Week of September 22

ACCJC Open Forum (Monday, September 22, 3:15 - 4:15pm) in Fine Arts Auditorium

The Accrediting Commision for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) will be conducting their reaffirmation for accreditation on-campus site visit September 22-24, 2025. Please join us at the Fine Arts Auditorium for the Open Forum to share your Kauaʻi Community College experiences with the team. ACCJC is responsible for ensuring that colleges meet national education standards and are dedicated to continuous improvement. Additional information regarding ACCJC may be found at: accjc.org   

Tuesday, Sept. 30 | 11-12:30

LRC

Need help applying for QUEST medical insurance, or want to know if you qualify? Come meet with Malama Pono Health Services on campus in the LRC every last Tuesday of each month. Referrals for low and no-cost smoking cessation, women's clinic, STD testing, and more are also available.

If you'd like to speak to someone sooner, please email maeveop@hawaii.edu to be connected.

The PRISM Club is all about acceptance, belonging, and creating a safe space for everyone. No matter how you identify, KCC's PRISM (Pride, Raising awareness, Involvement, Support, and Mentoring) Club welcomes you with open arms. Students, staff, and faculty who would like to join the club are encouraged to complete the sign-up form so that we can schedule a club meeting that will meet the needs of the most people. Your responses will only be made available to the club advisors.

Hoʻomaʻamaʻ ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Every Monday | 1-2 p.m.

Kīpuka Center

Come by the Kīpuka Center every Monday for an hour to practice simple Hawaiian language structures.

Mele Mondays

Every Monday | noon

Kīpuka Center

The Kīpuka Center will be hosting “Mele Monday”

featuring ʻāina-based songs. Everyone is invited, and bringing musical instruments is encouraged. Even if you donʻt play music or sing, come enjoy the Hawaiian music atmosphere.

Chanting Thursdays

Every Thursday | 12-12:45 p.m.

Kīpuka Center

Kīpuka Center will be hosting Chanting Thursdays that will feature 7 oli (Hawaiian Chants). Each Chanting Thursday will feature an Oli and break it down to its core. We will practice the oli to better equip participants to practice and perpetuate cultural protocols in their own life.

The Into Light Project is a national non-profit dedicated to presenting powerful exhibitions that share the stories and portraits of those who have lost their lives to drug addiction. Each exhibition features up to 30 original graphite portraits of individuals from the host state who have succumbed to drug addiction/poisoning or related causes, accompanied by professionally written stories about their lives. The family of the deceased will receive the professionally framed portrait at the end of the exhibition.

The exhibition will be open from Feb. 1-April 30, 2026 at the Kaua'i CC Performing Arts Center.

If you have lost a loved one to addiction, or if youʻd like to share this opportunity, click the button to access the Hawai'i submission form.

November 2025

• 3 - Last day for changes: withdrawal from semester courses with “W” grade, credit/no credit option for semester courses, declare auditor for semester courses, and incomplete grade changes
• 11 - Veterans Day (Holiday)
• 27 - Thanksgiving (Holiday)
• 28 - Non-instructional day (NO CLASSES)

Update on Title III & Title VI Grant Reductions