Susan Kazama returns home to lead Hawaiʻi CC
After 35 years working in higher education in Hawaiʻi—across five campuses statewide—Susan Kazama is calling Hawaiʻi Island home, again. Kazama, born and raised in Hilo and a member of the first graduating class of Waiākea High School, returned in July 2023 to serve as Hawaiʻi Community College’s interim chancellor.
On July 19, 2024, she took the helm officially. Among Kazama’s top priorities for...
Punihei Lipe selected to lead systemwide Native Hawaiian initiative
Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Punihei Lipe has been named the new director of the University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao (HPOKA) and will lead the initiative to advance the 10-campus system’s commitment to becoming an Indigenous-serving and Indigenous-centered institution.
Lipe’s appointment was made by President David Lassner after a rigorous search process and is effective July 22...
Free, online professional development for educators statewide
Kapiʻolani Community College will host its highly anticipated professional development Summer Camp, set for August 5–8. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the free, online-based learning experience is open to all P–20 educators statewide. There are also sessions that professionals working within education and the general public may attend.
The Kapiʻolani Summer...
July President’s BOR report: Enrollment, NASA telescope, employee service award
President David Lassner provided an update on enrollment for the upcoming fall 2024 semester in his monthly report to the Board of Regents (BOR) at the July 18 meeting at UH Mānoa. Lassner reported that total student headcount and semester hours registered were both up slightly along with updates on other key data points.
From left: Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support—Eun Bin Ladner-Seok, Marween Yagin, Hazel Gedikli, Kathleen Kane, Rena...Hawaiian Word of the Week: Wahi
—Place, location, position, site, setting.
UH empowers advisors from across Pacific, shares tools
Reaching students to help them achieve their academic best can be challenging. What the Council of Academic Advisors at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa hoped to do is gather advisors and educators from around the Pacific to share what works best and what can be done in the future. On July 11, about 160 participants from all 10 UH campuses and other...
Kapiʻolani CC, partners aim to educate students in STEM opportunities
To build knowledge in emerging technology fields and motivation to pursue careers in science technology education and math (STEM), Kapiʻolani Community College is partnering with the Institute for Future Intelligence and diverse community organizations to provide about 300 students with STEM opportunities.
Kapiʻolani CC STEM students removing...Susan Kazama recommended to be next Hawaiʻi CC chancellor
Susan Kazama has been recommended to be the next Hawaiʻi Community College chancellor by University of Hawaiʻi Vice President for Community Colleges Erika Lacro to UH President David Lassner. Her effective date of appointment is July 19, 2024.
“Susan Kazama is a home-grown chancellor who is dedicated to serving the diverse communities of the Hawaiʻi Island,” said Lacro. “She...
Margaret Sanchez recommended to be Kauaʻi CC chancellor
Margaret Sanchez has been recommended to be the next chancellor of Kauaʻi Community College by Vice President for Community Colleges Erika Lacro to University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner. The effective date of the appointment is July 19, 2024.
“Margaret has provided stability to Kauaʻi Community College during her interim appointment, and she will continue to support the college in...
Hawaiian Word of the Week: Pōkole
Amazon selects UH as education partner for training, upskilling
The University of Hawaiʻi has been selected as the local education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, to provide Amazon hourly employees with opportunities to learn new skills for career success. Through this program, Amazon pre-pays tuition, and UH West Oʻahu and Honolulu Community College will provide the...
Honolulu CC MELE alumna overcomes stroke, COVID to make music
With the help of Honolulu Community College, alumna Autumn Reynolds, 27, a first-generation college student, has overcome Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), COVID-19 and a stroke to pursue her musical dreams. Through the college’s Music & Entertainment Learning Experience (MELE) program,...
Image of the Week: In flight
This week’s UH News Image of the Week is from the UH System Office of Communications.
This Manu-o-Kū (white tern) was one of several flying low under the trees near Bachman Hall on the UH Mānoa campus.
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Free training: Media, film, esports, more
Hawaiʻi residents are invited to sharpen high-demand creative industry skills through free courses by the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges’ Good Jobs Hawaiʻi initiative in collaboration with Hawaiʻi State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT)’s Creative Industries Division.
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Hawaiian Word of the Week: Iulai
Governor appoints law student to UH Board of Regents
University of Hawaiʻi law school student Joshua Faumuina has been appointed by Gov. Josh Green to the UH Board of Regents (BOR) for a two-year term as the board’s student regent. Green made the announcement on June 28.
Faumuina earned an associate of science in natural science from Kapiʻolani Community College in 2016, a bachelor of...
Native American tribes sing, craft, dance with UH group in Maine
Noʻeau Woo-OʻBrien (Hawaiʻi CC)
Drumming and song, smudging and fire, learning about Indigenous foods, native plants and justice systems, braiding sweetgrass, basket weaving and dancing in a drum circle were just some of the...
July 2024 anniversaries
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates July 2024 faculty and staff anniversaries.
30 yearsBly, Katherine Michiko Yagi
IT Specialist, UH System
Christopher, David A
Professor, UH Mānoa
Debaryshe, Barbara D
Specialist, UH Mānoa
Ishida, Kevin H
Associate Vice President, UH System
Tsukayama, Myron K
Office Assistant, UH System
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Culinary institutes unite for workforce development program in Hawaiʻi
The Culinary Institute of the Pacific (CIP) at the Kapiʻolani Community College, in collaboration with the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), launched a joint workforce and professional development program...
An unexpected journey: turning a music dream into reality
Reece Flores, the spring 2024 Windward Community College commencement speaker, says she is an example of how students can find unexpected opportunities at the University of Hawaiʻi community colleges. Flores has released three original songs in the past year and plans to release her first album in July, after earning her associate in arts in liberal arts with a...