2025 Spring Vulcan ʻOhana Week is underway! Fairs and resource events offer students ways to connect
Informational and campus resource fairs, a goodie giveaway, a community resource event, and Sundae Social are scheduled throughout the week.
Category: Campus Life
ʻŌlelo Resource of the Month: Salutations and closings in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi
UH Hilo Director of Native Hawaiian Engagement Pele Harman shares a helpful tool to incorporate into correspondence as a small but intentional way to highlight the native language of Hawaiʻi.
UH Hilo Botanical Garden achieves international accreditation in plant conservation
The accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International showcases the importance of protecting the extraordinary plants found in the UH Hilo Botanical Garden.
Photos: Pua Kalikimaka! UH Hilo’s agricultural college holds Poinsettia Plant Sale
The event featured both red and white poinsettias grown by UH Hilo ag students at the university’s Agricultural Farm Laboratory in Panaʻewa.
Aloha! Host families welcome UH Hilo’s international students into Hilo community
Through this semester’s meet and greet, home-cooked meals, sightseeing trips, shopping and other activities on Hawaiʻi Island, international students feel welcomed by local host families.
Photos: At brush writing workshop during International Education Week, UH Hilo students learn an ancient Chinese art
Participants in the workshop found that, although the basic strokes look easy, it is rather difficult to control the brush, the amount of ink and the absorbency of the paper.
Celebrate Global Education! International Education Week events are underway at UH Hilo
Events celebrating International Education Week are underway this week. Food, books, photo contest, brush writing workshop, block party, trivia night!
Photos: 2024 United Nations Day
Each year, UH Hilo celebrates United Nations Day with an international parade, sharing of song and dance, and informational tables, all highlighting the many different countries represented at UH Hilo. “The event demonstrates unity among different peoples and nations around the world.”
