Ka‘iu Kimura named interim director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language

Ka‘iu Kimura is interim director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language beginning mid-August 2023.

Ka‘iu Kimura pictured against a background aerial image of the UH Hilo campus with Hilo Bay in the distance.
Ka‘iu Kimura

University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin has announced Ka‘iu Kimura is interim director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language beginning mid-August 2023. Kimura is long-standing executive director at UH Hilo’s ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i, a position she will retain while serving as interim director of the college.

Bonnie Irwin
Bonnie D. Irwin

“Ka Haka ‘Ula has been working closely with ‘Imiloa for a number of years, and thus Ka‘iu is well acquainted with the needs of the college, its students, and its staff and faculty,” says Chancellor Irwin.

Kimura has been a lecturer at the college, serves on the leadership team, and has developed Hawaiian language curriculum offered to Hawai‘i’s business and tourism industries.

Previously, she worked at the non-profit ‘Aha Pūnana Leo advancing Hawaiian language and culture as well as outreach programs to Native American communities and international Indigenous groups.

Kimura was a Pacific Century Fellow, a Center for Advancing Informal Science Education Fellow, and an inaugural Omidyar Fellow.

She received her bachelor of arts and master of arts in Hawaiian language and literature from UH Hilo and is currently a candidate in the university’s Indigenous language revitalization doctoral program.

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