Author: Sarah Burchard

Culinary Students Assist Culinary Icons at Annual Food Festival

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

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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Affording College: How HINET Can Help

It took several years for Tumbaga, now 31, to return to KCC after leaving the first time. He had to save money to pay for school. Even after the nursing program began – it took him two attempts to get in – he struggled financially. That’s when a fellow classmate told Tumbaga about HINET.

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    Naomi Brown, a KCC student majoring in Spanish, shows off a mehndi (henna) design by her friend Michaela Bajaj on Thursday afternoon on campus. Though normally done for a special occasion, Naomi just saw it as a way to spend some time with her friend. Michaela's designs are completely unplanned. Naomi sees the design on her hand as a good opportunity for her sign language class “because the hands are a big part of the conversation.” For more information on Michaela’s designs, please contact her on Facebook at Bajaj Mehndi.

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