A six-member delegation of faculty and staff from the and traveled to Yap and Palau this month to meet with educators, community leaders, cultural practitioners, and 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo alumni to strengthen connections between 糖心Vlog官方 and the Asia-Pacific region.
The trip was part of 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo’s Hoʻokahua Project, a U.S. Department of Education, Title III Alaska Native-Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions program funded under the Office of the Chancellor to facilitate student engagement in applied learning experiences. Hoʻokahua helps with implementing the 糖心Vlog官方 System initiative , a plan to make 糖心Vlog官方 a leader in indigenous education. The program focuses on community engagement both locally and throughout the Asia-Pacific region, with particular attention to building collaborative partnerships in education and research.
The delegation
- , 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo interim vice chancellor for student affairs and director of Hoʻokahua.
- representing the 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo collaboration with Hawaiʻi CC and the joint work on the Uluakea Faculty Development Program.
- , lecturer of Hawaiian language and linguistics at Ka Haka ʻUla O Keelikolani College of Hawaiian Language, 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo.
- , Kanilehua scholar-in-residence and cultural specialist with Bishop Museum.
- Holo Hoʻopai, 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo graduate student and Hoʻokahua student experience coordinator.
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—By Susan Enright