Synopsis: Hawai’inuiākea is proud to have graduated 30 undergraduate students and eight master’s degree students.

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Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu mai ka puka ‘ana o ka lā i Makanoni a i kona welo ‘ana aku i ka mole ‘olu o Lehua. He nū ‘oli kā ko ‘oukou mea kākau i kēia lā, a e ku’i a’e ka lono. Ua kau a’e nei kekahi mau haumāna he 38 o ke Kula ‘Ike Hawai’i ‘o Hawai’inuiākea o ke Kulanui o Hawai’i ma Mānoa i ka hano hāweo, ‘o ia ho’i, ua ‘imi akula lākou a loa’a ka lei o ka lanakila. A he lei lau kukui nō ia. Ua puka a’ela he 30 mau haumāna lae pua, a pēlā pū me kekahi mau haumāna lae o’o ‘ewalu. Eia mai ko lākou mau inoa.

Nā Mēkia Pālua

(ka lae pua ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i a me ka ‘Ike Hawai’i)

Presley Ke’alaanuhea Ah Mook Sang; Lindsay Kapualeionalani Hanohano-Tripp; Emmalani Makepa-Foley; Aubrey Ke’alohilani Noriko Matsuura; Olan Leimomi SauChai Morgan

Grace Akazawa (ka lae pua ‘Ike Hawai’i a me ka Mālama Kumu Waiwai ‘Ohana)

Lauren Malialani Cabaniss (ka lae pua ‘Ike Hawai’i a me ka ‘Ōlelo Pelekane)

Kesha Z. Ku’uipo Miller (ka lae pua ‘Ike Hawai’i a me ka ‘Ike Lāhui)

Dara Lynn Fumiko Kamomiono’eau Pagaduan (ka lae pua ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i a me ke Kālai No’ono’o)

Krista Read (ka lae pua ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i a me ka ‘Ike No’eau I Ke ‘Ano O Nā Holoholona)

Nā Mēkia ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i

Shanelle Pua’ala Hiura; Kahala Johnson; Matthew Arlen Kaleikaumaka Maile; Kanoelani Rosenberg; Kory Lindsey Kilipaki Solatorio; Kaihilani Wong; Karsten Zane

Nā Mēkia ‘Ike Hawai’i

Zurishaddai Aki; Sharon Leina’ala Bright; Maile Demello; Nohea Ferreira; Garilynn Jellings; Matthew “Kona” Keola Masahiko Ka’aihue; Chantel Christine Healani Hi’ilaniwai Mei-Ling Kana’e; Shawna Pihanakalani Kwai Nun Kapana; Dayne ‘Punahele’ Kealanāhele-Querubin; Chasity Nohealani Kekai Kiaha; Ciana Kauionalani Leong; Chaelyn Napua Kealohaokalani Manuel; Codie Kekailani Yamauchi

Nā Lae O’o ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i

Maiko Doi—He Mo’olelo No ka ‘A’ahu o ka Po’e Ali’i Wahine Hawai’i

Kaluhialoha Eldridge—Ka Mea Kākau ‘o S.K. Kuapu’u

Kalei Kawa’a—E Ō mai ‘oe e Ho’olehua eā. Ua Sila Pa’a ‘ia ke Aloha ‘Āina a Home Kulāiwi i loko

Alicia A. Perez—Ka Ili Aloha: Na Leka a me ka Hooilina Kakau a ka Moi Wahine o Emma Kaleleonalani laua o kona Luaui Makuahine o Fanny ‘Hipa’ Young ma ka Makahiki 1871

Matthew Kainoa Wong—He Mo’olelo Paniolo

Jon M.T. Yasuda—Ka Ho’omau ‘ia ‘ana o nā Loina Hawai’i i loko o ka Ho’omana Kalikiano

‘Auhea ‘oukou e nā haumāna o Hawai’inuiākea i puka a’e nei, ua kō nō paha kahi māhele o ia ‘ōlelo kaulana a Kalani Kamehameha, ‘o ia ho’i, ua inu nō i ka wai ‘awa’awa, (a he wai ‘awa’awa nō paha koe ma kēia hope aku), akā, “’a’ohe hope e ho’i ai,” ‘o ia ho’i, e holo mua aku ‘oukou i ko ‘oukou mau alahele e hele aku ai a e puka mau me ka lanakila. A mai nō a no’ono’o, ‘a’ohe malu e ho’i mai ai, he malu nō, ‘o ia nō ‘o Hawai’inuiākea a me kona mau kumu, nā limahana a me nā haumāna. Me ke aloha.

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E ho‘ouna ‘ia mai na ā leka iā māua, ‘o ia ho‘i ‘o Laiana Wong a me Kekeha Solis ma ka pahu leka uila ma lalo nei:

>> kwong@hawaii.edu
>> rsolis@hawaii.edu

This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai’i.