"date":"2022-01-20T11:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T21:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=154466"},"modified":"2022-01-20T16:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T02:12:28","slug":"free-uh-event-for-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/free-uh-event-for-high-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Free <abbr>UH<\/abbr> event for high schoolers features swag, games, prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_96597\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nQB75PCF7s0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Free Â鶹´«Ã½event for high schoolers features swag, games, prizes\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high schoolers are invited to <em>We Go K&#257;kou<\/em>, a free informational virtual session filled with swag, games, prizes and hands-on activities for haum&#257;na (students) considering college.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-2-feature-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"girl painting\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-2-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-2-feature-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-2-feature.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhss\/programs\/na-pua-noeau-uh-manoa\/\">N&#257; Pua <span aria-label=\"Noeau\">No&#699;eau<\/span><\/a> (<abbr>NPN<\/abbr>), a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa college enrichment program geared toward increasing the number of Native Hawaiian students who attend and graduate from a <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> campus, will host free online events in February 2022 for high school students and their <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> (family). Students can sign up for either the February 2 or 16 virtual session set for 5:30&#8211;7:30 p.m. Registration is required to participate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeeW8MPSzP8fXnXhaSN3dGZk8JJNyEw6T6cJwMLginmfSrRTA\/viewform\">Register for the February 2 session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeygv5vtSESzNVKtjkMjLzpbseCGLydgJgXOEQHKBpRlZ7jgg\/viewform\">Register for the February 16 session<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;The overall intent of We Go K&#257;kou is to excite <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> students about higher education and have them enrolled in college as an option and a link to broadened career opportunities,&rdquo; said <strong>Kinohi Gomes<\/strong>, <abbr>NPN<\/abbr> <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa director.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-1-feature-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"two students \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-154471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-1-feature-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-1-feature-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-1-feature.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Space is limited and open to 200 seniors and 300 9th through 11th graders. <abbr>NPN<\/abbr>, which is part of the campus\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/nhss\/\">Native Hawaiian Student Services<\/a>, has run programs for students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade since 1989 and has centers at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu.\">O&#699;ahu.<\/span> <abbr>NPN<\/abbr> provides haum&#257;na of all ages along with their <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> a plethora of first-class learning opportunities aimed at providing direct access and a bridge between the community and higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Learning opportunities are held in collaboration with university and community organizations including the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/hawaii.edu\/nhsemp\/\/\">Native Hawaiian Science &#038; Engineering Mentorship Program<\/a> at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Education, Project KULEANA, Kamehameha Schools and <span aria-label=\"Liliuokalani\">Lili&#699;uokalani<\/span> Trust.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-3.jpg\" alt=\"people sitting on the floor in a circle\" width=\"676\" height=\"507\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-154473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-3.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/manoa-na-pua-noeau-3-130x98.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can sign up for either the February 2 or 16 virtual session set for 5:30&#8211;7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[757,371,9,56],"class_list":["post-154466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-admissions","tag-na-pua-noeau","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154466"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154510,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154466\/revisions\/154510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}