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
Bill Sakovich spent his Peace Corps days in the water, never realizing that the ten-year-old boys in the lanes would one day become the leaders of international swimming.
As a Peace Corps trainer, Arthur Mersereau learned that most of what we think we know is provisional, open to challenge, and that the most effective leaders are those who listen before they decide.
Craig Severance came to the realization fairly early on in his Peace Corp volunteer work: His role wasn’t to change the island, but to learn from it.
The Hawaiʻi Island environment of ethnic and cultural diversity was precisely why Hilo had been chosen as a Peace Corps training site for Southeast Asia volunteers.
“Every (Peace Corps) volunteer I’ve spoken to agrees that we took away more than we contributed.” — Artem Sergeyev.
Once a week during the school year, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage. This week’s word is kope.
International Nights is a long-standing tradition at UH Hilo that spans over five decades and is a favorite event on campus!
At UH Hilo, ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi is not simply a subject taught in classrooms, it is a living language that connects us to this place, to one another, and to the generations who came before us.
“A living laboratory”: UH Hilo’s Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resource Center, immersed in research, restoration, extension, training
In his research, UH Hilo biologist Patrick Hart plays it by ear with Hawaiʻi forest birds
Astrophotos! UH Hilo astronomy students capture dazzling images from atop Maunakea
UH Hilo community-based conservation researchers featured at Hawaiʻi Island Chamber of Commerce event
