Pokemon Go became a highly lucrative pop culture craze during the past year, making it a perfect topic to study for Hawai‘i Community College students enrolled in MKT 120: Principles of Marketing. The students’ project concluded on Halloween with games and prizes at the various Poke Stops on the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo campus.
Hawai'i Community College students who complete the annual media preference survey will have the chance to win an iPad Mini or a $150 Amazon Gift Card. The survey is conducted each year at the seven University of Hawai'i Community Colleges, as well as at campuses around the country.
Hawai‘i Community College is partnering with Windward Community College to bring Windward CC’s Veterinary Assisting program to Hawai‘i Island students.
This will be a hybrid program that combines online and in-person learning and will be based at the Hawai‘i Community College – Pālamanui campus in Kona. The program begins in August 2017, but interested students are encouraged to get started now so they are prepared.
Registration for the Spring 2017 semester begins on Monday, November 7, and Hawai'i Community College is offering group advising and registration sessions in Hilo and Kona that can help make the process a smooth one.
Hawai'i Community College was well represented at the YWCA Hawai'i Island sixth annual “Walk A Mile in Her Shoes” event on Saturday, October 22.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Jason Cifra won first place for shoe design and third place for money raised.
October is Filipino History Month! The Hawai'i Community College Mabuhay Club will host an enlightening presentation of the book: "Filipinas! Voices from the Descendants and Daughters of Hawaii's Plantation Era" presented by the wonderful Romel Dela Cruz. Book editor Dr. Patricia Brown will be in attendance.
Electronics Technology student Eric Paopao participated in the 2016 Akamai Internship Program during the summer and helped develop a safety mechanism at the UH88 Observatory on Mauna Kea.
Eric, a second-year Electronics Technology student at Hawai‘i Community College, was one of 29 students from Hawai‘i to participate in the internship this year, many of them coming from other University of Hawai‘i campuses.
The Hawai'i Community College Office of Continuing Education & Training is offering classes this fall that can help job seekers and employees acquire new skills or upgrade existing skills to advance their careers. The classes being offered are:
(For details click on the flyer above).
The classes will be held at the Workforce Development Division at 1900 Kinoole St. in Hilo.
Hawai'i Community College Alumni & Friends will be sponsoring its 11th Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, October 8, 2016. The cost is $6.00 and breakfast will be served from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Hawai'i CC Cafeteria (1175 Manono Street); drive through service will be available at the entrance to the Manono Campus (Building 378).
Dr. Trina Nahm-Mijo, Professor of Dance, Psychology and Women’s Studies at Hawai‘i Community College, will premiere a new piece titled: “Poli‘ahu v. Pele” on Friday, Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo’s Performing Arts Center.
Poli‘ahu v. Pele will premier at “Dance Collective,” a new show that organizers plan to present annually. Dance Collective was conceived and directed by Dori Yamada and sponsored by the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center.