Aloha, Hawai‘i Community College is proud to educate the workforce of Hawai‘i Island, training the future nurses, teachers, auto mechanics, carpenters and many others who make our communities vibrant, healthy and strong. To continue this important work and fulfill our...
One of the issues we face in the physician shortage is keeping them here once they come. As we all know, it is not just the doctor who has to like east Hawaii, but their partner as well. A vibrant downtown Hilo would help a lot with this. As such I recently invited...
Aloha HICC Members, The Social Committee just held our last Business After Hours (BAH) for the year. Thank you to Randy Kurohara and his team at Creative Arts and Aloha Grown, our attendees had a fun and festive time at his store location. Ono pupus and...
In last month’s column, I wrote about enrollment trends and the associated data collecting we are doing to understand those trends. I asked the question: Why do certain students choose UH Hilo and how do we know who will thrive here? This is the overarching question...
As we watch the university enrollment trends across the country, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is not too different from our peers. Nationwide, there are fewer college-aged students to go around, and colleges and universities compete for enrollment and try to...
It’s been an extraordinary time for Hawaiʻi and the rest of the world as we emerge from the pandemic and take stock of how our lives have changed. Despite COVID-19—and because of it—we’ve learned lessons that will carry us into the future. We’ve been through so much...
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