ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi │ One learns from many sources │ A web publication from the Office of the Chancellor, University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
Students, faculty, staff, and administrators from UH Hilo walked in the 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade. Professor Larry Kimura was the Grand Marshall.
Larry Kimura, UH Hilo Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies, was Grand Marshall of the 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade. Seated to his right is Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, and to his left is Director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language Kaʻiu Kimura. April 6, 2024, Hilo. (Photo courtesy of Lei Kapono/UH Hilo)
Photos are courtesy of Lei Kapono, associate director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani. Click images to enlarge.
A large group from UH Hilo and affiliated Hawaiian immersion school Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu walked in the Merrie Monarch Parade on April 6.
At the front of group, a banner: E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (The Hawaiian Language Shall Live).
Among the UH Hilo group were students and faculty from ʻAha Pūnana Leo, a child care center that offers Hawaiian language and cultural programs for keiki (children) and their families, co-founded by UH Hilo faculty in 1983 and now with centers throughout the state.
From left, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Professor of Hawaiian Language and Hawaiian Studies Larry Kimura (Grand Marshall of the Merrie Monarch Parade), Chancellor Bonnie Irwin, and Director of Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language Kaʻiu Kimura.
From left, Chancellor Bonnie Irwin, retired Director of UH Hilo’s Kīpuka Native Hawaiian Student Center Gail Makuakāne-Lundin, and Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs Kalei Rapoza.
Group of faculty from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani stand for photo with banner.
Chancellor Irwin at left stands with group from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani.
Group of faculty and staff from Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani.
Group of students with banner from their school Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, UH Hilo’s Laboratory Public Charter School located in Keaʻau.
From left, Pōhai Montague-Mullins (UH Hilo alumna and retired Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu teacher), Kauanoe Kamanā (Director of Nāwahī and UH Hilo Associate Professor of Hawaiian Studies), Namaka Rawlins (ʻAha Pūnana Leo), Pīkī Hayward (UH Hilo alumnus and teacher at Ke Kula ʻO ʻEhunuikaimalino in Kona), and William “Pila” Wilson (UH Hilo Professor of Hawaiian Studies).
UH Hilo group walks in 61st Annual Merrie Monarch Festival Royal Parade holding banner E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (The Hawaiian Language Shall Live), April 6, 2024, Hilo.
