Join Us! February is International Awareness Month

Students! We hope this activity-filled International Awareness Month spurs your interest in exploring routes beyond what you may have imagined before. We're kicking off with an Opening Event and live music at 10 am to 1 pm on Monday, February 3, outside the LRC.

Join us outside the LRC as we kick-off activities for

Monday, February 3, 10 am - 1 pm

We hope this Month will serve to (1) Inform KCC students of international learning opportunities (study abroad / scholarships) available to them; (2) Honor and celebrate Kauai's multicultural heritage as a foundation for international and global learning; (3) Foster International and global perspectives around selected theme.

Get excited! Get Global! Learn more about the opportunities out there!

February I.A.M. Activities Poster (pdf)

Exhibits:
In the Library: Vessels that Connected Japan and Hawaii, Weaving Tradition Around the World
In the LRC lobby: KCC in the World (World Map), Study Abroad Information, “Who is the Traveler?,” Study Abroad Wish-List

Abbreviation KeyLRC: Learning Resource CenterOSC: Once Stop Center PAC: Performing Arts Center F: Refreshments will be served

Week One Events: Opening, Japanese Martial Arts, UHCC Study Abroad

• Feb 3 (M), 10:00 – 1:00 pm: Opening Event with live music. (outside LRC)
• Feb 5 (W), 12:00 – 1:30 pm: World Café: KCC students share their study abroad experiences (LRC 124B) F
• Feb 6 (Th), 10:00 – 4:00 pm: UHCC Study Abroad Programs and Scholarships Information Booth (LRC Lobby)
• Feb 7 (F), 10:00 – 11:00 am: Demonstration of Japanese Martial Arts, featuring Sword Master from Japan (PAC)

Week Two Events: Women’s Issues, Faculty-led Study Abroad

• Feb 10 (M), 9:00 – 1:00 pm: Red Flag Campaign: Make a flag to raise awareness about dating violence (LRC Lobby & Courtyard)                    12:00 – 1:30 pm: Movie: “Half the Sky – Turning Oppressions into Opportunities for Women” followed by discussion. Professor Joyce Nakahara (LRC 124B) F
• Feb 12 (W), 9:00 – 1:00 pm: Red Flag Campaign: Learn about dating violence and promote the prevention of dating violence(LRC Lobby & Courtyard)                    12:00 – 1:30 pm: World Café: Talk-story with past KCC participants in faculty-led study abroad programs, in Japan, Okinawa, New Zealand, and Easter Island! (LRC 124B) F
• Feb 14 (F), 1:00 – 3:00 pm: Healing Touch - Valentine’s Day Chair Massage (outside LRC from 1:00-2:00 and OSC from 2:00-3:00)                    2:00 – 5:00 pm: 1 Billion Rising: International Flash Mob/Dance Worldwide to end violence against women and girls. Join, release, and dance; and enjoy International dance performances and various booths! (OSC)

Week Three Events: Indigenous Politics, Indigenizing Curriculum, Who is the Traveler?

• Feb 19 (W), 12:00 – 1:30 pm: World Café: Discover who the travelers are and listen to their intriguing stories. (LRC124B) F
• Feb 21 (F), 12:00 – 1:30 pm: KCC International Alumna Presentations: “Island Future – RE-viewing Struggles of Okinawa and Hawaii” by Megumi Chibana, Ph.d Candidate in Political Science, University of Hawaii, Manoa (LRC 124B) F
• Feb 21 (F), Time TBD:  Ethnomathematics on a Worldwide Voyage: Culturally Responsive Curriculum to College, Career, and Community Readiness. Prof. Linda Furuto, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa (Place TBD)

Week Four Events: Sustainability, Closing

• Feb 24 (M), 12:00 – 1:30 pm: Movie: “The Hungry Tide - A film about a Pacific nation on the front-line of climate change” followed by discussion (LRC 124B)
• Feb 26 (W), 12:00 – 1:30 pm: Closing Events: Hoʻike, Celebration, Awards with International Food (LRC 124 A & B) F

The International Awareness Month is made possible by the Honda International Opportunities Fund and will be brought to you by the International Education Committee with the support of a number of student volunteers and student clubs as well as faculty and staff.

