We offer a variety of services to support you in achieving your academic and personal goals. We look forward to your participation!

• Academic Advising – Pai Ka Mana provides assistance in making informed decisions about academic issues and setting short and long-range goals.
• Career Planning Assistance – Pai Ka Mana is committed to supporting students in developing focused and achievable career goals.
• Personal Counseling – Academic Support Specialists also provide personal counseling to all program students. They are able to address issues such as family pressures, relationship problems, ill health, recovery from substance abuse, job demands, and any other stressors that one may experience. Please call our Academic Support Specialists anytime to make an appointment.
• Tutorial Referrals – UHMC’s Learning Center (TLC) provides a variety of tutoring needs. Pai Ka Mana is also able to offer individual or small group tutoring as well.
• Financial Aid Assistance – Pai Ka Mana works closely with the UHMC’s Financial Aid office. Personnel from the financial aid office will work with Pai Ka Mana students in securing and maintaining adequate financial assistance to meet their financial needs.
• Supplemental Grant Aid – As an additional financial support, Pai Ka Mana is able to provide additional financial assistance to qualifying Pell Grant recipients.
• Individualized Educational Plan – Every student in the Pai Ka Mana program will work with the Academic Support Specialist to form their own unique educational plan. This plan specifies the steps to achievement of the student’s academic goals.
• Academic Progress Monitoring and Intervention – Academic Support Specialists help to ensure that when one of our students encounter difficulties, immediate action is taken to provide intervention and appropriate support services.
• Transfer Services – We will help to facilitate each students’ completion of the AA Liberal Arts Degree and transfer to a four-year college or university.
• Student Success Center – Pai Ka Mana students are able to access our computer lab to have a comfortable space to study, complete homework, and print for free.
• Academic/Social Skills/Career Building Workshops – Specific academic, social skills, and career building workshops will be offered to Pai Ka Mana students. The workshops goal will be to provide support, guidance, and to enhance the college experience. Please look for upcoming workshop dates on our calendar and in our newsletters.
• Manoa Experience and/or UH Hilo Tour – Once a year, Pai Ka Mana will take up to 10 transfer eligible students to either U.H. Manoa or U.H. Hilo to tour the campus, speak with faculty, and gain a better understanding of being at a university campus.