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Welcome to the Pacific Islander Student Center (PISC), the “home away from home” for Pacific island students at UH Hilo. Funded by an AANAPISI grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Center has a team who oversee the services, programs, and resources to facilitate the success of students from the U.S.-affiliated Pacific island regions of American Samoa, CNMI, FSM, Guam, Palau, and RMI. We hope to see you at any of our upcoming events.

Featured Event

Pacific Islander Summer BridgePacific Islander Summer Bridge (PISB) Program

Date: August 4 - 11, 2012
Location: Hale Kauanoe & PISC
Fifteen new UH Hilo students from throughout the Pacific islands will participate in the first class of the Pacific Islander Summer Bridge Program. PISB is designed to introduce first-year students to college-level expectations for writing, mathematics, critical inquiry, study skills/strategies, different learning and teaching styles, and campus resources, and promotes social and academic integration of Pacific island students into the campus community and build connections with faculty, staff and peers. Read more>>

 

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