Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi

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Frederick W. K. Beckley, Jr., was the first Hawaiian language professor at the University of Hawaiʻi from 1921 to 1926. Other early Hawaiian language professors included people such as John H. Wise, Henry P. Judd, Edward Kahale, Samuel H. Elbert, Samuel A. Keala, Rubellite Johnson, Fred Kalani Meinecke, Alberta Pua Hopkins, Dorothy Kahananui, and Larry Kimura. There are so many more teachers to mention, see www.kawaihuelani.org/no-mua-ke-aloha for a listing of Hawaiian language instructors at Mānoa.

Hawaiian language courses were later offered at the other campuses. These instructors included people such as Edith Kanakaʻole at the Hawaiʻi Community College and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, Naomi Losch at Leeward Community College, Edith McKinzie at Honolulu Community College, Malie Mossman at Windward Community College, and Amy Tam at Maui Community College.

Each community college offers two years of Hawaiian language and the four-year campuses offer four years. Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language in the Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge at UH Mānoa offers a bachelor’s and master’s degree. Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at UH Hilo offers a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate. Consider beginning your Hawaiian language journey at your nearest campus.