Reading time: < 1minuteThe Hawaiʻi State Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōleloHawaiʻi in our schools statewide.
The Hawaiʻi state Senate honored five Hawaiian language kumu (teachers) from the University of Hawaiʻi for their leadership in reviving and teaching ʻōleloHawaiʻi (the Hawaiian language) on February 16, 2018.
The five UH faculty recognized on the Senate floor are:
Papaikanīʻau Kaiʻanui, Hawaiian studies instructor and program coordinator, UH Maui College
Larry Lindsey Kimura, associate professor of Hawaiian language and Hawaiian studies, Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikolani, UH Hilo
Kananinohea “Kanani” Kawaiʻaeʻa Mākaʻimoku, assistant professor, ʻUla O Keʻelikolani, UH Hilo
Florence Lolena Nicholas, instructor, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, UH Mānoa
Annette Ipo Wong, associate professor and director, Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language, UH Mānoa
