Campus and Community
Uluākea
The Uluākea Program is designed to provide a cohort of instructional faculty and staff from Hawaiʻi Community College and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo with opportunities to engage in culturally grounding activities and experiences. Our goal is to encourage our campus faculty and staff to incorporate Hawaiʻi world views into teaching, research, and service through transformed or newly created place-based course curriculum. This one of a kind professional development program offers:
- Monthly workshops tailored to establish cultural practices and perspectives
- Guidance and support with our UH Hilo Uluākea Coordinator and Hawaiʻi CC Piko Hawaiʻi Coordinator
- Activities to establish cultural perspectives in the faculty's designated field of study
- Introduction to cultural resources to utilize as tools for transforming or creating new curriculum
Campus wide Uluakea workshops
- Learn basic ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi vocabulary, sentence structures, and phrases to empower our kauhale by incorporating Hawaiian language and cultural values into daily campus roles.
Eia Hawaiʻi Lecture Series
A monthly lecture series aimed at developing a Hawaiian worldview at UH Hilo
Check back soon for more details about the schedule!
Kīpaepae
Kīpaepae are Hawaiian ceremonies of welcome to our campus & community. Kīpaepae contributes to transforming the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo into a Hawaiian Place of Learning as defined by Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao, the University of Hawaiʻi’s strategic commitment to transforming into a leader in indigenous higher education. On behalf of the office of the chancellors of the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College, Kīpaeape are coordinated by the Kīpaepae Executive Committee and facilitated by our community of learners, staff, instructors, administrators, alums, and our community partners.
No prior knowledge and/or experience in kīpaepae is necessary to participate in our workshops or any kīpaepae event.
