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A Day at the Polynesian Cultural Center – From the Journal of Anesu Makufa ‘20

Today we headed off to the Polynesian Cultural Center. The bus ride there was interesting, the bus presenter was humorous but also very informative

Hawai’i Photographs by Julia Corey ’19

This is a gallery of photographs taken on O’ahu and the Big Island of Hawai’i during the fall semester 2018 by Julia Corey ’19.

Next Stop: Hilo and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Don’t worry – This is not where we will be going! This picture, taken in the early 1890s on the site of what is now…

A Wheaton Lunch in Honolulu

On Thursday November 1st the Wheaton group rode the bus downtown to the harbor-side campus of Hawai’i Pacific University for lunch at the invitation of…

“I Get Around”

How do we get around town? When we’re lucky, in a convertible Austin Mini Cooper, as when Wheaton’s Manager for Arts Events and Publicity Jessica…

14 Intrepid Scholars Head off Across the Pacific

In this post we honor the 14 intrepid Wheaton students who responded last spring to the call for a semester-long study trip to Hawai’i.

Integrative Learning with Expert Consultants

In this post we would like to introduce, and to thank, some of the tremendously generous and talented people who have been a great help…

“No Lying Down”

One thing never far away spatially from the idyllic environment of sun and sand in Honolulu, a terribly brutal and unjust counterpoint, is the presence…

Seminars, Siamese, and Surf

The vocabulary of the Hawaiian language is soaking in to our consciousness and in doing so, giving us conceptual insights into how people think and…

Hawaiian Expressivity in Socio-Cultural Context

Professors Julie Searles and Matthew Allen are currently leading a class of 14 Wheaton College students in studies of Hawaiian history and culture. We are…