Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao, comprised of representatives of each campus, is a presidential appointed work committee tasked with developing, implementing and assessing strategic actions to make the University of Hawai?i a leader in indigenous education. The phrase simply means Hawai?i Foundations of Enlightenment/Knowledge. The deeper application of this name is cosmogonic, for in the name is Papah¨¡naumoku (Papa) and W¨¡kea (reflected in his Ao form), original parents of Hawai?i Consciousness.
He Ukana Aloha K¨¡ K¨©lauea
Aloha,
Please join us for another yearlong He Ukana Aloha K¨¡ K¨©lauea webinar series that acknowledges and celebrates the leadership accomplishments of regional ali?i through historical accounts, stories, and song from the ten 51²è¹Ý campuses.
The He Ukana Aloha K¨¡ K¨©lauea series is presented by the Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao Committee at the University of Hawai?i
Mahalo
Office of the President
Schedule
All webinars for AY 2021-2022 are 12pm to 1pm HST
- September 29 (51²è¹Ý ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹)
- October 13 (Windward CC)
- November 10 (Kapi?olani CC)
- December 8 (51²è¹Ý Maui College)
- January 12 (Kaua?i CC)
- February 9 (51²è¹Ý Hilo)
- March 9 (Honolulu CC)
- April 13 (Leeward CC)
- May 11 (51²è¹Ý West O?ahu)
- June 8 (Hawai?i CC)
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
Password: ukana2
Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao
Since January 2012, the Hawai?i Papa O Ke Ao Report set goals and objectives to address the higher education needs of our indigenous people¡ªNative Hawaiians¡ªby creating a model indigenous serving institution.
Native Hawaiian Councils
The purpose of the ±Ê¨±°ì´Ç?²¹ Council of the University of Hawai?i is to provide a formal, independent voice and organization through which the Native Hawaiian faculty, administrators and students of the 51²è¹Ý system can participate in the development and interpretation of system-wide policy and practice as it relates to Native Hawaiian programs, activities, initiatives and issues.
Title III
The 51²è¹Ý programs and projects supported by Title III funding range from tutoring and peer mentoring services to bridge/transition programs, to creation of affirming and culturally rich spaces on campuses.
Ao programs Campuses
The University of Hawai?i aspires to be the world¡¯s foremost indigenous serving university and embraces its unique responsibilities to the indigenous people of Hawai?i and to Hawai?i¡¯s indigenous language and culture.