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A Midlifer’s Guide to College: Why Go Back to School?

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Jan 22, 2025 | Campus Opinions, Midlifer's Guide, Opinions |

For over a year, I ran the idea of going back to school past friends. It would take me eight years if I went part-time. By the time I earned my BA I’d be 51 years old, I’d accrue years of debt and there’d be no guarantee on the other side of finding a job I loved that paid well. “You don’t need it,” they’d say. “You’re already in the industry.”

Opinion: Want to Slay 2025? Ask Yourself These 8 Questions

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Dec 27, 2024 | Opinions |

Did you know that you can achieve your goals by simply writing down when, where and how you are planning to implement them? According to 94 different studies on goal implementation, creating intentions that define how you will achieve your goals is what leads to goal success. Are you ready to slay 2025?

Opinion: The Holidays Aren’t for Everyone

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Dec 17, 2024 | Opinions |

The closest I’ll get to having a tree is visiting Christmas Tree park in Kaimukī. (Photo by Sarah...

Culinary Students Assist Culinary Icons at Annual Food Festival

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Dec 2, 2024 | Campus News, News |

The Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival is not only for food and wine loving patrons, it is a time of gathering for industry professionals to reconnect and celebrate each other’s work. More than that, it is an opportunity for culinary students around Hawaiʻi to meet, and work alongside, some of the world’s most revered chefs, offering them an entryway into the next phase of their careers.

Chef Roy Yamaguchi Leads CIP into its Next Phase

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Nov 19, 2024 | Campus Features, Features |

CIP is located at 4500 Diamond Head Road in the former Cannon Club (also known as the Fort Ruger officer’s club). It consists of two kitchen labs built in 2017 (phase 1) and a new innovation center, restaurant and auditorium still under construction (phase 2). Yamaguchi is here to lead the project into this new phase.

KCC Offers Free Career Mentorship to Students

Posted by Sarah Burchard | Nov 13, 2024 | Campus Features, Features |

After a four-year hiatus, KCC is fortunate to once again have a dedicated career specialist to help students navigate a path after graduation. KCCʻs employee prep center has been sporadic since its inception in 2015 with counselors moving into different positions of and on without someone to replace them. Thanks to a federal grant, Clark was hired in July to get the program up and running again, offering the kind of personalized, free mentorship that is hard to find outside of college.