He Pūkoʻa Kani ʻĀina: Keaukaha community gathers at UH Hilo aquaculture center to celebrate coral restoration at Puhi Bay
The event celebrates Keaukaha charter school 5th-graders doing collaborative restoration work with UH Hilo’s Coral Nursery.
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
The event celebrates Keaukaha charter school 5th-graders doing collaborative restoration work with UH Hilo’s Coral Nursery.
As someone personally involved in the diaspora of Native Hawaiians, Leilani Badamo returned to Hawaiʻi to reconnect with the culture and ka ʻāina.
At symposium, three graduating seniors presented their research, annual awards were bestowed, and several students were inducted into history honor society.
The lab lays the groundwork for future classes in the biology department and also prepares students with useful technical skills for graduate programs like med school.
The new workboat significantly expands UH Hilo’s place-based marine science training and research.
The outdoor lab spaces on campus with fruit trees and garden plots allow students to learn hands-on how to care for a garden or farm later on.
The vision of the joint project is not only to produce the important student research, but also to inspire other Hawaiʻi and Pacific region universities to launch the same type of collaborative courses.
In addition to research and extension activity, the aquaculture center is also an important educational facility and includes the largest aquaculture workforce training program in the state.