Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 6, 1 Iune 1994 — WCC Summer lnstitute offers Hawaiian, Polynesian studies [ARTICLE]

WCC Summer lnstitute offers Hawaiian, Polynesian studies

Windward Community College is bringing together outstanding master teachers in Hawaiian and Polynesian studies for its second Summer Institute in Hawaiian and Polynesian Studies, June 20-July 1. Fourteen innovative courses, most never offered before, will emphasize the cultures, languages and performing arts of Hawaiians and Polynesians. The courses are non-credit and tuition is $95 eaeh if registering by June 3, or $140 if registering after June 3. The courses and their instructors are: • Polynesian Superheroes, by R. Kawena Johnson and Emil Wolfgramm • The Hawaiian Masculine Mystique, by Sam Ka'ai and Kalani Meineeke • Introduction to Hawaiian Chant and Hula, by Edith McKinzie • Traditions of the Ali'i in History, Chant, Hula and the Great Epics, by John Keola Lake • The Hula in Pan-Human Perspective, by Dr. Joann Keali'inohomoku

• Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar (intermediate) by Ron Loo • Hawaiian Steel Guitar, by Jerry Byrd • Polynesian Prehistory, by Dr. Robert Suggs • The Tahitian Cultural Heritage, by Teresa Taro'oātea Cummings and Thomas Cummings • 'Avaiki Raro: The Cultural Heritage of the Cook Islands, by Jon Jonassen • Rapanui (Easter Island): Past, Present and Future, Sergio A. Rapu • Samoa and the Samoans in Hawai'i, by Dr. Loia Fiaui • The Cultural Heritage of Tonga, by Dr. 'Inoke Funaki, Emil Wolfgramm and Nolini Mateaki Funaki • New Zealand Maori Language and Culture: Challenge and Response to Change, by Wiremu Kaa and staff Students, educators and community members are urged to enroll early. For additional information on the 1994 WCC Summer Institute eall the WCC Office of Community Services at 235-7433.