Institute fee covers expenses for course materials, excursions, six ethnic lunches, opening and closing receptions. Strategies to enhance student learning, interest, and ethnic respect are discussed. Hawai'i is celebrated as a place where different cultures mingle, yet continue to maintain their distinctive character. The islands are a living laboratory for the study of ethnic interaction.
Participants explore strategies to enhance student learning and interest.
They also look at ways to enhance respect for each student's own ethnic identity and to generate mutual respect for students of other ethnic backgrounds. Participants meet resource persons from campus and local communities and experience direct contact with ethnic communities during authentic traditional rituals. Activities include ethnic luncheons and group projects. Background readings are sent to all registered participants at least one month prior to the seminar's opening sessions. Participants submit a written report before their arrival on campus.