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A group tests new audio descriptions provided by the UniDescription project at Yosemite National Park in 2017. (Photo credit: Jaime Gibson-Barrows) NEH). A $350,000 grant will go to the Department of American Studies and the East-West Center to host a summer institute for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander museum professionals, and a $296,203 grant will support a project by the School of Communications in the College of Social Sciences to expand audio description services nationwide for the blind and visually impaired. These projects are among 213 supported by $32.8 million in grants from NEH. Summer museum institute “Weaving a Net(work) of Care for Oceanic Collections: A Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Museum Summer Institute” is a six-week program to provide education and training for early- to mid-career Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders working in museum and heritage centers throughout the Pacific. The institute will focus on museum management and collections

United statesEast west centerNoelle kahanuJaime gibsonJames papaTarisi vunidiloBrett oppegaardMartin luther kingShania tamagyongfalCollege of social sciencesUniversity of hawaiPacific islander museum summer instituteSchool of communicationsDepartment of americanPacific islands museums associationHilo anthropology department collections