Hulihia is a shared challenge framework created by the University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu, Academy for Creative Media where students learn by responding to real conditions in Hawaiʻi—together, across disciplines.
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ALOHA
ALOHA
Hulihia was created as a space to pause, take a closer look, and respond to one of the most pressing realities in Hawaiʻi today—housing. Not as an abstract issue, but as something that touches our students, our families, and our communities in real ways.
This learning lab is a shared space for learning, for questioning, and for making. Across disciplines, our students engage this challenge through research, design, storytelling, and creative practice. They are not just learning about the world—they are responding to it, contributing to it, and imagining what it could become.
Hulihia invites us to shift perspective, to sit with complexity and to create with intention. We don’t claim to have all the answers. We hope to challenge our students to investigate Hawaiʻi’s housing crisis and translate research into creative work that sparks dialogue, understanding, and new possibilities for our communities.
We believe in the process of showing up, working together, and building something meaningful.
UPDATES
UPDATES
3.24.2026 // 9:00 am - SPRING SPEAKER SERIES: JUSTIN TYNDALL // Presentation recording
4.15.2026 // 9:00 am - SPRING SPEAKER SERIES: MANULANI MYER // Presentation recording
5.12.2026 // 9:00 am - SUMMIT // UH West O‘ahu ACM Building // Presentation pending
August 2026 // Fall Semester // Project Intiated
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