Hawai‘i Community College proudly releases the names of the following students who have achieved Dean’s List honors for the fall 2017 semester. The Dean’s List requires students to have completed 12 or more credits for a letter grade achieving a grade point average of at least 3.5 (B+) for the semester. The attached 299 students have attained this distinction. Please join us in congratulating them!

Hawaiʻi Community College Professor Gene Harada has been recognized with the University of Hawaiʻi Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service. He is a proud Hawaiʻi CC alumnus and has taught at the school for almost 27 years. He is described as a true mentor to his students, training them to be professional, to show up on time and to do things right the first time.

As we enter February, we enter the heart of the spring semester after welcoming about 2,600 students back to our college. A number of them will be culminating their achievements by joining us this May for commencement exercises. From now until graduation, here are some of the things happening in our Kauhale.

Aloha,

As we enter February, we enter the heart of the spring semester and a very busy time of the academic year. It's a stretch of months filled with events, culminating in our commencement ceremonies in Hilo and at the Pālamanui campus in Kona. Here's a snapshot of what's happening in the next few weeks.

Representatives from Hawai'i Community College's Student Government traveled to O'ahu on January 17 to meet with Hawai'i Island legislators and talk about issues affecting community college students. Their visit coincided with the start of the legislative session.

Are you a Hawai‘i Community College student interested in or curious about attending a four-year university?

If so, make plans to attend “UH Transfer Day at Hawai‘i CC” on Tuesday, February 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Manono Campus in Hilo.

Representatives from many academic programs and student services departments from UH Hilo, Mānoa and West O‘ahu will be there to talk with students about options for earning a bachelor’s degree after attending Hawai‘i CC.

Hawai'i Community College is hosting a series of free computer science workshops designed for girls in grades 6 through 12. The workshops are being led by Carrie Butler, an instructor in Hawai'i CC's Information Technology program, and are affiliated the national nonprofit organization "Girls Who Code."

Joseph Hawk was at a crossroads in his life as a young adult: working full time, raising a young daughter and trying to envision his future. Hawk said it was around that time that he discovered a passion for cars.

“One day it just hit me that I wouldn’t mind being a technician,” Hawk recalled during an interview.