Congratulations -- your baby now weighs more than a pound, and is stronger this week than he has ever been.
Located in an area of historical and cultural significance to the KÄnaka Maoli, the indigenous people of Hawaiâi, the MÄnoa campus in particular offers a resource-rich and exciting environment for Pacific Islands studies. Faculty on this campus alone offer over one hundred courses emphasizing the Pacific Islands region.ocated in an area of historical and cultural significance to the KÄnaka Maoli, the indigenous people of Hawaiâi, the MÄnoa campus in particular offers a resource-rich and exciting environment for Pacific Islands studies. Faculty on this campus alone offer over one hundred courses emphasizing the Pacific Islands region.
The Hawaiian Emperor seamount chain is a well-known example of a large seamount and island chain created by hot-spot volcanism.he Hawaiian Islands were formed by such a hot spot occurring in the middle of the Pacific Plate. While the hot spot itself is fixed, the plate is moving. So, as the plate moved over the hot spot, the string of islands that make up the Hawaiian Island chain were formed.