{"id":239402,"date":"2026-08-24T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=239402"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T20:47:47","slug":"hawaii-students-global-politics-intelligence-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/24\/hawaii-students-global-politics-intelligence-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Â鶹´«Ã½ students explore global politics, intelligence careers at UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high school students spent part of their summer exploring global politics, national security and potential careers through the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s Academy for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Intelligence Studies Summer Program<\/a> (AHI-SP)<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Offered through the Department of Political Science<\/a> in the College of Social Sciences<\/a>, the three-week program serves local high school students and incoming college freshmen. Participants who successfully completed the program earned college credits for POLS<\/abbr> 120: Introduction to World Politics.<\/p>\n

Diplomacy, intelligence, strategy<\/h2>\n

Students spent the first two weeks learning virtually about international diplomacy, history and modern intelligence agencies. During the final week, they lived on the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus, participated in strategy simulations, visited historic sites and met with intelligence leaders.<\/p>\n

“The 2026 AHI-SP<\/abbr> class was an exceptional group,” said Jairus Grove, program director and political science professor. “They worked together to understand the complexities of world politics and began the journey to making a better future.”<\/p>\n

The statewide cohort included students from Kauaʻi<\/span>, Oʻahu<\/span>, Maui and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, with 68% attending public schools.<\/p>\n

“AHI<\/abbr> has helped me understand and get a glimpse into how government thinks, acts and reacts,” said Zoe Sokei-Ganir, a freshman from Kapaʻa<\/span> High School on Kauaʻi<\/span>. “I\u2019ve been influenced into considering new and unique career goals.”<\/p>\n

Student expenses, including tuition, fees, learning materials and travel and housing costs for neighbor island participants, were fully funded by the Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative<\/a> (P3I)<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n

For more information visit the College of Social Sciences website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s summer intelligence studies program gave Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> students experience exploring world politics and national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":239407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[301,1466,185,9],"class_list":["post-239402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-political-science","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t