Author: Sarah Burchard

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

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

Posted by | Jan 22, 2025 | , , |

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.” 

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Culinary Students Assist Culinary Icons at Annual Food Festival

Culinary Students Assist Culinary Icons at Annual Food Festival

Posted by | Dec 2, 2024 | , |

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. 

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KCC Offers Free Career Mentorship to Students

KCC Offers Free Career Mentorship to Students

Posted by | Nov 13, 2024 | , |

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.

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  • Keanu Rochette-Yu TsuenKeanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen
    Keanu Rochette-Yu Tsuen is a 20-year-old bio-engineering major from Faaʻa, Tahiti, French Polynesia. In Fall 2018, Rochette-Yu Tsuen began to conduct his own research project.  "It was my first time doing research that was my own," Rochette-Yu Tsuen said. "It was supposed to be a botany-based project that was to be a semester long, but it turned out to be a year and a half." Rochette-Yu Tsuen's research project involves the use of the Naupaka Kahakai plant by extracting a compound that could be used in sunscreen. His hope is to reduce the damage to coral reefs caused by current sunscreens on the market. What he has found to be enjoyable was that the project applied microbiology, chemistry and marine biology concepts and skills. Yu Tsuen has attended three conferences: the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) in Arizona, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in Georgia, and the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference (HCC) in Honolulu. All of which he presented a poster showcasing his data. He won the "Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation" award at HCC. Rochette-Yu Tsuen will be presenting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) conference in Honolulu on Oct. 31.

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