UH Hilo, Kānaka ʻŌiwi advocate earns spot on esteemed national board

University of Hawaii News

David Kekaulike Sing, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo recognized for his tireless advocacy to enhancing enrollment, retention and graduation rates of Native Hawaiian students, has been appointed to the advisory board of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Selected by President Joe Biden, Sing was officially sworn in as a member of the National Council on the Humanities. This council plays a pivotal role in supporting research and advancing learning in history, literature, philosophy and various other disciplines within the humanities. It achieves this through choosing to fund selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation.

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