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Yes! We are very excited to share three Info Sessions about our Hawaiian music certificate. Join us to learn how you can study mo’olelo and Hawaiian composition with Kawaikapuokalani Hewett, slack key guitar and ʻukulele with Kamuela Kimokeo, Hawaiian singing with Raiatea Helm, and the basics of how to run recording software with Kapena De Lima. All online and only @windwardcc!
Attend a ZOOM info session on
June 29, 12pm
July 15, 3pm
July 25, 6pm
LINK in bio to register. Itʻs free!
We celebrate students at every level, from beginning to professional! Letʻs learn Hawaiian music together!

Contact Dr. Kamuela Kimokeo at kamuelam@hawaii.edu.

#ka’ohekani #online #hawaiianmusic #certificate #kawaikapuokalanihewett #raiateahelm #kapenadelima #kamuelakimokeo #hawaiianmusictutorial #welovehawaiianmusic #windwardcommunitycollege

CONGRATS! @kapikowcc (Ka Piko Services) is now a College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) certified tutor training program. We are among 2,000 programs worldwide to receive this recognition. This means that all Ka Piko tutors receive in-depth, quality training. Also, if youʻre interested in working with us, you can be assured that you'll receive the BEST tutor training. All of our tutors also have the opportunity to become certified CRLA Tutors!

Contact Scott Sutherland, Ka Piko coordinator, at scottjks@hawaii.edu, to learn more.

#kapikostudentsuccessservices #besttutors #trainedtutors #kapikoteam #windwardcommunitycollege #dabestutors #crla

A NASA rocket scheduled for space launch in August will carry a scientific payload designed and built by WCC and HCC students! How cool is that!
Project Imua Manager Joe Ciotti said “For these students, this really is rocket science and one powerful confidence booster.”
Project Imua is a joint faculty-student enterprise of multiple UH Community College campuses in affiliation with @hawaiispacegrant that provides students with real-world, project-based learning opportunities. Students experiment with high-power rocketry, and design and fabricate small payloads for space flight.
More news and pics to come this summer.
Pics:
#1 Chris Noon works on the Artemis unit programming.
#2 Nikki Arakawa integrates the Artemis unit to the payload deck.

#projectimua #rocketry #payload #nasa #hawaiispacegrantconsortium #wccjakehudson #wccjoeciotti #wcchawaii #engineering

Our @wcc_library is the best! If you haven’t been, and haven’t taken advantage of the resources, super helpful librarians, and amazing spaces, you have to go! We have 65,000 sf of great information just waiting for you!

#pridemonth #wcclibrary #windwardcommunitycollege #library #books #inspiration #realinformation

Associate Degrees —LIVE-ONLINE INFORMATION SESSIONS
JUNE 10–JULY 26 for the Fall semester 2022
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>>link to info sessions in bio<<< Begin your degree—learn about how to apply, register, and get all the support you need to succeed in college...PLUS! ONE YEAR of FREE TUITION offered in select programs! Attend an info session: BUSINESS CORE For business majors interested in a 4-year degree, this two-year accelerated learning experience provides the opportunity for direct transfer to the UH Shidler College of Business. JUNE 10, 12–1pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/xJc or link in bio JUNE 21, 6–7pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/xtT or link in bio JULY 6, 1–2pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/5tx or link in bio JULY 19, 6–7pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/9Jx or link in bio Questions? Ha‘aheo Pagan, paganj@hawaii.edu LIBERAL ARTS FOR ENTREPRENEURS If you have an idea you want to turn into a business, but don’t know where to start, this program is for you. FREE tuition for the first year! JUNE 17, 12–1pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/xgW or link in bio JUNE 28, 6–7pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/xtu or link in bio JULY 13, 1–2pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/Ztx or link in bio JULY 26, 6–7pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/xtL or link in bio Questions? Ha‘aheo Pagan, paganj@hawaii.edu VETERINARY TECHNOLOGY 2-Year On-Campus program to become a veterinary technician. JUNE 6, 10–11:30am JUNE 27, 10–11:30am JULY 25, 12–1:30pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/L3V or link in bio Questions? vettech@hawaii.edu 3-Year Hybrid program for O‘ahu and Neighbor Island students. JULY 25, 10–11:30am Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/T3V Questions? hybridvt@hawaii.edu HAWAI‘ILOA Online Hawaiian Studies program will take you on a journey together as a cohort, and through the breadth of connections, give you multiple ways of understanding and connecting. JUNE 10, 3–4pm Sign up for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/ZKx or link in bio Questions? Ha‘aheo Pagan, paganj@hawaii.edu">

