Hawaii English Language Program - HELP

🌺 Ho’maika’i to the 2026 Spring-Summer cohort from ! With their intensive studies in business and tourism, they've completed more than 30 hours of , started the inaugural , and made friends from other cultures and backgrounds! Congratulations, graduates!

🌊 Aloha, Summer 2 2026 Term! Classes are officially in session and we welcomed new students from Aichi Shukutoku University! Get ready to learn and make fantastic memories this summer! 📚😎

🎉 Congratulations to our Summer 1 2026 Graduates, from Kanagawa University! We're astonished by all the hard work you've done. Now you are forever part of the HELP Ohana! 🎉

🎉 Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana (congratulations) to the Tamagawa University students for completing 9 months of intensive Academic English study at HELP! We are so proud of your growth not only in your English skills, but also in your cross-cultural communication, leadership, and personal development. We wish you all the best as you take these lifelong friendships and unforgettable memories forward into your next chapters. A hui hou—until we meet again! 🎓

🌺🫡 Sew a Lei for Memorial Day! and UH community of students, staff, and faculty made flower leis to adorn every grave at Pūowaina for . In two hours, we made 487 leis for our veterans! Special thanks to everyone who contributed, including:
🌟 Office of Community and Civic Engagement: Liane Akana, Atina Pascua, and staff)
🌳 UHM Landscaping Department: Yosuke Jo
🏞 City & County of Honolulu, Department of Parks & Recreation, Division of Urban Forestry: Terri-Ann Koike, Shane Kane and 11-man crew, Brian Koren, Noel Chilton, and staff
🚒 East Manoa Fire Station
📦 Department of Second Language Studies
🌸 Volunteers from Center for Language & Technology, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, College of Social Sciences, Shidler College of Business, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and more!

✨Hoʻomaikaʻi to all the UHM Spring 2026 graduates! Special to our instructor and graduate assistant, Emma Mason. For the past two years, she has notably taught Reading, Writing, and Listening and Speaking. Come and celebrate her graduation from the MA Second Language Studies program in the morning commencement ceremony this Saturday, May 16th! 👏

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