Monthly Archives: December 2012

The University of Hawaii Community Colleges was recognized as a leader in the national student completion movement by Achieving the Dream, a national nonprofit leading the nation’s most comprehensive non-governmental reform network for community college student success and completion. One … Continue reading →

Two Hawai‘i Community College faculty members will help promote international education as members of the regional team for NAFSA: Association of International Educators. Violet Murakami, a Digital Media Arts professor, and Carrie Mospens, an English instructor, have been chosen to … Continue reading →

Nobukazu Ueno, a former Hawaii Community College Intensive English Program student  and a 2011 graduate of UH Hilo with a Political Science degree,  is now studying at the Center for Peace Studies at the University of Tromso in Norway. He will … Continue reading →

An English professor at Hawai’i Community College has been chosen as a 2012 recipient of the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching award. Kathryn “Kate” Sims, who teaches at the West Hawaii campus of Hawai’i Community College, was one of … Continue reading →

After more than seven years as the Records and Internal Data Management Office’s Office Assistant, Ellen Tateishi (the one wearing all the na lei) retired on October 29, 2010. Ellen Tateishi, former Records Office clerk, colleague and beloved friend, passed … Continue reading →

“Cerebus the Aardvark” might not ring many bells for those who aren’t comic book fans, but the series by David Sims started the alternative comic book movement, according to Steve Parente, a lecturer in Hawaii Community College’s Digital Media Arts … Continue reading →

Hawai‘i Community College students, faculty, staff and administrators participated in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony on Nov. 15 to celebrate the opening of the Nursing and Allied Health program’s new Nursing Learning Resource Center next to the Kona Community Hospital. The … Continue reading →

  Here are the latest renderings of the yet-to-be-built Palamanui Campus from the architectural firm Urban Works. The development of the Hawaii Community College – Palamanui Campus has been in the works for years but took a concrete step forward … Continue reading →

With a “Gangnam Style” flash dance, a coffee and tea tasting, a panel discussion devoted to understanding world religions, and numerous other activities, Hawai’i Community College celebrated International Education Week Nov. 15 and 16. The fourth annual celebration of International … Continue reading →

The construction of the Hale Aloha building at Hawai’i Community College’s Manono Campus is moving rapidly ahead. A tall crane, seen in some of these photos, was recently on site lowering large steel posts and beams into place. Hale Aloha … Continue reading →

Hoʻolulu Council members meet with Chancellor Noreen Yamane.