COVID19 Student Resources – Native Hawaiian Student Services

Native Hawaiian Student Services

Student Support Page: We are here for you. Get in touch with us!

Aloha nui mai kākou,

Due to the global public health crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID19), NHSS doors at QLC113 are currently closed. But we are still here for you! We have daily virtual office hours, a student hotline with a 24 hour callback turn around, and all of our staff are available and working to serve you every day.

As for our summer programming, we are currently re-working it to suit the new online mandates for classes and programming. Subscribe to our newsletter, check out website and follow our IG and FB pages to stay updated on summer opportunities such as the Ea Hawai’i Field School, Summer Institute Tuition-free summer school, the Kekaulike Summer Internships, the ʻŌiwi Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Kekaulike Summer Bridge, Nā Pua Noʻeau UH Mānoa programming and the Fall Native Hawaiian New Student Orientation.

We see this pandemic, and the problems it exposes as an opportunity to push forward Hawaiian frameworks of aloha ʻāina with unprecedented might and as much as possible, we are designing our programs to support that.

Please click on the icon above to go to a COVID-19 Student Support page that includes resources, including financial resources, to help you through this disorienting time, information on accessing current NHSS services and summer programs, and new and exciting learning and program opportunities that are available to you. We are here for you. Please donʻt hesitate to reach out for any reason.

Stay healthy and stay informed,

Willy Kauai
Director, Native Hawaiian Student Services

NHSS Staff Directory

Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/258004048 | Meeting ID: 258 004 048
Phone: 253 215 8782 | 301 715 8592

Follow NHSS on social media @nhssuhm

NHSS Programs

Summer 2020 ʻŌiwi Undergraduate Research Fellowship – open

Summer 2020 Kekaulike Internships – open

We are working to adapt our normal summer programming and will have more information available soon. These programs include:

Ea Hawaiʻi Field School
Summer Institute
Kekaulike Bridge
Lāhui Hawaiʻi Research Center Conference

COVID-19 Relief Resources

UH Student Urgent Relief Fund

Hawaiʻinuiākea Student Hardship Fund
This fund is open to Hawaiʻinuiākea majors. For more information contact your advisor. For Kamakakūokalani majors, contact Lehua Nishimura @ lehua.nishimura@hawaii.edu. For Kawaihuelani majors and double majors, contact Kainehe Chun-Lum @ jchunlum@hawaii.edu. For Hawaiʻinuiākea graduate students, contact Ulu Oliva @ carlyo@hawaii.edu.

ALU Graduate Student Hardship Fund for non-Hawaiʻinuiākea Graduate Students

CNHA Kahiau Community Assistance Program

UH listed financial resources

Federal student loan changes

Bank of Hawaiʻi Loan Relief

First Hawaiian Bank loan relief

Hawaiian Electric bill relief

Spectrum bill relief and wifi-support for families and students

University Health Services

Planned Parenthood Tele-health

Additional UH Academic and Student Support Services

The UH Writing Center online tutoring