Making lei for new students

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Kipuka staff member Kalei Baricuatro helps Chancellor Marcia Sakai make a ti leaf lei Wednesday outside of the Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center on campus.

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald UH-Hilo faculty, staff and students make ti leaf lei.

HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald University of Hawaii at Hilo First Year Experience staff member Artemis Sergeyer hangs a finished ti leaf lei Wednesday as he and other UH-Hilo faculty, staff and students make 500 lei for this school year's new students outside of the Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student Center on campus. The lei will be given to the incoming students during their convocation on August 15th.