HSGC Organizational Philosophy
Facilitate: Partnerships between schools, government, and private sector
Administer: Help to run existing programs.
Catalyze: Serve as the catalyst for new partnerships between private agency sponsors and education projects or for new joint research and education projects between industry and the University faculty.
Educate: Continue to directly support and organize NASA educational efforts for all levels of public learning.
HSGC Objectives
- Strengthen the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education focus with the
- HiSTEM Pipeline
- Develop links to Hawai‘i High Tech businesses
- Support active affiliate Community College involvement
- Establish interdepartmental links
- Increase opportunities for women and minorities
- Stretch workforce support
HSGC Programs
One objective of the Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium in accordance with NASA's educational objectives is to build and maintain an educational pipeline that includes provisions for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Hawai‘i Space Grant Consortium has developed the HiSTEM program with strong educational pipelines to propel the technical learning experiences from elementary school to Master's level postgraduate degrees. The HiSTEM pipeline consists of three branches in the areas of Space Science, Engineering, and Remote Sensing that offer activities from K-12 to undergraduate to graduate level. We recognize the need to engage student interest in STEM disciplies at a young age and the HiSTEM pipeline is designed to provide hands-on interactive and engaging programs at every level of education.