{"id":159118,"date":"2022-05-13T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=159118"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:14:50","slug":"shining-haumana-lead-hawaiinuiakea-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/13\/shining-haumana-lead-hawaiinuiakea-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining haum\u0101na selected to lead Hawai\u02bbinui\u0101kea graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Each semester, kumu (faculty) from the Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge<\/a> (HSHK<\/abbr>) at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa select exemplary haum\u0101na (students) to lead the procession and recession of the college\u2019s graduates at commencement.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, May 14, undergraduates Kamalani Keao Oshiro<\/strong> and Kaneikoliakawahineikaʻiukapuomua<\/span> Baker<\/strong> will serve as Â鶹´«Ã½nuiākea<\/span> student marshals. Both were chosen for the coveted role after demonstrating exceptional academic excellence and emulating HSHK<\/abbr>\u2019s mission to pursue, perpetuate, research, and revitalize areas and forms of Hawaiian knowledge.<\/p>\n

More highlights from the commencement ceremonies and our amazing graduates<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“As proud as we are of all our graduates, those of the past two years who have persevered and succeeded in these extremely trying times, are distinctive,” said Dean Jon Kamakawiwoʻole<\/span> Osorio<\/strong>. “Huro (cheers) to our student marshals and all of their hoapapa (classmates).”<\/p>\n

ʻIke (knowledge) fusion<\/h2>\n
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Kamalani Keao Oshiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oshiro, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, always yearned to learn more about his ancestral roots as a Native Hawaiian. His moʻokūʻauhau<\/span> (geneaology) traces back to the moku (district) of Waialua, Oʻahu<\/span>. Oshiro\u2019s academic path at HSHK<\/abbr> opened the door for the aspiring marine biologist to immerse himself in science through an ʻike Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian knowledge) lens.<\/p>\n

“The way that UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa has prepared me for my future is by giving me avenues and the opportunity to be a part of the first generation normalizing Hawaiian culture and values in the scientific research process being conducted in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” Oshiro explained. “Having kumu who are academically trained scientists and grounded in their Hawaiian identity teaching at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa has given me people to look up to and aspire to be.”<\/p>\n

Oshiro will earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in Hawaiian studies with a concentration in M\u0101lama ʻ\u0100ina: Hawaiian Perspectives on Resource Management from Kamakak\u016bokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies<\/a>. He recently earned a research assistant position at the Coral Resilience Lab at the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute of Marine Biology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ola ka ʻ\u014dlelo (The language lives)<\/h2>\n
\"Kaneikoliakawahineikaiukapuomua
Kaneikoliakawahineikaʻiukapuomua<\/span> Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ʻ\u014clelo Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> (Hawaiian language) surrounded Baker long before she left the womb, her parents are Hawaiian language and hana keaka (theatre) kumu at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Raised in Kahaluʻu<\/span> along the abundant Koʻolau<\/span> mountain range, Baker attended Hawaiian immersion school from preschool through high school and continued studying the native tongue of her ancestors as an ʻ\u014dlelo Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> major.<\/p>\n

“I believe that my education at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in the school of Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language<\/a> strengthened my ability to research in my language and to perpetuate the ʻike (knowledge) of our k\u016bpuna (ancestors) by giving the learning tools of language,” she explained. “Language is not only a tool of communication, it is the bridge from our world to the p\u014d world where the many k\u016bpuna that came before us reside.”<\/p>\n

Baker\u2019s passion for haʻi<\/span> moʻolelo<\/span> (storytelling) and hana keaka have blossomed within the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Hawaiian theatre program, she recently earned national recognition<\/a> from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival<\/a> for her starring role in UH<\/abbr> Hawaiian language play, He Leo Aloha<\/em>. After graduation, she plans to enter the MFA<\/abbr> program in Hawaiian Theatre and eventually work in costume design.<\/p>\n

More on UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa commencement ceremonies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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