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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Community College celebrated the rich cultural diversity of its campus community Nov. 13-14 by hosting its 5th Annual International Education Week celebration. More than 80 international students from countries as varied as Nepal, France, Japan and Russia are currently enrolled in Hawaii CC programs. When domestic and international students are combined, more […]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff The bulldozers began crunching the Palamanui site on Tuesday, setting off a nearly two-year construction phase of the new 8-acre community college campus. Hawaii Community College is expected to move into the facility in 2015, serving approximately 700 students. The first phase of construction will result in 24,000 square feet of learning […]

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Hawai‘i Community College and the State of Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) celebrated the completion of a new motorcycle training range on Tuesday, Oct. 29. Motorcycle training courses will be offered at Hawai‘i CC starting in early 2014.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Community College, along with 10 other colleges and universities, has been named to the American Council on Education (ACE)’s 11th Internationalization Laboratory Cohort. Over the next 20 months, Hawaii Community College will develop strategies for campus internationalization by: forming leadership teams to work on strategic planning and student outcomes, attending community meetings […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Community College Alumni & Friends hosts a dinner and silent auction beginning 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 to raise money for student scholarships. The Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner & Silent Auction will feature food prepared by Hawaii CC’s Culinary Arts Program and will take place at the Manono Campus Cafeteria in Hilo. “This […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A three-member delegation from the University of Mumbai in India visited Hawaii Community College on Thursday, June 27 as part of a visit to the state, where the delegates have been studying the University of Hawaii system. The delegates have been meeting with key UH administrators and government officials during the past week […]

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MEDIA RELEASE WHAT: Akamai Observatory Career Exploration Summer Session WHEN: June 10-21 WHERE: Kealakehe High School TMT, in partnership Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) and Hawaii Community College, encourages high school students to sign up for this summer’s Akamai Observatory Career Exploration session, offered June 10-21 at Kealakehe High School. Developed to inspire students to explore […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Students, instructors, administrators, local politicians and lucky new homeowners celebrated the completion of a house in Hilo on Thursday that was designed, built and landscaped by students at Hawaii Community College. The house, on Pakele Lane, is the 46th home that Hawaii Community College students have built as part of the “Model Home […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Community College is offering new agriculture classes designed for people with a wide range of horticultural interests and goals. Whether you want to develop an agriculture business, gain the knowledge needed to offset your monthly food bill, or simply grow your gardening skills, the noncredit classes will be practical and enriching, Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Palamanui Campus has cleared a major hurdle, and work on the long awaited project will finally move forward, according to officials from the University of Hawaii Community Colleges. After facing issues with cost overruns and procurement, the bidding process was concluded Friday, April 5 – without any challenges — […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Hawaii has donated $10,000 to Hawaii Community College, funds that were raised during the 14th Annual “A Taste of Hilo” event last fall. JCCIH members attended a luncheon on Tuesday, March 12 at HawCC’s fine dining restaurant, Bamboo Hale, where they presented a $10,000 ceremonial […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii has been announced as one of five states accepted into the Postsecondary State Policy Network, an initiative led by Jobs for the Future in conjunction with Achieving the Dream, Inc. The other states are Connecticut, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Virginia. The Postsecondary State Policy Network now totals 11 states – Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, […]

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Sherri Fujita: ‘In the end, despite all our differences, people around the world have more similarities than differences’

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MEDIA RELEASE The first step in the construction of a new campus in Kona has begun. The University of Hawaii’s Office of Procurement and Real Property Management (OPRPM) has posted a notice to bidders for construction of the Hawaii Community College, Palamanui campus in West Hawaii. The bid notice, available at http://spo3.hawaii.gov/notices/notices, includes construction of […]

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