Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 6, 1 June 2006 — Harvard bound [ARTICLE]

Harvard bound

Ten Native Hawaiian high school sophomores and juniors

have been selected to attend a three-week summer program at Harvard Medical School. Three Native American tribes also participate in the program, whieh was designed to increase the number of native students pursuing degrees in biomedical sciences from leading universities and to provide further training for their teachers. The selected students are: • Akalā Neves, Ke Kula 'o Nāwahlokalani'ōpu'u, Hilo, Hawai'i • Amy Gonsalves, Kamehameha Schools, Maui Campus • Anya Adams, Kamehameha

Schools, Kea'au Campus, Hawai'i • Brycen Nakashima, Waimea High School, Hanapēpē, Kaua'i • Kapono Chang, 1 1 th grade, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama Campus • Kristen Ota, Kamehameha Schools, Maui Campus • Lauren Carvalho, llth grade, Kamehameha Schools, Kea'au Campus • Teren Travaso, Ke Kula 'o N ā wahlokalani ' ōpu 'u • Travis Aribon, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama Campus • Wahine'aukai Mercado, Ke Ana La'ahana, Kurtistown, Hawai'i E1