Hawaiʻi Community College’s culinary and agriculture programs took center stage at the 26th annual “A Taste of Hilo” on October 27, where Culinary Program Lab Manager and alumna Tori Hiro was honored as the event's featured chef. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaii’s annual fundraising event brought together more than 30 local vendors at Sangha Hall and spotlighted the collaboration between Hawaiʻi CC’s two programs through farm-to-table creations.

In a move to enhance renewable energy education, Inter-Island Solar Supply — Hawaiʻi’s oldest and largest wholesaler of renewable energy equipment — donated thousands of dollars in inverters last week to Hawaiʻi Community College’s Electrical Installation and Maintenance Technology program (EIMT). This donation will help familiarize students with real-world equipment commonly installed in the clean energy industry around the state.

Hawai'i Community College's Kō Education Center in Honoka‘a announces the launch of its new six-week, non-credit butchery course starting in Spring 2025. The course is made possible through a four-year, $950,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The training is part of the UH Meat & Poultry Workforce Consortium, in collaboration with UH-Hilo and the College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources at UH-Mānoa.