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Aloha,
Spring Break is over, and we have only 7 weeks left of the 2025 Spring Semester. How time flies!
We will hold our 60th Commencement at KCC on May 16. Please check this link for more information if you are graduating.
For our continuing students, the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges are making summer learning more accessible and affordable by aligning summer tuition rates with tuition rates for the fall and spring semesters. For $131 per credit for Hawaiʻi residents, students can stay on track, explore new interests, or accelerate their path to graduation.
KCC’s mission to offer accessible education to our greater community continues with our fundraising effort for the Ho’olei scholarship, which will offer every senior graduating from a public or charter school on Kaua‘i the first year at KCC tuition-free.
Mahalo to our faculty and staff for your continued contributions to the success of our students and campus.
Mahalo,
Kauaʻi Community College Chancellor
Margaret Sanchez
| | Website Improvement Focus Groups | |
The marketing department is looking for students to participate in two focus groups to give feedback on our Kaua'i Community College website.
- Monday, April 7 from 10:30-11:30 a.m.
- Tuesday, April 8 from 2-3 p.m.
Everyone who participates will receive a prize and be entered to win a deluxe study package.
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Nā Leo Lele Creative Writing Contest – Submit Your Best Work!
Kauaʻi CC students—showcase your creativity in the Nā Leo Lele Creative Writing Contest! Open to all students registered during the 2024-2025 academic year, the contest offers cash awards in three categories:
Poetry – 1 poem, up to 1,000 words
Short Fiction – 1 short story, up to 1,250 words
Audience Favorite – Selected by audience vote from pieces read at the award ceremony!
Submission Deadline: April 7, 2025
Email your submissions to cjmar@hawaii.edu with "Creative Writing Contest – [Category]" in the subject line.
Award Ceremony: TBA
For questions, contact cjmar@hawaii.edu. Don’t miss this chance to share your voice and win!
| | | Share Your story, Get Cool Stickers | The UH Foundation is looking for student stories to share with the community for Giving Day, April 9. Sign up to be an ambassador and share your story, and you will receive a sweet limited edition sticker pack. | | | |
County of Kauaʻi Summer Internship Opportunity
The County of Kaua'i is excited to provide a Summer Internship Program where student interns gain invaluable hands-on experience in local government and an opportunity to learn more about the County of Kaua'i.
The program is designed to provide student interns with experience in various areas such as engineering, accounting, information technology, science, human resources, business administration, planning, and many more!
Internship Start Date: Flexible, and may vary by position
Pay rate: starting at $15.00/hour
Internship Period: minimum six (6) weeks, full-time (may have availability for extensions depending on funding)
Applications now being accepted.
If you need help preparing a resume or interview, contact Melissa Henry, Career Counselor at mshenry@hawaii.edu
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Hawaiʻi Foodbank Kauaʻi Food Drive
The Hawaiʻi Foodbank has kicked off its Annual State Employees Food Drive, which runs through May 9, 2025. According to The State of Food Insecurity in Hawai‘i 2023 study conducted by the Hawai‘i Foodbank, the issue of food insecurity certainly hits home for many of our students. The study found that 49% of young adults ages 18-29 were most affected by food insecurity, and concurrently, 44% of those currently enrolled in higher education were food insecure. Throughout the years, the Hawai‘i Foodbank has distributed food to the various campus food pantries across the University of Hawai‘i (UH) System, with 819,082 pounds of food distributed, so a donation to the Hawai‘i Foodbank is a donation to help those in our student population and others needing assistance and support. Hawaiʻi Foodbank supplies the food for our on-campus food pantry in the library.
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Pride Scholarship
Kauaʻi Pride Parade & Festival promotes and celebrates peace, acceptance, and unity for everyone on our island, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, or background.
Three (3) $1,500 scholarship awards are available to students who will be enrolled in school at a college, university, technical or vocational institute, or other specified continued education program between June 2025 and June 2026.
This award is open to anyone regardless of gender, sex, or orientation, including allies of LGBTQIA2s+ communities. Applicants should demonstrate a strong connection to the LGBTQIA2s+ community. Applicants must reside on Kauaʻi at the time of application, or be based on Kauaʻi if attending school elsewhere. Previous recipients of the Kauaʻi Pride Scholarship are not eligible to re-apply; however, prior applicants from previous years(s) who did not receive the scholarship award are encouraged to re-apply.
