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A photo collage from the 2019 PhotoCON exhibition shows the large size of the event. (Photo courtesy of PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi)<\/p><\/div>\n
“CTE week is a national awareness campaign for all of the CTE programs in the United States where they celebrate a month to raise awareness about the programs and to highlight some of the accomplishments that have been made,” said John Richards, the Dean of Career & Technical Education who is overseeing both events for KCC. “It’s a real chance to spotlight what we do at our campus. With such a large liberal arts population, we’re doing this to raise awareness of what CTE is so that our students have a better understanding of some of the options that are out there.”<\/span><\/p>\n CTE programs at KCC include all health programs, culinary, hospitality, business, legal, technology, new media arts, and entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/p>\n “We hope that this will be an annual event where we can continue to build on this and make it even larger,” Richards said. “We believe that we’re going to be able to put together a model where we can do this through all the community college campuses.”<\/span><\/p>\n Activities on Thursday include an exhibit in \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba Cafeteria showcasing various CTE programs in addition to a hospitality leadership forum in the Foyer and Auditorium 118 (ground floor of the \u02bb\u014chi\u02bba building). KCC alumni will be sharing their experiences in their respective fields during the forum. <\/span>On Friday, Richards shared that approximately 400 high school students will be touring the campus and viewing the CTE programs exhibit. For more information on the CTE Week schedule, please visit the KCC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This is the first year PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi is being hosted by KCC and the first year the event has returned since the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Richards, the culinary program at KCC partnered with PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi in the earlier years of the event after it was established in 2017. Now, PhotoCON producer, Ric Noyle, has partnered with the KCC campus to host the event.<\/p>\n “This is his gesture at bringing world-class creative media education to our campus for all to learn and enjoy,” Richards said. “A number of the workshops are layered, if you will, on top of the CTE programs. We’re merging our CTE programs with the PhotoCON workshops.”<\/span><\/p>\n The PhotoCON workshops will be ongoing from Thursday through Sunday with topics ranging from becoming a “lighting ninja” to shark portraits and underwater photography.<\/p>\n Bryan Spicer, the CEO, director, and executive producer of Sight and Sound Hawai\u02bbi will be the keynote speaker at PhotoCON. Spicer has directed and produced over 200 episodes of “Hawai\u02bbi Five-0” and “Magnum PI.” Additionally, he has worked on projects with Warner Bros, Sony, and Universal.<\/p>\n PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi will also have photo walks around the KCC campus to provide hands-on experience for aspiring photographers. Participants can choose which session they would like to attend as multiple sessions will be happening in various parts of campus with different speakers. For a detailed schedule of the workshops on all four days, please visit the PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi is a must-attend free event for KCC students and faculty looking to enhance their skills in photography, lighting, and videography. (Photo courtesy of PhotoCON Hawai\u02bbi) By Cameron Enomoto | Staff Writer From Thursday, February 22 through Sunday, February 25, KCC will be home to two major events. 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