by Dr. Vid Raatior | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog, Education
The FSM Congress recently appropriated $20,000.00 to fund scholarships for students from the Northwest region of Chuuk State. This is by far the largest amount set aside to help students from the small and remote outer islands of Pattiw, Pafeng, and Namwonweito. But...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Youth
The other day, I interviewed Tracy Kaleikehaulani Nakanelua Poch as part of the Pacific Students Media team’s “What’s Our Story?” project to combat negative stereotypes and misinformation about Pacific Islanders in Hawaii. Tracy has been in the...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 5, 2014 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
As a parent and an educator, I was very excited to receive the news from Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School that my daughter, Keala, was selected to receive 3 awards at the school’s End-of-the-Year celebration. One of these was the much coveted Legislative...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | May 20, 2014 | Blog
The 2014 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WiPC:E) is being held this week at Kapi’olani Community College on Oahu. As a native Micronesian raising a family on Hawaii Island, I try to be mindful of my place as a visitor in this society. What has...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | May 4, 2014 | Blog, Featured Article
I’m excited to be accepted into the doctoral program at the College of Education, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Our orientation yesterday had a synergy likened to the buzz on my island in Chuuk when a new outrigger sailing canoe is launched on a maiden...
