Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 32, Number 6, 1 Iune 2015 — School of Social Work's resource center receives honor [ARTICLE]

School of Social Work's resource center receives honor

Hā Kūpuna, the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders in the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawai'iMānoa, has received the Award for Excellence in Multicultural Aging from the American Society on Aging. "We are thrilled by this prestigious national recognition," said Dean Noreen Mokuau of the School of Social Work. "We have distinguished faculty leaders in Hā Kūpuna who work with our students and community partners to tenaciously promote the heahh and well-being of Native Hawaiian elders and their 'ohana." Hā Kūpuna is one of three federally funded centers for native elders. It is funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging and the Department of Heahh and Human Services. The center accepted the honor with its partner national resource centers for native elders at the University of North Dakota and the University of Alaska. The recog-

nition, said Hā Kūpuna principal investigator Dr. Colette V. Browne, "signals an increased awareness of the social and heahh disparities faced by native elders, and the need for continued research and policies to alleviate them."