North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center (NHERC)
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NHERC's Mission
Located in pleasantly rural Honoka'a on the Big Island of Hawai'i, NHERC is a branch of UH Hilo that offers both credit and non-credit courses. NHERC also serves as a depot for providing student services to distance learning students and is equipped to serve as the originating source as well as the receiving site for distance education curricula.
The five core missions of NHERC include:
- Serving as a distance learning center for UH Hilo programs
- Providing higher education outreach services to the North Hawaiʻi region
- Providing lifelong learning opportunities to the North Hawaiʻi region
- Serving as a base station for field research in the North Hawaiʻi region
- Serving as a community center
