{"id":163395,"date":"2022-08-12T15:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T01:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163395"},"modified":"2022-08-12T15:44:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T01:44:21","slug":"7m-for-international-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/12\/7m-for-international-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"$7<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr> for international studies at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_163400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163400\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-palau.jpg\" alt=\"student learning thatching\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-palau.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-palau-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-palau-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> student learns Palauan thatching techniques<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa has been awarded seven Title <abbr title=\"Roman numeral six\">VI<\/abbr> International Education grants totaling $7 million over a four-year grant cycle from the U.S. Department of Education, keeping the campus among an elite group of U.S. universities with a dominant presence in international studies, especially in the Asia and Pacific regions.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa programs awarded funds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>National Resource Center for East Asia<\/li>\n<li>National Resource Center for the Pacific Islands<\/li>\n<li>National Resource Center for Southeast Asia<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for East Asia<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for the Pacific Islands<\/li>\n<li>Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Southeast Asia<\/li>\n<li>National Foreign Language Resource Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163398\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-bali-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"actors in Balinese costumes\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-bali-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-bali-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-bali.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student performers in <em>The Last King of Bali<\/em> at Kennedy Theatre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is at the forefront of education in the Asia-Pacific region,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>. &ldquo;These competitive grants recognize our unparalleled strengths in instruction, research and training in these critical areas. As a minority-serving institution, we draw diverse students into higher education, build their skills through our fine faculty and academic partnerships, and send our alumni into professional careers that connect <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the U.S. to the Pacific and Asia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/spas\/about\/national-resource-centers\/\">National Resource Center<\/a> (<abbr>NRC<\/abbr>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/eastasia\/flas\/\">Foreign Language and Area Studies<\/a> (<abbr>FLAS<\/abbr>) grants are housed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/spas\/\">School of Pacific and Asian Studies<\/a> (<abbr>SPAS<\/abbr>) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/call\/\">College of Arts, Languages, and Letters<\/a> (<abbr>CALL<\/abbr>) at M&#257;noa. <abbr>SPAS<\/abbr> is considered a leader in Pacific Islands studies and Asian studies nationally and internationally. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is the only university in the country to be awarded <abbr>NRC<\/abbr>-Pacific Islands and <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr>-Pacific Islands grants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163399\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-canoe-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people on canoe\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-canoe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-canoe-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-title-vi-grant-canoe.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Center for Pacific Islands Studies students on Samoan Voyaging Canoe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <abbr>NRC<\/abbr> grants will support modern language instruction, teacher training, curriculum development, outreach and library collections. <abbr>FLAS<\/abbr> programs fund fellowships for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa undergraduate and graduate students who are studying modern foreign languages and area studies.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nflrc.hawaii.edu\/\">National Foreign Language Resource Center<\/a> (<abbr>NFLRC<\/abbr>) grant was first awarded to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa when the <abbr>NFLRC<\/abbr> program was established in 1990 and has been continuously earned since then, making <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa the oldest language resource center in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Faculty and staff at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa collaborated across campus and with other campuses to develop innovative projects, e.g. Asia-Pacific Studies Career Readiness Program, the <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College Certificate of Community Interpreting, and <abbr>NFLRC<\/abbr> Japanese and Filipino Culture Apps,&rdquo; said <abbr>CALL<\/abbr> Dean <strong>Peter Arnade<\/strong>. &ldquo;Winning these prestigious grants not only demonstrates our national leadership in these fields but also provides critical support to the university to carry out its mission to serve the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and its neighbors in the Pacific and Asia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Title <abbr title=\"Roman numeral six\">VI<\/abbr> International Education grants were awarded totaling $7 million over a four-year grant cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1471,953,63,1466,792,258,9],"class_list":["post-163395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-international-education","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-national-foreign-language-resource-center","tag-school-of-pacific-and-asian-studies","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163395","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=163395"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163405,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163395\/revisions\/163405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}