Drive-Through Food Distribution Serves 220 Households
The ʻOhana Produce Plus Food Distribution provided food for 220 households. (Photo by Vasilisa...
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Category: Campus News
What Trump’s Executive Orders Mean For College Students
There is collective uncertainty about the future of higher education. University of Hawai‘i President Wendy Hensel, who oversees UH Mānoa and all community colleges, said she has been working closely with Hawaiʻi Congress, Gov. Josh Green’s office and the state attorney general to navigate these confusing and constantly evolving times in order to act in compliance with the law while still maintaining the UH’s core values.
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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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Oli’s Kitchen to Come to KCC
After a four year vacancy, the Office of Student Life finally gets a new restaurant.
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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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Service Learning Program Creates Leadership Opportunities
Service-learning students work with Denise Pierson, the Civic and Community Engagement Outreach...
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BOSP Journal Release Party Showcases Student Work
Students attending the BOSP Journal Release Party create artwork. (Photo by Taylor Okamura) By...
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BOSP to Host First Public Journal Release Fair
The BOSP Journal Release Fair will feature the newly published Lēʻahi and Ka Hue Anahā Journals....
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Loreto Mendoza Jr.Loreto Mendoza Jr. is a 25-year-old from Maui and is currently in the Respiratory Care Program at Kapiolani Community College. After graduating high school, Mendoza was a combat engineer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He specialized in working with explosives and urban breaching. In 2014, Mendoza deployed to Afghanistan with a B billet as a 240 Bravo machine gunner. Mendoza enjoys the Respiratory program because of the opportunity to work with people.