Lights on Rice Parade Thank You

Aloha Everyone!

Thank you so much for supporting Kaua`i Community College participation in the Lights on Rice Parade held on Friday, December 2, 2011. This year, ASUH-KCC teamed up with the Marine Core League to create the magical carnival float and advertise and support the annual Toys for Tots Drive for the less fortunate. With this in mind, students spent many days planning and assembling the design and lights along with practicing dance moves to complement the float. Their efforts paid-off indeed as KCC participants brought much joy and endless smiles to the throngs of on-lookers and spectators.

Mahalo to the following for helping to create this year's float as well as walking in the parade:
KCC Students and faculty: Keola Aki, Gustavo Albuja, Taryn Alisna, Mary Altura, Nelson Batalion, John Balbin, Bryson Bergonia, Rachel Carnate, Dylan Chandler, Crystal Cruz, Raegan Diana, Chanel Dias, Julio Cruz-Flores, Mark Domingo, Crystall Genegabuas, Jay Are Guerrero, Raevyn Ibia, Moani Jaramillo, Randy Kekahu, Ryan Lopez, Ariel Lothlorien, Hiroko Merritt, Ashley Negrillo, Michelle Iloreta, Lea Nuesca, Nelson R., Melody Rita, Daphne Sanchez, Branden Santiago, Herbert Semana, Jay-B Taboniar, Ty Yamashita.

KCC Clubs and Organizations: Anime & Manga Club; ASUH-KCC Student Government; KCC Accounting Club; KCC Dance Club; Nihongo Kurabu Japanese Club; Student Activities Committee.

Community Affiliates: Aida Cruz, Kauai Veterans Center; Norberto Garcia, Commander, Marine Corp League, carnival games , Toys for Tots train and generator; Becky Komaki, transportation; Alex Soares, Trailer.

And finally if you would like to bring joy to the less fortunate during this holiday season, then please support the Toys for Tots Drive. You can drop off your unwrapped toys at Kmart or Walmart at the Toys for Tots Booth on the weekend of Dec. 10th-11th and 17th-18th all day long.

Mahalo for your generous support!
John Constantino
Student Life Coordinator

Distance Education New Student Orientation

Our Distance Education Student Orientation will be on January 5, 2012, at 12 noon in LRC 123.

Please reserve your seat by emailing marlapua@hawaii.edu.

Posted by:

Marla Pua Palmeira
University Center-Distance Education
http://info.kauai.hawaii.edu/uckauai/

Winter Music

by Daniel & Taylor

Under the direction of Nina Saraos, a free concert will be performed by the KCC Orchestra on December 15, 2011, at 7:00 PM in the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center.  Pre-concert lobby music by Ali`i Strings.

The concert will consist of Rossini's The Barber of Seville Overture, Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Mozart's Symphony No.40 in G minor, and many more!

Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Mini-Conference

Japan Tsunami Marine Debris mini-Conference

Saturday, December 10, 2011

9:00am to 12:00pm

KCC Cafeteria

Some questions that will be addressed at the conference are:

• Where, currently, is the marine debris from the March 2011 tsunami that hit Japan?
• When will it get to Hawai`i and to Kaua`i?
• How much marine debris from the tsunami is there?
• Is it radioactive?
• What can we do about it?

The speakers will include:

• Dr. Nikolai Maximenko, Univ. of Hawaii
• Dr. Henrieta Dulaiova, Univ. of Hawaii
• Ms. Carey Morishige, NOAA Marine Debris Program
• Dr. Carl Berg, Surfrider Kauai 
• representatives from the County of Kauai and the Hawaii State Department of Health. 

This event is sponsored by the Kauai Community College Marine Option Program and the Surfrider Foundation, Kauai Chapter.

The conference is going to be very informative and very important for all residents of Hawaii to know. Please join us for this free event.

Posted by:

Jessie Austin, KCC Student
via Arnette Lee

Start Your Holidays at the KCC Bands Concert

Aloha all you music lovers,

KCC Jazz Band and Concert Band will be performing this Friday, Dec 9th at the Performing Arts Center beginning at 7:00pm. The concert is free with a calabash at the door to benefit the Larry Macintosh Scholarship Fund. We'd love to have you join us!

The Jazz Band will perform first with some Big Band Favorites. Your's truly will seranade you with a few great songs too. The Concert Band will then put you in the Holiday spirit with some excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite. There will even be ballet dancing to complete the mood!

Hope to see many of you there. Your support is much appreciated.

Posted by:

Peggy Lake
Training Coordinator
Kauai Community College, Office of Continuing Education and Training

Students Winter Art Show

Design by ART 112 student, S. Greenleaf. All rights reserved. 2011.

Kauai Community College Students Winter Art Show

On display in the One Stop Center

December 12, 2011 to April 23, 2012

Opening reception: December 12, at 11:00 am

Students walk and talk starts at 11:30 am

Please come and join us to celebrate this special event.

Posted by:

Patricia Yu, Art Instructor

Zambia Safari Presentation

An extraordinary visual adventure! 

Free & Open to the Public

Tuesday, December 6, 12 noon - 1:00 pm

KCC, OCET Room 106 

This past August, Dr. Tom Grollman, a semi-retired Kauai Orthopedic Surgeon, traveled with his son, Mac, Thatcher Magoun, also a semi-retired Kauai surgeon, and Thatcher's wife, Nina to Zambia, Africa. The presentation is a selected series of photographs documenting this unforgettable and intense African Safari experience.

Comments from people who have reviewed these photos include the following:

“thanks so much for sharing these truly extraordinary photos--they are the best photos we've ever seen! … a master photographer. What a fine safari you had and how beautifully documented.” Barbara M

“Beautiful… Great photography, great subject matter.” John H

“Amazing shots!!!… a great artist …Beautiful shots---it must have been the trip of a lifetime!” Art B

Dr. Tom Grollman has been an avid photography hobbyist for over 30 years, making the switch from film to digital ten years ago. He has taught digital photography and Photoshop image editing at Kauai Community College Continuing Education over the last 7 years, and has lectured both in Hawaii and the mainland on digital photography and image editing.

Please call 245-8318 to sign up for this free event. You are welcomed to bring your brown bag lunch.

Posted by:

Jennifer Defuntorum