Posted by Kyoko Ikeda

International Education Coordinator
facebook.com/KauaiCCInternational

Plants for our Planet

Plants for our Planet: a public lecture series by the National Tropical Botanical Garden and Kaua`i Community College.

Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014 (starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Steve Montgomery - Protecting the Pollinators (it's not just about bees)
Dedicated beekeeper and intrepid explorer of native ecosystems, entomologist Steve Montgomery has discovered over 30 species of plants and insects. Join Steve as he talks about the importance of honeybees and other pollinators.

Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 (starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Wendy Hollender - Botany into Art: Plants Through the Eyes of an Artist
New York-based artist, author, and illustrator Wendy Hollender will reveal how a botanical illustrator sees plants and captures them on paper. Join Wendy as she shares her artist's perspective on plants and flowers.

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2014 (starts at 5:30 p.m.)
Matt Keir - Back from the Brink: What Rare Plant Recovery Really Takes
Matt Keir, Rare Plant Program Manager for the O`ahu Army Natural Resources Program, will discuss his work collecting, propagating, and outplanting some 50 endangered species found on or near Army training sites on O`ahu.

All talks are at KCC Campus Center Cafeteria 
(to the left and behind the Performing Arts Center)
3-1901 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihu`e
(808) 245-8225

For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations, please contact: Margaret Clark at (808) 332-7324 Ext 225 at least 10 days in advance.

Posted by E.Miller for C.Matsumoto

FREE JFK Assassination Workshop & Discussion: 50 Years Later (11/22)

Dr. Bruce Getzan, our KCC's Director of OCET, educator, historian, and national history archivist, will facilitate a community workshop and discussion:

50 years after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy

What do we know?

12 Noon on Friday, November 22, 2013

Kauai Community College, OCET 106 C&D

"What do we know?" Participants will be able to explore the several theories of what really happened in those fateful, sorrow-filled and world-altering moments when Kennedy was shot in Dallas.

For more information and to register for this FREE workshop, please call KCC-OCET at 245-8318

"Peace is a daily, weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures." ~John F. Kennedy

"So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate." ~John F. Kennedy

Flyer (Adobe pdf)

Suggested pre-workshop browsing/reading:
www.jfk.org The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza (See various links and entries)

www.archives.gov/research/jfk National Archives, JFK Assassination Records

www.jfklibrary.org John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Boston, MA.

Twitter@LarrySabato The Kennedy Half Century (A MOOC-Massive open online course from the University of Virginia)

· Clark, Thurston
JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President

· Janney, Peter
Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and their Vision of World Peace
Skyhorse Publishing, April 2, 2012. ISBN 9781620872826.

· Kaiser, David
The Road to Dallas: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Harvard University Press, Nov., 2009. ISBN 9780674034723

· Livingstone, Harrison Edward
High Treason 2- The Great Cover Up: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

· Mellen, Joan
A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFKs Assassination and the Case that Should Have Changed History

· North, Mark
Act of Treason: The Role of J. Edgar Hoover in the Assassination of President Kennedy

· Richard Belzer & Daniel Wayne
Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of Witnesses of the JFK Assassination

· Sabato, Larry J.
The Kennedy Half Century

· Shenon, Philip
A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination

· Shesol, Jeff
Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade
· White, Theodore
In Search of History
Warner Books, 1978. ISBN 0446302996 (See Hyannis Port Interview with Jackie Kennedy, Nov., 1963)

Posted by:

Cammie Matsumoto & Bruce Getzan

Free Movie Night! (10/16, 6PM)

Second, of an ongoing series…

Wednesday, October 16, 6 PM

Tech Room 114

KCC Campus

(Mauka of the KCC Performing Arts Center parking lot)

The film Trashed will be shown, and directly following we will host Allen Hershkowitz of the National Resources Defense Council for a discussion.

