Mr. Michael Pecsok (Program Primary Contact) Vice Chancellor for Academic Services Leeward Community College 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki D-200 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 455-0269 Ext: Fax: (808) 455-0471 mpecsok@hawaii.edu
The University of Hawaii–Leeward College intends to use its Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities (AN/NHIAC) grant to expand the capacity of their partners, the Wai‘anae Coast Digital Media Halau, to educate and train more than 130 new primarily low-income youth from across the Wai‘anae Coast to develop the personal confidence, artistic talent, and rounded intellect needed to successfully complete high school and be successful in higher education programs and in their professional careers. Through its proposed Digital Bridge project, Leeward and its partners will renovate an existing facility at Wai‘anae High School; develop an animation arts curriculum designed to prepare students for an array of careers and higher education programs; and provide a bridge to college by piloting English and math classes that engage students in a format more applicable to their professional interests and development.
