Keaholoa STEM Scholars Program

The UH Hilo Keaholoa STEM Scholars Program (KSP) is a Learning Community that serves underrepresented minority students—in particular Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders—to bolster their academic success in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Students engage in rigorous scientific research that is grounded in Native Hawaiian knowledge and cultural practices. KSP offers cultural immersion, community building experiences, volunteer opportunities, place-based learning, faculty-guided research and summer internship experiences, academic support, professional development, STEM skills development, peer mentoring, and graduate school exploration.

Keaholoa

Keaholoa refers to "the long fishing line", a metaphor for the academic tools mentor-teachers will provide STEM students who will "learn how to plumb the depths of academic inquiry."

He lawaiʻa ke kai papaʻu, he pokole ke aho; he lawaiʻa no ke kai hohonu, he loa ke aho.

A fisherman of the shallow sea uses a short line; a fisherman of the deep sea has a long line.
A person whose knowledge is shallow does not have much, but he whose knowledge is great, does.
- Pukui

Nā Mamo o Keaholoa

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