The film Trashed looks at the risks to the food chain and the environment through the pollution of our air, land, and sea by waste. Allen Hershkowitz is a senior scientist for the NRDC and serves on the National Research Council Committee on the Health Effects of Waste Incineration and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory. His publications include: Too Good to Throw Away: Recycling’s Proven Record, Garbage Management in Japan, and Garbage Burning: Lessons for Europe.

This free screening is provided by a partnership between Ho‘ouluwehi, Zero Waste Kauai, and Apollo Kauai. Call or email Laura Williams with questions: lauralw@hawaii.edu or 245-8386.

“Individuals needing accommodation under ADA should contact the Event Coordinator in a timely manner”. Event coordinator is Pat Gegen. Please see flyer for additional contact information.

Flyer (Adobe pdf)

Posted by:

Laura Williams

Free Movie Night! (9/18, 6 PM)

First of an ongoing series...

Free Movie Night!

Wednesday, September 18, 6 PM

Tech Room 114

KCC Campus

(Mauka of the KCC Performing Arts Center parking lot)

Plastic Planet will be shown and, directly following, we will host Beth Terry, the author of the My Plastic Free Life blog for a discussion.

After learning about the devastating effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health, Oakland accountant Beth Terry began an experiment to see if she could live without buying any plastic. Since then, she has reduced her plastic waste to less than 2% of the national average. That experiment turned into the popular blog MyPlasticFreeLife.com and new book Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too.

Free screening is provided by a partnership between Ho‘ouluwehi, Zero Waste Kauai, and Apollo Kauai.

Call or email Laura Williams with questions: lauralw@hawaii.edu or 245-8386.

"Individuals needing accommodation under ADA should contact the Event Coordinator in a timely manner."
See flyer for additional contact information.  

Flyer (Adobe pdf)

Posted by:

Laura Williams

Apiary (Bee) Discussion with State Apiary Specialist (5/4)

The Kaua’i Beekeepers Association (KBee) in partnership with the KCC Apiary Program invite the public to an evening discussion with Hawaii State Apiary Specialist Danielle Downey this Friday, May 4, 2012, at 6:00pm in the Technology Building’s Multi-Purpose Rm114. Beekeepers, wanna beekeepers, and anyone interested in beekeeping is encouraged to attend the free event.

Ms. Downey will be focusing her discussion on updates from the statewide effort to manage, control, and eliminate common honeybee diseases and how to identify, treat, and prevent them from becoming problematic for beekeepers. A brief legislative update on the state's plan for assisting local beekeepers and helping Kaua'i keep the small hive beetle and varroa mite off the Garden Island will also bee included in the discussion. Following the discussion the KCC Apiary Program’s Bee Lab will bee open for a tour and honey samples.

The KCC Apiary Program, in partnership with the Kauai Beekeepers Association and Garden Island Resource Conservation and Development, has also received funding from the County of Kauai Office of Economic Development to provide services and training for Kauai beekeepers. Support for Kaua’i beekeepers may also come from the state legislature with the recent passing of SB 2100 for Governor Neil Ambercrombie to sign into law. This bill provides money to the UH system for honeybee research and apiary development.

While visiting Kaua’i, Ms. Downey will also bee assisting KCC Apiary Program instructors Francis Takahashi and Jimmy Trujillo with technical training to increase the capacity of the KCC Apiary Program. The KCC Apiary Program has been offering beekeeping courses to interested community members through the Office of Continuing Education and Training (OCET) and the Ho’ouluwehi Program’s Sustainable Agriculture Program with funding from a federal Rural Development Program grant. For more information about upcoming courses or to enroll in the next apiary course on Saturday, May 5, 2012, contact KCC OCET staff at 245- 8318 or Apiary Program Instructor Jimmy Trujillo at 245 8380.