{"id":80043,"date":"2018-05-18T09:02:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=80043"},"modified":"2019-03-25T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T22:33:02","slug":"nsf-tribal-college-and-university-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/18\/nsf-tribal-college-and-university-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> hosts National Science Foundation tribal college and university leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> hosts participants at the 2018 Tribal Colleges and Universities Leaders Forum. Left to Right: Joshua Kaakua, Regina Sievert, Jermalina Tupas, David Lassner, Don Straney, Carty Monette and John Rand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s Office of STEM<\/abbr> (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education<\/a> hosted the National Science Foundation (NSF<\/abbr>) Tribal Colleges and Universities Program<\/a> (TCUP<\/abbr>) Leaders Forum in Honolulu in April. More than 80 respected leaders from tribal colleges, Alaskan Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions from across the U.S. attended the forum.<\/p>\n

“The UH<\/abbr> is very proud to be a partnered with such a distinguished and committed group of TCUP<\/abbr> leaders,” said John Rand<\/strong>, UH<\/abbr> Office of STEM<\/abbr> Education director. “We are honored that they chose Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> as the location to gather, share ideas and to plan for the future.”<\/p>\n

Project leaders from the national TCUP<\/abbr> community met at both Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> and Waik\u012bk\u012b to discuss how to:<\/p>\n