Art@KCC Club Beautifies Campus with Bench Painting
Art@KCC’s members gather together around a bench located at the bottom of ‘Ilima ramp...
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Category: Features
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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Merlisa HiroshyMerlisa Hiroshy is in her fourth semester at KCC studying for a Liberal Arts degree. Born and raised in Kalihi, 19 year old Merlisa originally planned to transfer to UH Manoa, but her plans have changed and she has decided to take a different path. She is unsure of where it is going to take her, though she is content to follow it. In the little free time she has, Merlisa likes to sketch random things that catch her eye. Since she is a full time student, Merlisa does not have a lot of time for much else. Other hobbies are eating and sleeping. Her main priority is focusing on school, but if she didn't attend KCC, "there would probably be a lot more [I would] do."