Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 4, 1 April 1986 — Mahele Kau Wela at UH Summer Session [ARTICLE]

Mahele Kau Wela at UH Summer Session

Mahele Kau Weia 1986, the first annual offering of activities in selected Hawaiian topics, is being presented by the Hawaian Studies Program in cooperation with the University of Hawaii at Manoa's summer session. The Mahele will bring together kupuna, teachers, students, artists, craftsmen, musicians, dancers and others interested in Hawaiian Studies. lt is a palette of Hawaii in the form of'credit courses, workshops, field trips, lectures and performances.

This special Mahele overlaps the two 1986 summer sessions. Registration deadline is May 14 and applications will be received at HSP, Porteus Hall 431 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii %822. Participants taking courses for academic credit will register through the UH summer sessions program via Hawaiian Studies. Tuition for Hawaii residents is $36 per credit hour and $72 for non-residents. Also required is a one-time Mahele fee of $75 whieh includes admission at the Friday forums, the lecture series and other special events, including the closing pa'ina whieh will be a lu'au. The fee also includes registration in one non-credit couse and one workshop. Among the credit course offerings, credits and the instructor are:

Geography 368 — Geography of Hawaii (3), Abraham Pi'ianai'a. Hawaiian 131 — Hawaiian for Reading Proficiency (3), Rubeilite K. Johnson. Hawaiian 321 — Hawaiian Conversation (2), Pikake Wahilani. Hawaiian Studies 301 — Perspectives in Hawaiian Studies (3), team. History 284 — History of the Hawaiian Islands (3), Lili Kala Dorton.

Among non-credit course offerings are: Genealogy — Tracing Family History, Edith McKinzie. Hawaiian Ethnobotany — Beatrice Krauss. Haku Mele — Song composition. Hawaiian Chorus — Nola Nahulu. Historic Sites on O'ahu — Tyrone Rhinehart. Hawaiian Plaee Names — 'Ekela Kani'aupi'o. Hawaiian Textiles and Clothing. Among offerings in the workshop series are Hawaiian lmplement Making; Hula Kahiko Beginning and Advance; Lei Making; Lauhala Weaving; I ke Kai (Sea workshops); Pupu o Ni'ihau; Lo'i (taro culture); Kalai (carving); Kapa (Hawaiian bark cloth).