This summer’s stage combat workshop, Swords-n-Surf @windwardcc is exhilarating, to say the least! (No humans were harmed in the making of this video.)
Mahalo to Dueling Arts International instructors JoAnn Mendelson, Gregory Hoffman, Toni Pisculli, Brandon DiPaola, and WCC Associate Professor of Theatre Nicolas Logue, who made this all possible!
What an exciting way to begin the summer and gain some amazing theatrical skills!

#stagecombat #wccstagecombat #swordsnsurf #THEA133 #THEA233 #broadsword #rapieranddagger #theatre #hiconservatoryofperformingarts #duelingartsinternational #nicolaslogue

We canʻt get enough of these graduates! After the official Commencement ceremony in Palikū Theatre, graduates take their final walk as a class through the La’akea breezeway! Congratulations, graduates, on your achievement! We canʻt wait to see whatʻs next for you. Keep in touch!!!!!

#wcccommencement2022 #windwardpride #collegegraduation #grad #uhcc #uhohana #youdidit #windwardcommunitycollege #wcc #windwardcc

#Repost @kamuela_music
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While the song Kāne’ohe is titled after the town, much of the content of song takes place at He’eia. This field trip with my cohort allowed my students to hula while seeing Mokapu, enjoying the ehukai, and honoring the Ko’a Mokumoku within the ocean. Experiences like this make our music 4 dimensional! Forever when they dance this song they will connect with it in a way that perhaps others will not be able to. I am so proud that this year my students learned how to play and sing Mele (Kiho’alu and ukulele), they learned the stories and hula for each song! To my students, I am sooo proud of you!! Please tag your fellow cohort!! Be on the lookout, I will be making an announcement about our next cohort shortly!!! Tag someone who may be interested in participating in the 1 year program!
-Kamuela Kimokeo

#ka’ohekane #hawaiianmusiccertificate #kamuelakimokeo #kawaikapuokalanihewett
#kāne’ohe #windwardcommunitycollege #destinationwindward
#learnandgrow

Best part!!!!! Get the lei and the love!

#commencement2022 #windwardcommunitycollege #leiforthegraduate #hawaiigraduation #lei #hawaiianflowers

Congratulations to all the graduates! You did it!!! Mahalo to our student speakers Karl Boland and Love Kamohalii who shared messages of hope! And making it through tough times in life and a pandemic to achieve their goals!

#wedidit #commencement2022
#windwardcommunitycollege #congratulations

Itʻs almost time!!!! A little chaos here and there.
#kiheitying #standingreadytowalk #commencement2022 #windwardcommunitycollege #palikutheatre

Chancellor Ardis Eschenberg (center), with Interim VC for Student Affairs Jennifer Brown (L) and VC for Academic Affairs Charles Sasaki. Getting ready to commence with graduation!

#windwardcommunitycollege
#commencement2022 #palikutheatre #yayinperson

Graduating Kaʻoehekani students dancing Kāneʻohe at the location referenced in the hula.

Hanohano Mōkapu i ka ʻehu kai
Te tua motumotu aʻo Heʻeia

#Repost because @kamuela_music is that kind of teacher!
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On Monday our Ka’ohekani Hawaiian music cohort took a trip to visit Hi’ilaniwai. We decided that we should dance the first verse of Kane’ohe while taking in the beauty of Hi’ilaniwai. These students will now have this memory to access every time they sing or dance the song Kane’ohe. Our program tries to not only to teach our students music but to connect them to our aina and to those who came before. We want them to know the places that they sing about and the stories that we celebrate are real!

Or week so far has been very special! It is wonderful that our group consists of Hawaiian immersion teachers, Hawaiian language majors, Hawaiians who have been displaced and who now live in the continental US and want to connect to their ancestors through music, we also have non-Hawaiians who want to be informed, want to learn more, and who want to learn how our ancestors care for and treat this ‘aina. I can’t wait to share more activities with you all!!

Congratulations to Dustin Hew Len for being our 2022 Student Employee of the Year!!!
We appreciate you, Dustin, and celebrate all student employees on this day. Congrats!

