{"id":234604,"date":"2026-05-19T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=234604"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:20:20","slug":"aloha-begins-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/aloha-begins-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心视频<\/abbr> symposium highlights culture, wellbeing and connection"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Aloha Begins with Us team and volunteers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine <\/a>(JABSOM<\/abbr>) recently hosted its two-day “Aloha Begins with Us” symposium and open house, bringing together faculty, staff, students and community members to explore how Native Hawaiian values, wellbeing and resilience can be integrated into everyday work and learning.<\/p>\n

The event highlighted several JABSOM<\/abbr> initiatives focused on belonging, professionalism and wellness, while creating opportunities for collaboration across the 糖心视频<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n

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The inaugural Aloha Begins with Us Symposium was held on April 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Positive relationships and meaningful work are core to preventing burnout and improving learning and working environments so that everyone can thrive,” said JABSOM<\/abbr> Dean Sam Shomaker. “While JABSOM<\/abbr> and the other health science units at 糖心视频<\/abbr> have been collaborating through research and education, we will all serve our students and communities better by pursuing some strategic collaborative initiatives.”<\/p>\n

“For me, ‘Aloha Begins with Us’ was an invitation to be inspired by the many ways that JABSOM<\/abbr> is integrating Native Hawaiian Place of Learning across its curriculum and in collaboration with other parts of our campus, work that can be about providing space to recount the academic, professional and familial genealogies that shape us individually, or about how Hawaiian concepts can ground us as we create learning and work environments that promote rather than undermine the health of everything that lives on this ʻāina<\/span> said Laura Lyons, interim vice provost for academic excellence.<\/p>\n

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The two-day event invited the campus community to learn about programs and getting involved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The symposium also emphasized JABSOM<\/abbr>‘s ongoing work to support the 糖心视频<\/abbr>’s goal of becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning.<\/p>\n

Kaiwipunikauikaw\u0113kiu Punihei Lipe, director of 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hawaiʻi<\/span> Papa O Ke Ao, noted that the symposium demonstrated how JABSOM<\/abbr> has successfully integrated Native Hawaiian principles into their own action plans and mission.<\/p>\n

Organizers said the event aimed to increase awareness of available wellbeing resources while encouraging participants to bring their “whole selves” into their work, teaching and learning.<\/p>\n

The second day’s open house expanded those conversations to a broader audience, offering faculty, staff, students, residents and community members opportunities to learn more about programs and ways to get involved.<\/p>\n

Read more at JABSOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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