Got Flu Shot?

Kauai CC Students & Employees:

Due to popular demand, the Campus Wellness Center has purchased another batch of flu vaccines. In addition to two influenza viruses that are expected to be in circulation this season, the vaccine we are offering will also offer protection against the Swine Flu (H1N1). We are not charging any fees those who have PPO coverage through HMSA or Blue Cross Blue Shield. If you do not have a PPO plan, your co-payment is only $15. Here are some FAQs about flu shots.

Why should I get vaccinated every year?
Because flu viruses evolve rapidly, new vaccines are created every year. Another reason is because the antibody levels your immune system develops decrease over time.

Who should get the flu vaccine?
The CDC recommends vaccinations if you are 6 months or older. Vaccination is especially recommended for those who are at high risk of flu complications, including pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and those who have asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, kidney or liver disease, cancer, or obesity.

Who should not get the flu shot?
If you are allergic to eggs or have had a severe reaction to a previous flu vaccine, we do not recommend the common flu vaccine. Instead you should ask your doctor for other options. Good hygiene is always is your best defense against contagious diseases. Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and water. The next best thing is to use an alcohol-based sanitizer. Refrain from touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Avoid crowds when the flu is most prevalent.

What are the possible side effects of the flu shot?
The vaccine will not cause you to become ill with the inactivated virus strains that it contains. However, you may contract influenza at any time from other strains of the virus that are not contained in the vaccine.

The above information is provided by mayoclinic.com and rxlist.com.

Why not call the Campus Wellness Center and book your appointment today? Our number's 245-8307. Don’t miss the boat!

Posted by:
Diane Higa

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

Donations to Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort

Please consider supporting those in the Philippines and other areas in Asia that were impacted by Typhoon Haiyan. Here are some of the relief agencies that are accepting donations.

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/donate/index.jsp?donateStep=2&itemId=prod4650031

UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org/philippines

World Food Programme
https://www.wfp.org/donate/typhoon-philippines-b

If you are looking for a family member in the Philippines who is missing, the Hawaii Red Cross has a hotline, 739-8115.

Maraming Salamat Po,
The Pamantasan Club

Posted by:
R.Kincaid

2013 Food Drive Prize - "Reserved" Parking Stall by OSC

Congratulations to the Career Club who won the "Reserved" parking stall by the One Stop Center for the month of November 2103. They were the winners of the Spring 2013 Hawaii Food Bank drive, bringing in 70 lbs of food. Overall, the campus donated 324 lbs of food and $70.00 to the Hawaii Food Bank in April 2013.

Parking in the "Reserved" stall during November is now for the Career Club only and a KCC issued permit is required. The sign for that stall reads "Reserved by Parking Permit Only". Security will be checking cars that are parked in this stall and if the authorized parking permit is not DISPLAYED on the dashboard then your car may be towed.

Please contact Lana Spencer at 245-8283 with any questions.

Posted by:
Lana Spencer

UH West Oahu Advisor Visit (11/12)

Interested in transferring to the University of Hawaii - West Oahu? Two transfer workshops will be offered on Tuesday, November 12th, in the One Stop Center (OSC), Room 204. Come learn about UHWO Distance Education programs and find out how your credits can transfer.

Transfer Workshop
Tuesday, November 12th

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 

or

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

No sign up required, but seating is limited. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Kaiminaauao in the KCC University Center at (808) 245-8330.

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Current or newly accepted UHWO students:  What are you taking next semester? Three advising workshops will be offered for current or newly accepted UHWO students on Tuesday, November 12th, in the One Stop Center (OSC), Room 204. Come learn about the tools and resources available to understand your UHWO degree requirements.

Current/Newly Accepted Advising Workshop

Tuesday, November 12th

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

or

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

or

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

No sign up required, but seating is limited. If you have any questions, please contact the UHWO Office of Academic Advising at (808) 689-2689. Can't make it to the session? Call to schedule an over-the-phone advising appointment!

