POSTED: 09:57 p.m. HST, Jan 09, 2012
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is giving $83,000 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa's College of Education to help retain and recruit Native Hawaiian students.
In a statement written in English and in Hawaiian, the university said last week that Project Puuhonua was established as part of a commitment to Native Hawaiian advancement.
University officials say this is the first college-wide effort to address recruitment and retention of Native Hawaiian students.