Title III

ʻUmia ka hanu! Hoʻokahi ka umauma, ke kīpoʻohiwi i ke kīpoʻohiwi
Be of one accord, as in exerting every effort to lift a heavy weight to the shoulder and to keep together in carrying it along.

Abstracts

Consortium Projects (Title III Cooperative Arrangement Awards)

  1. Creating an Ecology for Innovation: Transformative Funds Management Strategies through Shared Services Centers to Support Native Hawaiian Student Success (Five-year Collaborative with Leeward Community College, 2021-2026) (pdf)
  2. Kūkalahale: Building an Indigenous-Serving Institution through Professional Development (Five-year collaborative with Honolulu Community College) (pdf)

Individual Campus Awards

Part F, Title III Alaska, Native & Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH)

  1. Kūlia: Advancing Indigenous Scholars for Success (Five-year Campus Award) (pdf)

Part A, Title III Alaska, Native & Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNH)

  1. Kūloaʻa: Advancing Indigenous Innovators (2021-2026) (pdf)

Completed Title III ANNH Projects

  1. Strengthening Chaminade University’s & Kapi‘olani Community College’s Capacity to Graduate Career and Workforce Ready Students (2024-2029; ended on December 31, 2025, due to the USDOE reprioritization of MSI funding and subsequent decision from Chaminade to end this project) (pdf)
  2. Strengthening Community College Partnerships, Peer Mentorship, and Experiential Learning (Five-year collaborative with Chaminade University, no-cost extension through 9/30/2025) (pdf)
  3. Huliāmahi: Joining Together to Support Guided Pathways to Success (Five-year Collaborative with University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 2020-2025) (pdf)
  4. Phase II: Kauhale Ke Kuleana (the Responsibility of the Whole Village) (Five-year campus award, fourth no-cost extension through 9/30/2025)
  5. Huliāmahi – Joining Together to Support Guided Pathways to Success (2019-2021) (pdf)
  6. Lawelawe Poʻokela: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Student Success (Five-year collaborative with UH Maui College, 2015-2020 extended through 9/30/2021) (pdf)
  7. Strengthening Kapiolani’s Campus and Culture for Student Success: Kauhale Ke Kuleana, the Responsibility of the Whole Village (Five-year campus award, 2014-2022) (pdf)
  8. Strengthening A New Ecology of Engaged Teaching and Learning for Student Success (Five-year development award, 2009-2014) (pdf)
  9. Title III Renovation: Strengthening A Cultural Ecology of Learning and Teaching for Student Success (2009-2010)*
  10. Renovation of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Center, Physics Engineering and Multipurpose Labs for Native Hawaiian Students (2006-2007)*
  11. Renovation of Kokio Building: Creating Purposeful and Sustainable Pathways for 21st Century Careers in Life. Physical, and Health Sciences for Student Success*
  12. Renovation of Holomua Developmental Center for Native Hawaiian and other Under-prepared Students (2007-2009)*
  13. Creating Purposeful and Sustainable Pathways in Student Services, Professional Development, and 21st Century Career Programs for Improved Student Success (2005-2009)**Digitizing in progress

Contact:
Brandon Marc Higa, Director of Resource Development
Kapi‘olani Community College Grants Office, ʻŌhiʻa 103B
Ph: (808) 734-9776, KCCGO@hawaii.edu