The KOKUA Program (Kahi O Ka Ulu ‘Ana - "The Place of Growing") is the UH Mānoa office for students with disabilities. They serve all students with learning, physical, psychiatric and other documented disabilities. They work together with students, faculty, and staff to facilitate equal access for students with disabilities at UHM.
Located in QLCSS, Room 013
📞: 808-956-7511
📞: 808-956-7612 (Voice or TTY)
📧: kokua@hawaii.edu
TRIO Mānoa offers individual, personalized academic planning and advising, special courses, and other activities to support the retention and graduation of program students. Students are accepted into the program if they meet eligibility requirements and can benefit from participating. Active students can expect assistance in monitoring their academic progress, developing a reasonable plan toward graduation, help in selecting a major or career, and assistance in applying for financial aid.
Located in Krauss Hall, Room 114
📞: 808-956-8402
Office of International Student Services (ISS) strives to support international student success through advising on immigration regulations that affect their status in the U.S., providing programs that help promote cross-cultural adjustment, serving as a resource to the campus and international student communities and advocating for international students and international education.
Located in QLCSS, Room 206
📞: 808-956-8613
📧: issmanoa@hawaii.edu
Since 1988, Kuaʻana has served thousands of Hawaiian students through student services that include need-based tuition waivers, mālama ʻāina activities, an annual financial aid fair, as well as scholarship resources off and on the Mānoa campus.
Located in QLCSS Room 113, or KAMA Room 211
📞: 808-956-4288 (QLCSS)
📞: 808-956-0587 (KAMA)
SEED
SEED offers educational opportunities and support services for a wide range of undergraduate and graduate students. SEED works to ensure access and opportunity through research and practices focused on belonging and impact that foster academic excellence and success. Their student affairs programs are shaped by connections to place, community, and society. SEED provides programs and services for postsecondary access and academic success in higher education. SEED also provides administrative support to UH Mānoa and systemwide committees.
Located in QLCSS, Room 413
📞: 808-956-4642
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) at UH Mānoa provides services to enhance the student experience in supporting the development of success-oriented strategies to achieve academic goals. A holistic approach is used to facilitate growth and forward movement with academic coaching, tutoring and wellness programs.
Located in the Agricultural Engineering Institute (3131 Maile Way) AEI Room 102
📞: 808-956-6114
The College of Natural Sciences hosts the Learning Emporium, a resource center for introductory study in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, information & computer sciences, and physics. There are undergraduate and graduate student tutors and volunteer faculty ready to help. Assistance is first-come, first-serve in a group setting. View the link to see the tutor schedule, how to sign up, and additional information.
Located in Bilger Addition, Room 209 or Remote via Zoom
📞: 808-956-6451
📧: emporium@hawaii.edu
The Online Learning Academy (OLA) is a program at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa that provides free math, science, and writing tutoring to UH undergraduate students. Students can schedule up to two free appointments per week on STAR Balance.
Located in the Agricultural Engineering Institute (3131 Maile Way) AEI Room 108
📞: 808-956-3714
Mānoa Career Center
Mānoa Career Center (MCC) partners with both on-campus and off-campus employers to empower UH Mānoa students to engage in career life planning through awareness, exploration, experience, and reflection.
Located in QLCSS, Room 212
📞: 808-956-7007
The Writing Center is a collaborative environment which offers writing consultations free of charge to anyone affiliated with the University of Hawai`i - undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars. Their writing consultants are trained to help writers working in different disciplines at every stage of the writing process and with various writing projects (i.e., essays, research papers, resumes, letters, creative work).
Located in Kuykendall, Room 411
Bridge to Hope (BTH) is an education option for welfare recipients and First-to-Work participants who want to attend college as a means of achieving lifelong economic self-sufficiency. This program can assist with on-campus student employment and other services to help welfare (TANF) recipient students succeed in their educational goals.
Located in QLCSS, Room 211
📞: 808-956-9313