Hawai‘i Community College - Pālamanui is pleased to announce a series of online workshops that will be delivered via Zoom in summer 2021 for people interested in learning more about what the Kona campus offers and how to enroll for the Fall 2021 semester.
The “Discover Pālamanui” workshops kick off Monday, June 21, with an information session about the Early College/Running Start programs.
Every year, Brian Hirata, a Culinary Arts professor at Hawai‘i Community College, gives his students a pop quiz on identifying local fish.
Anya Tagawa fondly recalls the most thrilling moments of her career in natural resource conservation, like rappelling into lava tubes to access rare plants that had thrived in the shelter of the tube. Or blazing trails and flying by helicopter to far-flung places in Kohala to search for rare plants.
“It’s an exciting field,” Tagawa said recently. “It’s been an exciting life, for sure.”
This column appears in the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii August 2020 Newsletter.
Aloha,
Hawai‘i Community College is preparing for a safe, successful return to campus and has released its interim Phased Reopening Plan, which reflects the phases in the state of Hawai‘i’s Roadmap to Recovery and Resilience. You can find information about our reopening at the COVID-19 landing page.
Graduates of the Hawai‘i Community College - Pālamanui campus in Kona celebrated their achievements with a drive-through graduation ceremony on Saturday, August 1.
More than 200 prospective students have already applied for a new University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges scholarship for Hawaiʻi residents whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kūlia Scholarship, which was announced on July 22, is designed to help those recently furloughed or unemployed.
By Charlotte Cheek, Hawaiʻi Community College Sustainability Initiatives Coordinator and Kupu Community Resilience VISTA
In consultation with Drew Kapp, Hawaiʻi Community College Geography Instructor and Kūkūʻena Hula Cohort Member