Newsletter 2/15/2021

Looking for kōkua with ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi? Schedule an appointment with our Hawaiian Language tutor, Mālamalono Hokama-Paris, via STAR Balance. Instructions on how to schedule an appointment is above! Should you have any questions, please contact us at nhss@hawaii.edu with header “Attn: Hawaiian Language tutoring appointment help” so we may walk through the process. Mahalo and hope to see you soon (virtually)!

1. Search for Star Balance UH Mānoa in your search engine.
2. Find the www.star.hawaii.edu link.
3. You will be taken to this page. Log in by pressing the “Log in” tab on the top right of the page.
4. Now you are here! Almost there! Look at the option bar located under the calendar on the left of the screen.
5. Locate and click the “College Student Services” tab.
6. Locate and click the “NHSS” tab. There you will look for and select my inoa, Mālamalono Hokama-Paris.
7. Now your screen looks like this.
8. Choose a date, then look for available appointment slots that may work for you, in blue.
9. Once you have a date and time selected, click the time and date in blue and complete this short 3 step reservation form. Please be thorough with this form.
10. After completing the reservation form you will be taken to the Appointment Detail Receipt where the confirmation of the appointment will be. You will also get an email to confirm your appointment.
11. You will know your appointment is reserved if the date and time you selected is now in yellow. To cancel appointments press the X on the date and time you reserved.

Hoʻomālamalama Workshops – Spring 2021

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The Ho’omālamalama Workshops will continue for the Spring 2021 semester. Join us for Art Party and Mental Health workshops on Tuesdays at 12:30 pm on Zoom.

NHSS Lāhui Hawaiʻi Research Center
4th Annual Student Conference

March 18th-20th, 2021 | Hosted virtually

 

It is a pleasure to invite you to ‘Ike 2020, a conference organized by the Lāhui Hawaiʻi Research Center under Native Hawaiian Student Services. The conference will take place online via Zoom from March 18-20th. The conference will be half-day on each of the 3 days and will include a range of presentation formats, including keynote presentations and break-out sessions.

This time last year, we sent out a similar announcement with the conference theme ʻIke 2020, inspired by a culmination of events that have caused major shifts in both the political and social landscape of Hawaiʻi. Last year, we hoped our conference would help to illuminate the expanse of Hawaiian knowledge that has facilitated a sense of intellectual clarity among the lāhui, igniting action and invigorating the proliferation of a Hawaiian national consciousness. In this time of rapid change, a commitment to ʻike Hawaiʻi guides our visions of sustainable and just futures for both Hawaiʻi and the world. Today, this theme is still relevant as we reflect back on the huli and hulihia of 2020.

As this year’s theme, ʻIke 2020 is a call for presentations on scholarship that addresses the importance of engaging in kuleana to continue the growth of both Hawaiian knowledge and a Hawaiian national consciousness. This is a call for presentations on scholarship done by undergraduate and graduate students who engage in this kuleana in order to build sustainable futures for the next generations to come. We also invite presentations on scholarship that engage the huli of our time and possibilities for our future.

Although presentations are limited to UH System students and faculty, registration is open to both the UH community and the general Hawaiian community. Registration is free! The first 200 conference registrations will receive a free pin (sent after conference attendance).

Register for the Conference

Kuaʻana Tuition Waiver for SY 2021-2022

Application deadline: April 1, 2021 by 11:59pm

The Kua’ana Tuition Waiver is a financial need-based waiver for Native Hawaiian Undergraduate and Graduate students enrolled at UH Mānoa campus only. To be eligible for the 2021-2022 Kuaʻana Tuition Waiver you must: Be of Hawaiian ancestry, show financial need, be enrolled full-time, and carry at least 2.5 cumulative GPA (Graduate 3.0GPA).

Manawa Kupono Native Hawaiian Scholarship for SY 2021-2022

Application deadline: Monday, April 5, 2021

The primary intent of the Manawa Kūpono Native Hawaiian Scholarship is to provide financial support to full-time classified undergraduate and graduate students of Native Hawaiian ancestry enrolled at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa during the 2021-2022 Academic Year.

• Students who demonstrate academic promise and financial need.
• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), Hawaiian Language or Early Childhood Education majors.
• Graduates from the following ten target high schools: James B. Castle High School, Kailua High School, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻO Ānuenue, Nānākuli High School, Waiʻanae High School, Hāna High School, Hilo High School, Lānaʻi High School, Molokaʻi High School, and Waimea High School.