Women’s History Month: Four Women Every KCC Student Should Know
Chancellor Masaki Takabayashi addressed KCC graduates at the commencement ceremony last year....
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KCC Culinary Students Represent on New TV Show ‘Kitchen Scraps’
“Kitchen Scraps,” airing on Hawaiʻi News Now (channel K5), Sundays at 7 p.m., premiered on January 12. Similar to The Food Network’s “Chopped,” Hawaiʻi’s first reality competition show challenges two local cooks to create a winning dish using a surprise local ingredient in under 15 minutes.
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Paralegal Instructor’s Non-Traditional Academic Journey
Cheryl Arakaki’s educational journey shows dedication and hard work while working and...
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Chef Roy Yamaguchi Leads CIP into its Next Phase
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.
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The Significance of Hula Class at KCC
Professor Pi‘ilani Hanohano shares her passion for hula and Hawaiian traditions with her students...
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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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Pohukaina Food Pantry Distributes Free Food Without Judgment
KCC partners with Hawaiʻi Food Bank to offer a food pantry at KCC every Thursday. (Photo by Sarah...
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Manono 101B Programs Offer Cultural, Academic Support
Ka Wehena Kaiao is a place for students to connect with their culture and academic support. (Photo...
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Keanu Rochette-Yu TsuenKeanu 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.