{"id":56520,"date":"2017-02-17T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=56520"},"modified":"2020-03-09T13:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T23:07:00","slug":"geosciences-education-grant-to-boost-native-hawaiian-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/17\/geosciences-education-grant-to-boost-native-hawaiian-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Geosciences education grant to boost Native Hawaiian engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Members of Halau Ola Honua<\/em> with a delegation from New Zealand sister college, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As part of a statewide collaboration, Windward Community College<\/a>, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a>, Honolulu Community College<\/a> and Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> recently have been awarded over $2.6 million for the Partnerships for Geoscience Education project Halau Ola Honua, Our Living World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Objectives of the project are to increase recruitment of Native Hawaiian high school students in science, technology, engineering and math fields at 糖心视频<\/abbr> community colleges<\/a>, increase the retention of Native Hawaiian students and facilitate the transition of these students to baccalaureate programs in earth and ocean sciences (geosciences).<\/p>\n

“Native Hawaiians made Hawaiʻi<\/span> a thriving nation because their environment was their laboratory—Halau Ola Honua<\/em> (our living world, living laboratory). This project goes back to this living world laboratory to build a pathway to attract and retain Native Hawaiian students because Native Hawaiian geoscientists are key to Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s future,” said Ardis Eschenberg<\/a><\/strong>, vice chancellor for academic affairs and lead principal investigator for Halau Ola Honua<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Halau Ola Honua<\/em> components:<\/h2>\n