Posted by:

Colleen Kaiminaauao

Wai'ale'ale Students Spirit Food Drive for Kaua`i Independent Food Bank

This is a student-driven initiative as a part of what the Wai`ale`ale students are calling "Spirit Week" for our program.  It's great to see enthusiastic students demonstrating leadership and community service, so please support them if you can. ~ Kimo Perry, Wai`ale`ale Project Coordinator

Wai'ale'ale Project Student Food Drivefor Kaua'i Independent Food Bank's
2013 Holiday Food Drive

October 28 - December 1

Kick-off week is Oct 28 - Nov 1

Look for the red wagon by our event tents this week

• Weds, Oct 30:  10 am - 4:00 pm
• Fri, Nov 1:   8:30 am - 12:30 pm

All November long, drop cans at: 

• Bevin's office (LRC 114) in the tutoring center or at 
• Kimo's office in Media Services of the LRC.

The Kaua`i Independent Food Bank distributes food through six important venues on Kaua`i and provides thousands of meals for the hungry. For more information see: http://kauaifoodbank.org/ or call director Kelvin Moniz at 246-3809.

Posted by:
Bevin Parker-Evans

Wai`ale`ale Project Student Lisa Rapozo Brings Kaua`i Community Together to Save Hule`ia River and Nawiliwili Bay Watershed

On Saturday, October 19th, and Sunday, October 20th, over 30 Kaua`i Community College students and faculty members joined as many members of the Rotary Club of Kaua`i and Malama Hule`ia to get down and dirty in the muddy headwaters of the Hule`ia River of Nawiliwili to eradicate the highly invasive Red Mangrove plant that has severely overtaken the banks of the river and areas of the Nawiliwili Bay watershed.

Malama Hule`ia and the Kailoa Canoe Club received grant funding from NOAA and Hawai`i Community Foundation to support the elimination of the aggressive invasive plant. Bringing Kaua`i CC to the cause was the brainchild of Lisa Rapozo, Wai`ale`ale Project’s Head Student Mentor, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society student, and Kaua`i CC Student Employee of the Year as her annual student mentoring project. Over months, she collaborated with Kimo Perry, Wai`al`ale Project Coordinator and Student Support Coordinator Bevin Parker-Evans, and Mason Chock of Kupu A`e and Malama Hule`ia.

Lisa Rapozo

Kaua`i CC’s Kipaipai First Year Experience Coordinator Rebecca Yund, Kipaipai mentors and first year students, Student Activities Coordinator John Constantino and ASUH-KCC student government leaders, Math faculty member Ming (Coco) Chi joined the Wai`ale`ale Project team for the clean-up.

Rapozo grew up in Niumalu and remembers when she and her cousins played in the river and watershed. Over time, the Red Mangrove has dramatically taken over the area, compromising the water quality and wildlife. Today, waters by Niumalu Park are choked off. The plant’s air roots collect sediment, which creates islands of dirt that fill and cover up the natural wetlands.

The two-day project resulted in a remarkable visible difference. Chain saws buzzed, mangrove trees were cut down to the water line, and volunteers dragged 10-25 feet tall tree branches out of wet estuary lands.

The determined community team was rewarded at the end of their long days by a fish fry feast cooked up by Malama Hule`ia Board member Pepe Trask. Menehune Water Company and Starbucks Coffee donated water and coffee.

Of the project, Rapozo said she was “rewarded with a feeling of accomplishment of service.” For all participants, there was deep appreciation for the ‘aina of historic Niumalu.

Rapozo believes that students, who have been given opportunities to advance in college with help from scholarships, should be willing to give back to their community. Kaua`i CC encourages leadership development through mentorship, internship and service-learning civic engagement to do this as part of the college learning experience. Rapozo, one of the original students recruited
four years ago to the Wai`ale`ale Project scholarship program, has been able to continue working full time and raising her family while attending school. She will graduate Fall 2013 with an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts and transfer this spring to University of Hawai`i West Oahu to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology via distance learning. 

The Wai`ale`ale Project provides academic support through tutoring, mentoring, summer college-readiness programs and on-going academic support to students who wouldn't normally be able to attend college without community support. Working with community organizations, the scholarship, founded by a single donor, has grown and expanded due to the generous contributions of organizations such as OHA, Kamehameha Schools, and individuals. Students are recruited by organizations within the community who are resource referral partners focused on student success. For more information about Lisa Rapozo and the Kaua`i CC Wai`ale`ale Project, watch the 3-minute video produced by UH Foundation at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9nWH0WbcNw

To find out more about the work at Malama Hule`ia or community groups who are looking for community service opportunities should contact Mason Chock at http://malamahuleia.org/

Collaboratively written by Bevin Parker-Evans with Cammie Matsumoto