#University of Hawaii Maui College
Rosy Simas Danse returns to Maui to present new dance performance, March 21
The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will present a return to Maui for Rosy Simas Danse and an all-new dance performance entitled “she who lives on the road to war” at the MACC’s Castle Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.
UH Maui College chancellor to speak at Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset, March 5
University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Chancellor Liu Hokoana will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset meeting on March 5, 2024. He will share an update on UH Maui since the Lahaina wildfires.
UH Maui College art courses offered at $49 in February and March
University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is offering new, more affordable art classes this spring in the Heona studios on campus.
Free landscape training course begins Tuesday, spaces still available
Enrollment is still open for the free Hawaiʻi Landscaping Certification Course delivered by the Landscape Industry Council of Hawaiʻi.
AlohaCare grants $5,000 scholarships to three Maui County students, applications open for 2024
AlohaCare awarded academic scholarships to seven students in the state, three of whom are students from Maui and Lānaʻi. The application portal has opened for the 2024-2025 school year.
UHMC Campus Health Center continues service those impacted by the Maui wildfires
The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Campus Health Center has been providing free birth control visits and women’s health exams to women displaced or impacted by the Maui wildfires since the first days after the Aug. 8, 2023 events.
UHERO: UH degrees affordable, significant return on investment
A college education from the University of Hawaiʻi 10 campuses offers a significant return on investment, no matter the degree type—and has gotten more affordable over the last decade, according to a UH Economic Research Organization (UHERO) report released Jan. 16, 2024.
UHMC seeking pre-nursing students
The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is seeking Maui pre-nursing students for the Spring 2024 Kealahoʻimai TEAS (Test of Essential Academic Skills) Prep Course.
Maui sustainability program gets $300K in USDA funding for project in wake of Maui wildfires
The Puʻuhonua Kauluwehi project will collaboratively establish a network of biocultural refuges supporting the cultivation of native plants to accelerate landscape-scale ecological restoration, food security, and community well-being strategies.
UH Maui College culinary students distribute 1,600 produce boxes
Culinary students at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College organized about 1,600 boxes of produce that were distributed to students and community members impacted by the August wildfires.
UH Maui College’s Pā’ina Market is once again open to the public for lunch
World Plate and Paniolo Grill are now open for lunch and welcoming back the campus community and the Maui community at large to Pā‘ina Market.
UH Maui College culinary students pivot from food prep to packing produce
Thursday mornings are particularly busy—and rewarding—for the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s culinary arts program purchasing class. Instructor Natasha Joslin and her seven students, along with some campus and community volunteers, pack up 200 boxes of local produce that are distributed later in the day to UH Maui College students and community members affected by the August wildfires.
Free Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate Cohort offered through UH Maui College
Applications are now being accepted from Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi residents for the 2024-2026 Kealahoʻimai Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate cohort offered through the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Human Services Program.
Maui Food Innovation Center grand opening event set for Nov. 6
The University of Hawaii Maui College is planning a Grand Opening and Blessing of their innovative first-in-the-state Maui Food Innovation Center, Pilina Facility Commercial Kitchen and Educational Center.
University of Hawaiʻi-led projects secure $800,000 in grants for post-wildfire research
The University of Hawai’i has been awarded around $800,000 in expedited RAPID grants from the National Science Foundation for four projects addressing post-wildfire research.
Enrollment up significantly at UH Maui College
Enrollment at UH Maui College is up 7.5% over Fall 2022.
Nuisance alga spreading rapidly at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Scientists have confirmed the presence of Chondria tumulosa, a nuisance alga that can overgrow coral reefs, within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, raising concerns about its impact on Hawaiʻi’s coral reef ecosystems.
Wildfires delay start of semester at UH Maui College
The start of the fall semester at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will be delayed a week because of the devastating impact of the deadly wildfires, according to an announcement by UH Maui Chancellor Lui Hokoana.
The semester was scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 21, and will now begin on Monday, Aug. 28, for UH Maui College. The start of the fall semester for UHʻs other nine campuses will remain on Aug. 21, as scheduled.
Following deadly fires, UH Maui College comes together to prepare for semester
Less than a week after the deadly wildfires wreaked devastation in Lahaina and Kula, about 200 University of Hawaiʻi Maui College faculty and staff attended the fall 2023 convocation at the Kahului campus on August 14. The gathering also included the Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi education centers via Zoom.
Senate Ways and Means Committee to tour Maui and Molokaʻi facilities
The Senate Ways and Means Committee will visit Maui on Wednesday into Thursday, July 26-27, and Molokaʻi on Thursday and Friday, July 27-28, 2023.