#seoty #studentemployeesrock #wccstudentemployees #mahalo #appreciation #gratefulforyou #hawaiianstudies #hawaiianstudiesstudentassistant #makingithappen

Lucky we live Hawai’i and get to talk story and listen to Hawaiian music with these two (sometimes very silly) accomplished musicians at Kani Nā Pua Ko’olau.

#bobbymoderowjr #kamuelakimokeo #windwardcc #kaninapuakoolau
#hawaiianmusic #slackkeyguitar #falsetto #hawaiian

Meet some of this year’s Student Employee of the Year Nominees!

Windward Community College values its student employee workforce and their commitment to serving the campus. The Student Employee of the Year (SEOTY) Award was created to recognize them annually and give one deserving student employee an award of $250. Cheehoo!

This year’s nominees include a variety of talented and outstanding student employees from different departments across campus, such as the IDS Media Center, Performing Arts Department, Ka Piko Tutoring Services, Childcare Center, and the Hawaiian Studies Department.

Check back to find out the the winner of the SEOTY award celebrated on Friday, May 6th.

#WCCSEOTY #wccstudentemployees #supplementalinstructionleader #hoʻomaikaʻi #kākoʻo #kaiāulu #koʻolau #kāneʻohe #windwardcc #HokulaniImaginarium #IDSMedia #tutors #hawaiianstudies #wccperformingarts

On behalf of our amazing Hawaiian music instructor, Dr. Kamuela Kimokeo, you are invited to attend a live-Zoom workshop with the artist and Kamuela, along with a special guest hula by Kawaikapuokalani Hewett. Registration is $10 and benefits more events like this where we get to play along and talk story with some of Hawaiiʻs best musicians and entertainers.

Kani Nā Pua Ko‘olau with Bobby Moderow Jr
Thursday, May 5
5:30-7:30pm
Live, online via Zoom
Register at go.hawaii.edu/xw7

With sheet music and recordings that you can download and play along anytime!

If you use your UH email to register, just be sure to

Sydney Ishikawa and Ella Malarkey “perform” a Met Gala photo shoot with photographer Juniper during their Theatre class @windwardcc

#gettheatrical #wcctheatre #tauriekinoshita #expressyou #metgalastudents

It’s Information Session time for the Hawai’iloa Hawaiian studies degree program.
Join us tomorrow,
Fri., April 29 at 3pm
(Reg. for Zoom link at go.hawaii.edu/4Kx)
to learn about this awesome online program to connect you with Hawaiian culture.
Come, learn, ask questions,
take it in and make it yours!

#hawaiiloahawaiianstudies #hawaiianstudies #hawaiianlanguage #hawaiianculture #infosession #wcchawaii

#Repost @palikutheatre
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Here we go!!!! Share an evening with Bobby Moderow Jr, renowned slack key guitar and falsetto artist for a laid-back kanikapila style play along and talk story workshop!
Thurs., May 5
5:30-7:30pm
Online-live!!!
($10 registration)

Register at…
go.hawaii.edu/xw7

Hosted by Music Instructor Dr. Kamuela Kimokeo with special guest hula by legendary kumu hula Kawaikapuokalani Hewett.

This noncredit online workshop includes access to downloadable sheet music and video song recordings to practice at home with Bobby!!! Letʻs have some fun playing along and learning about the process of creating music!!

#kanināpuakoʻolau #bobbymoderow #bobbymoderowjr #kanikapila #grabaninstrumentandplayalong #kamuelakimokeo #kamuelamusic #kawaikapuokalani #kawaikapuokalanihewett

Stop by Windward Mall tonight from 5-7pm to say hi to Cyndy and check out our programs. If youʻre thinking about going to a mainland 4-year university, there will be more than 80 colleges representing!!!!! Hereʻs your chance, Windward folks! They are coming to meet us @windwardmall tonight!

#collegefair #windwardmall #uhohana #mainlandcolleges #4/25 #5-7pm

Students and ‘ohana are invited to join these two amazing career counselors for a virtual Info session on TUES. 4/26 or WED. 4/27 from 6-7pm to learn more about how to work while in college @windwardcc!
RSVP at go.hawaii.edu/xcs

#collegeandajob #careerexplorering #windwardcommunitycollege #goforit #earnlearn #moneyhelper