Application deadline is April 30, 2025, and awardees will be announced on June 7, 2025.
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QUEERPHORIA, sponsored by the UH Commission on LGBTQ+ Equality, returns this spring!
Want to help spread the word?
Please feel free to share this information with your personal and/or professional networks who you feel might be interested in this event. If you would like to share on social media, you can download a flyer from the program (see the bottom of the main webpage).
We hope to see you in a session!
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Lei Fundraiser
Kū Pono I Hoʻokahi Hawaiʻi, KCC Hawaiian Club will be holding a lei fundraiser for upcoming graduations. The lei will be handmade by our club members. We are now accepting pre-orders for the following lei styles: Lei poʻo, Lei haku, Lei lāʻī (ti-leaf), Lei kui (sewn flowers). Please fill out the form and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Mahalo for your support!
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Sign Waving
Tuesday, April 1 | 3:30-4:30 p.m.
In front of KCC by the highway
Join PAU Violence Kauai for sign-waving awareness in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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Celebrating Social Work Voices: Perspectives from the Pacific and Around the Globe, 2025 Speaker Series
Friday, April 4 | 12- 1 p.m.
Zoom
April 4: Big Picture Superheroes: A Day in the Life of a Macro Social Worker, Tim Hansen, LCSW, Advocacy Director, NAMI Hawaii, Thompson School DE MSW Alumni.
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Celebrating Social Work Voices: Perspectives from the Pacific and Around the Globe, 2025 Speaker Series
Monday, April 7 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
April 7: Social Work in the Pacific: Global Perspectives in Community Practice. Emma Kurashige, MSW, ʻOhana Conference, Manager, EPIC ʻOhana Inc. and Josie Howard, MSW, Chief Executive Officer, We Are Oceania, Thompson School MSW Alumni.
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Student Life Activities
Don't miss out on the awesome activites planned this semester by student government. Check out the flyer to view them all.
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Free Career Skills Workshops
Feb. 5, March 6, April 2
Zoom and in-person
The Career Center has partnered with the Wai'ale'ale Club at Kauaʻi Community College to provide you with Spring 2025 Career Workshops: Job Search Strategies, Resume Writing Skills, and Interview Skills.
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Maui College BAS, Applied Business & Information Technology Info Session
Tuesday, April 8th | noon - 1 p.m.
Kauaʻi CC, DE Classroom, 2nd Floor of Library, Room 201
Come Learn About: cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, web programming, machine learning, AI, and big data analysis
Refreshments will be provided!
No registration required
Contact the KCC Transfer Center at 245-8330 or email tckauai@hawaii.edu if you have any questions.
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The Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Sunday, April 6 | 6 p.m.
GRAMMY-nominated multireedist and composer Anat Cohen shifts her focus to an intimate group sound on her newest release, the endlessly colorful Quartetinho (pronounced “quar-te-CHIN-yo,” i.e., little quartet).
The group of New York-based international multi-instrumentalist-virtuosos are all drawn from the ranks of her GRAMMY-nominated Tentet featuring bassist Tal Mashiach, pianist/accordionist Vitor Gonçalves, and vibraphonist/percussionist James Shipp. They share a deep love for music in all its heterogeneity and it’s all amply documented on Quartetinho, which includes originals by Cohen, Mashiach, and Shipp along with material by the great masters Antonio Carlos Jobim, Egberto Gismonti, and more. The result is boundlessly melodic and lyrical, with a wide array of timbres and subtle details of orchestration.
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Detective Pikachu
Friday, April 11 | 6:30 p.m.
PAC
FREE for KCC students, staff & faculty | $10 general admission
The Gaming Club of KCC presents
POKÉMON: Detective Pikachu stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice and facial motion capture of Pikachu, with Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, Ken Watanabe, and Bill Nighy in live-action roles. The plot follows former Pokémon trainer Tim Goodman and the titular Pokémon as they attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of Tim's father, Harry.
The KCC Gaming Club will receive all ticket and concession sales.
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Huakaʻi
—Trip, voyage, journey.
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March 2025
- 28 - Last day to withdraw from semester courses with a “W” grade
- 28 - Last day for changes: Credit/No Credit option for semester courses, select Audit grade for semester courses and Incomplete grade changes
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