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MAKING A CONNECTION: HAWAI'I ISLAND DELEGATION TRAVELS TO PHILIPPINES

Representatives from Hawai‘i Community College, the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, the County of Hawai‘i, and the Big Island Filipono Club traveled to the Philippines in February as part of an effort to establish a sister city relationship with Cabugao, Illocos Sur.

Sandi Claveria, Assistant Professor of Human Services, represented Hawai‘i CC.

The main purpose of the trip was for Mayor Harry Kim’s Executive Assistant, Rose Bautista, along with County Council member Valerie Poindexter, to sign the documents to create a sister city relationship between Hilo and Cabugao.

STUDENTS LAND IN IRELAND FOR SUMMER COURSE; FOLLOW THEIR TRAVELS ON BLOG

Twenty-five Hawai'i Community College students, plus faculty members Carrie Mospens (English as a Second Language) and Pamela Scheffler (Natural Science), arrived in Dublin on Monday, May 16 to learn about Irish culture and ecology.

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