Column by Chancellor Irwin: Summertime enrichment at UH Hilo
Summertime at the UH Hilo is vacation time for some, but also a time of academic and social enrichment for many students and prospective students.
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
Summertime at the UH Hilo is vacation time for some, but also a time of academic and social enrichment for many students and prospective students.
The Vulcan ‘Ohana Week of Welcome kicked off with an information fair for new and returning students to interact with staff from programs, services, departments, and organizations on campus.
New students were welcomed to campus last week with kīpaepae welcoming ceremony, convocation, enrichment workshops, wahi pana travel in Hilo, and campus tours.
Pele Harman, UH Hilo’s new director of Native Hawaiian engagement who headed the event, says, “No kākou kēia wahi. Na kākou nō e mālama. This is our place. We shall take care of it.”
The festival’s offerings of competitive international football coupled with intercultural education and exchange align perfectly with UH Hilo’s goal to be a leader in Native Hawaiian education.
Based on Native Hawaiian cultural values, the annual Ka Lama Kū awards recognize the exceptional contributions the honorees make as student leaders on campus.
The project is headed by UHHSA Senator-at-Large Ian Keola Scarth, who is working with Da Box, a subsidiary of The Food Basket, Hawaiʻi Island’s Food Bank, to distribute boxes of food to students.