Back by popular demand, the University of Hawai’i Community Colleges will be holding its 21st Annual UH Community Colleges Golf Tournament on Wed., May 21, 2008, at the Hawai’i Prince Golf Course. The tournament proceeds will add to the Joyce S. Tsunoda Community College Leadership Development Fund for faculty and staff development.

 Join us for an afternoon of great golf and fellowship. Please complete the attached entry form and send it in as soon as possible to insure yourself a place in the tournament.

The deadline for registration forms is Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The field is limited to the first 60 teams. Paid team applications received by Friday, April 25, 2008, will be included in a drawing for a $150 team merchandise certificate.

E-mail noram@hawaii.edu with questions.

Vice President John Morton will be visiting the community college campuses to present an overview of the Biennium Budget preparation process and the context for UHCC data related to individual campuses. Faculty and staff members are invited to attend and participate in these campus briefings. Below is a list of the times and locations of your campus visit.

Kaua’i CC - 4/3/2008 at 3:30 p.m., CafeteriaKapi’olani CC - 4/4/2008 at 9:30 a.m., Kopiko 127-128
Maui CC - 4/4/2008 at 2:00 p.m., Ka Lama 103
Windward CC - 4/11/2008 at 1:30 p.m., Hale Alaka’i Conf Rm 118
Honolulu - 4/17/2008 at 1:30 p.m., Bldg 2, Rm 201
Hawai’i CC - 4/24/2008 at 9:30 a.m., Manono Cafeteria
Leeward CC - 4/24/2008 at 2:30 p.m., Campus Center Student Lounge             

Jan Fried thought she was going to work with developmentally disabled children after graduating from college, but instead she became a sign-language interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Posted online at the Starbulletin on Nov. 5 2007
http://starbulletin.com/2007/11/05/business/story01.html

Finding it inconvenient to travel outside her Windward Oahu community, Karlotta Carvalho, like most Windward Community College students, was deterred from attending a university in central Oahu.

"The traffic time spent on the road and finding parking isn’t worth it," Carvalho said of the commute that can take up to an hour each way.

But through a new program in place at Windward, Carvalho is taking bachelor-level courses toward a criminal justice degree without having to travel into Honolulu.

The offering is part of the college’s initiative to create partnerships with four-year universities, including ones outside the University of Hawaii system, to offer advanced-degree programs at Windward.

Posted in Pacific Business News
Friday, November 2, 2007
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/11/05/story15.html?i=101965&b=1194238800%

As part of his Campus Visits to each community college this fall, Vice President for Community Colleges John Morton will brief you on all the new and exciting UHCC initiatives that may impact your campus, your community and your students. You’re invited to attend these meetings. See below for a schedule of Campus Visits.

Accompanying Morton are several coaches from the Achieving the Dream initiative and coordinators of the Kamehameha School Scholars.

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Windward CC and Hawai’i state agencies team up to present a 50s lifestyle exposition for the boomer generation. This free, public event, happening on Oct. 12-13 at Windward CC campus, opens the door to more options for individuals in the prime of their life, with information centering on leisure activities, financial security, health and wellness. "We’re very excited to partner with Windward Community College in

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