Hui Support
Cohort Kumukahi – Becoming reflective of Hawaiʻi Papa o ke Ao
Note on our name:
Our office name has been updated to the Hawai‘i Papa o ke Ao (HPOKA) Office. Hawai‘i papa o ke ao can be described in English as: Hawai‘i, the foundation of enlightenment. We use this ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i name to clearly describe what our office is here to do: To support the re-grounding of the University of Hawai‘i in Hawai‘i for the benefit of all.
Welina!
This webpage is designed to provide support for all hui members who are part of Cohort Kumukahi as well as provide general updates on its progress for the betterment of our UH Mānoa community towards becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning.
For questions please contact us at: nhpol@hawaii.edu
Note on the provided sections of the guidebook:
We provide sections of the guidebook as an intentional starting point for this process. Other sections are forthcoming and will be shared as we engage in this work as a collective. We recognize the desire/ask/need/want/push to move forward with writing the 5-year action plan and after hearing stories from people across our Mānoa community we are purposeful in proceeding in this way. We kindly invite you and your hui to pause and spend time with each section to create a process for asking your hui and hale the questions provided.
Ongoing Support Sessions
Beginning in 2025 and after each ongoing support session there will be a re-cap of the session and access to related resources and the session recording.
The next sessions will be happening:
- April 15, 2025 at 11 am
Hui Members
The hui members listed by hale (i.e., unit) was last updated on: March 31, 2025. To learn more about these groups and their role, visit the Hui (FAQ) Sheet.
College of Arts, Languages & Letters
| Brad | Taylor |
| Karen | Jolly |
| Katinka | Hammerich |
| Lynn | Mayekawa |
Cancer Center
| Annette | Jones |
| Esme | Infante |
| Hideko | Yamauchi |
| Lenora | Loo |
| Namrata | Gurung |
| Taylor | Lowe |
| Xuemei | Xie |
College of Social Sciences
| Jack | Barile |
| Kamakana | Aquino |
| Kāwika | Tengan |
| Ruben | Campos |
| Sakaria | Auelua-Toomey |
| Susan | Ma |
| Tiare | Sabellano-Tsutsui |
| Wei | Zhang |
Division of Student Success
| Amy | Hubbard |
| Andrea | Hazzard |
| Camaron | Miyamoto |
| James | Solano |
| Jeffrey | Bock |
| Wiliama | Sanchez |
College of Engineering
| Brennon | Morioka |
| Joseph | Brown |
| Kelli | Ching |
| Kim | Perez Hults |
| Song K | Choi |
| Steve | Durbin |
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
| Aimee | Sato |
| Chris | Suchocki |
| Christine | Ambrosino Carrier |
| Hayley | Luke |
| Lauren | Van Heukelem |
| Maria | Frostic |
| Mariko | Quinn |
| Mindy | Mizobe |
Institute for Astronomy
| David | Jones |
| Doug | Simons |
| Karen | Meech |
| Michael | Liu |
| Nicholas | Saunders |
| Rena | Lee |
| Roy | Gal |
John A. Burns School of Medicine
| Cyrus | Pattermann |
| Dee-Ann | Carpenter |
| Gunes | Aytac |
| Jourdan | McMillan |
| Lee | Buenconsejo-Lum |
| Martina | Kamaka |
| Selina | Chen |
| Tai-An | Miao |
| Teresa | Schiff-Elfalan |
| Tracie-Ann | Tjapkes (chap’kess) |
| Vanessa | Wong |
Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing
| Chris | Kanehiro |
| Clementina | Ceria-Ulep |
| Donna-Marie | Palakiko |
| Gary | Glauberman |
| Holly | Fontenot |
| Molly | Altman |
Sea Grant
| Anne | Rosa |
| Brad | Romine |
| Elizabeth | Lenz |
| Katy | Hintzen |
| Maya | Walton |
| Sara | Kahanamoku-Meyer |
| Elieen | Nalley |
| Darren | Lerner |
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
| Healani | Chang |
| Heather | Saito |
| Helena | Andrade |
| Jenny | Engels |
| Jessie | Perelman |
| Judy | Lemus |
| Justin | Suca |
| Lucie | Knor |
| Rob | Wright |
Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health
| Aimee | Chung |
| Cameron | Rasmussen |
| Danielle | Phillips |
| Jonathan | Huang |
| Mapuana | Antonio |
| Michael | DeMattos |
| Sarah Momilani | Marshall |
| Whitney | Watts |
Summit
Re-Cap
The inaugural Cohort Kumukahi summit was held on November 14th and 15th, 2024. This summit brought together 68 hui members representing 12 units (schools, colleges, and non-academic units) from across the UH Mānoa campus. To learn more about the 5-day professional development experience that all summit attendees joined in preparation for the summit visit our Cohort Kumukahi website.
Summit Resources
These resources presented at the hui summit, are intended for new and existing hui members. If you joined us for the summit, feel free to share these with others. If you are new to your hui, we suggest that you ask hui members who attended the summit about these resources and if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to us at: nhpol@hawaii.edu.
Other resources shared with us for the collective:
HPOKA Office
Action Steps
The HPOKA: Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office is committed to sharing and supporting our action steps with the hui and our campus community.
Activities Post-Hui Summit:
- Met with deans & directors via Provost Council (December 23, 2024)
- Met with the deans & directors (January 13, 2025)
- Met with deans & directors (March 17, 2025)
Next Steps:
- Meeting with Associate Deans (April 25, 2025)
- Guidebook (Section 3)