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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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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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  • Hiroe IwamotoHiroe Iwamoto
    Professor Hiroe Iwamoto has been teaching Japanese at KCC for about four years. Originally from Okayama, Japan, Professor Iwamoto came to Hawaiʻi after marrying her husband, who is a local Japanese American. Before coming to Hawaiʻi, Professor Iwamoto had been teaching at the college level in Japan for about 15 years, and six years in Pennsylvania. She prefers teaching at colleges when there is an opportunity, which led to her decision to teach at KCC. "I'm really enjoying teaching Japanese," Professor Iwamoto said. "I hope I can inspire more students and I want to tell them that learning Japanese is fun." Professor Iwamoto said that she enjoys how the students and colleagues on campus are friendly and easy to be around. She also enjoys the KCC campus; although the campus has old buildings, she says that the nature that is seen throughout the campus is what fits her image of how she views Hawaiʻi.

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