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Legislature congratulates ethnic studies on golden anniversary | University of Hawaiʻi System News

Rep. Sonny Ganaden presented a congratulatory certificate signed by members of the legislature to Department Chair Ty Tengan on April 26. The Hawaiʻi State Legislature recognized the 50th anniversary of the ethnic studies program in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Rep. Sonny Ganaden, a former instructor in the Department of Ethnic Studies and Department of American Studies, presented a congratulatory certificate signed by members of the legislature to Department Chair Ty Tengan on April 26. Ethnic studies started as a two-year experimental program in the fall of 1970 in the midst of several political movements. It has since prospered into a department providing a quality education and serving as a major community contributor.

National recognition for UH Mānoa program that helps student parents | University of Hawaiʻi System News

NASPA). NASPA, which has 15,000 members, because it, “exemplifies how to support a growing student population that often requires a unique type of assistance.” Nationally, more than 20% of all students are parents themselves, and 70% of those students are mothers who find they are often invisible and overlooked on campuses. SP@M helps build a community of supporting students who are “pursuing education while parenting.” Teresa Bill, the SP@M. The two programs work closely together to assist adult student learners with financial need and educational support. “ SP@M has grown from a website with resources to a small but effective program offering support services that provide access to resources and opportunities that build student parents’ capacity to persist and succeed at

10-year battle of sea urchins vs invasive seaweed | University of Hawaiʻi System News

DNLR/ DAR) The first hatchery-raised sea urchins outplanted in Kāneʻohe Bay are 10-years-old, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit ( DAR) are celebrating the milestone anniversary. The sea urchin hatchery, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( NOAA) and DAR, successfully transplanted the first cohort in January 2011 and has since released 600,000 sea urchins across the state. Project staff raise the sea urchins until they’re large enough to be released into the wild. (Photo credit: DNLR/ DAR) These sea urchins have proven to be incredibly successful at controlling invasive seaweed, a major priority for coral conservation in Hawaiʻi. To date, the sea urchin biocontrol project has treated more than 227 acres of reef in Kāneʻohe Bay, and has recently expanded to the Waikīkī Marine Life Conservation District to control invasive algae.

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