New Summer COMPASS Prep....Registration has begun

Ready for College?
Do you want to save time & money?
Are you waiting to take the required English & math courses?
Is your English or math rusty and you need to brush up?

If you’re asking any of these questions...then COMPASS Prep is ready to help.
Preparing for COMPASS is important. Take advantage of this opportunity to take it again and try to raise your score.
Your test results may determine how long it will take you to earn your certificate or degree.

LAST chance to take advantage of the low cost: only a $25 registration fee.

The lab is open enrollment but we recommend students start by June 5.

Register at the Office of Continuing Education & Training (across from the bookstore).

http://info.kauai.hawaii.edu/training/fliers/2compass2014summer.pdf

UH-KCC Spring Technology Symposium (4/24)

Posted by
A.Erichson

KCC-NTBG Lectures on Campus

At left is a flyer about the two remaining KCC-NTBG lectures for Spring 2014, being held 5:30 in the Cafeteria. They are free, very engaging and open to students, faculty, and staff:

Tuesday, April 22 - this evening:
Plants and Climate Change on Earth Day, by Jan TenBruggencate, environmental journalist

Tuesday, May 20
Environmental Awareness: How Learning Motivates Change, by Andy Jasper, director of NTBG's Southshore gardens

Posted by:
C.Matsumoto

KCC Blesses its Renovated Campus Center (4/23)

KCC Students & Employees,

Please join us!

KCC Blesses its Campus Center Renovations

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

11:00 am

2nd floor, above the Cafeteria

Blessing will be conducted by Reverend Wayne Vidinha of 

Ke Akua Mana Church

The area is the new home for student government, student activities, board of publications, KCC radio, and international education, and office space for lecturers

Posted by:

C. Matsumoto

Open Mike Event (4/21)

Please join us for this semesters Open Mike event. Monday, April 21, from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Campus Student Life Center.

Come and watch live Open Mike performances by Kaua‘i Community College students as they share:

• Music
• Skits/theater/monologues
• Readings from poetry/fiction/nonfiction
• Stories/speeches/poetry/oral performance of literature
• Talent/ hula, dance, juggling and more…

Students, if you would like to present something, please come prepared. This is your time to showcase your hidden talents - sing, dance, play an instrument, recite poetry… Whatever you’d like to share! Presentation slots are given on a first come first sign-up basis.

If you would like to see some of our previous Open Mike performances, stop by the big screen in the foyer of the KCC Library. This digital show will run all week between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Posted on behalf of:

Sharon Milan

Kaua`i Community College Celebrates Earth Day 2014 (4/21)

Kaua`i Community College
Celebrates Earth Day 2014

Monday, April 21, 2014 

11 am - 4 pm

Between the Campus Center and Fine Arts Building

Live Music - Food - Exhibits

• Open to students, faculty, staff, Garden Island community, and visitors
• 11:30 am - Noon, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz will share his views on the importance of honoring Earth Day and celebrate this student led event

The purpose of this event is to build awareness of positive sustainable living solutions.

To become a vendor or receive more information, contact Makoto Lane at makotol@hawaii.edu or Laura Williams at 245-8386.

Event flyer (pdf)

ASUH KCC student leaders, Students Activities Council, and KCC's Sustainability Club, with help from Ho`ouluwehi and the Sustainability Committee, invite you to attend this event.

Individuals needing accommodation under ADA should call 245-8386. If you need an ASL Interpreter, materials in an alternate format, or other auxiliary aid support, please call 245-8386 or email lauralw@hawaii.edu at least seven days before the event.

Posted by:
C. Matsumoto

Exhibit: A Reflection of Kalaupapa: Past, Present and Future (4/10 - 5/7)

In picture: Photographs by Wayne Levin. Caption: Dayton Kupele, his sister Kealani Gillis, and her daughter Mikala offer ho'okupu at the site of 2000 unmarked graves. Presented by Ka 'Ohana O Kalaupapa. Hosted by Kaua'i Community College Hawaiian Studies Department.

Welina mai kakou,

On behalf of the Ka `Ohana o Kalaupapa nonprofit organization, I am excited that Kaua`i Community College and Kaua`i residents will have the opportunity once again to view this great photo exhibit that will be housed in the One Stop Center lobby from Thurs, April 10 through Weds, May 7 during business hours (7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.).

The exhibit will open with a blessing at 12 noon on Thurs, April 10. A guided walk-through will be offered that same day, April 10 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

On Sat, Apr 26, from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m., there will be a panel presentation/"talk story" with relatives and others who will share personal stories of their experiences with 'ohana who were sent to Kalaupapa because of Hansen's disease in the 1800s.

The exhibit and talk are free and open to the public, so please join us!

Ka `Ohana o Kalaupapa is a nonprofit organization that is helping to spread the word and educate as many as possible about the good things that happened at Kalaupapa. If you are interested in learning if your `ohana were sent to Kalaupapa, please email Valerie Monson, Coordinator at vmonson@kalaupapaohana.org. She and/or others will gladly research and send you information.

Exhibit flyer (pdf)

A hui hou a e malama pono,
Isaiah Ka`auwai

Call 245-8260 for more information