The has been awarded seven Title VI International Education grants from the U.S. Department of Education, keeping the campus within an elite group of U.S. universities with a dominant presence in international studies, especially in the Asia and Pacific region.
For the first year, the seven grants total $1,766,750. It is anticipated that the grants will be for a four-year cycle (2014–2018), with a combined total of $7,067,000.
The Title VI International Education grants are:
- The National Resource Center for East Asia, National Resource Center for the Pacific Islands and National Resource Center for Southeast Asia
- The Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for East Asia, Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for the Pacific Islands and Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Southeast Asia
- The Language Resource Center
“These grants recognize 东精影业 Mānoa’s world-class programs in languages and area studies, especially of Asia and the Pacific,” said 东精影业 Mānoa Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman. “Our university is the world leader in scholarship in these areas, and we play a key role in connecting Hawaiʻi with the rest of the world.”
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