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Maui Police officers Chris Schmitt and Nick Krau assisted students in a two day career shadowing workshop at UH Maui College. The career shadowing workshop was one in a series offered to high school students on Maui who want to explore possibilities beyond high school. One of the degrees offered through the UHMC distance learning program is Justice Administration. Career Shadowing with Women in Technology
May 13th, 2011 · Comments Off · Maui News
 

Maui students interested in careers in technology are invited to apply for an upcoming career shadowing event.
Image Courtesy Pacific Disaster Center. To find out if you live in a tsunami evacuation zone, visit the PDC mapping site at: http://www.pdc.org/iweb/tsunami_zones.jsp and type in your address. Maui County Hurricane and Tsunami evacuation survey to be released
May 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Maui News
 

A survey asking Maui, Molokai, and Lanai residents about actions they would take during a hurricane or tsunami will be mailed to randomly selected households in June.  The survey is sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Civil Defense and will be conducted by SMS Research.  Survey results will be used in preparedness [...]
Click to enlarge image. Map Courtesy USGS. Quake Rattles Big Island, No tsunami
March 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · Maui News
 

A 4.4 magnitude quake rattled the Big Island Monday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.  Readings from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory were slightly higher, measuring the quake at a 4.5 magnitude tremor.  The earthquake was reported at 6:30 p.m. 13 miles south west of Laupahoehoe, Hawaii on the eastern slopes of Mauna Kea.  There [...]