#University of Hawaii Maui College

“Cybersecurity Risk Management and Vulnerability Assessments for Small Businesses” is a free Zoom meeting presented by the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College for sole proprietors and registered businesses in Hawai‘i. It will take place on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 12–1 p.m. via Zoom. This is the third and final session in a series.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College reopens today (Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025) following restoration of power to most facilities. A power outage at the Kahului campus on Tuesday forced a single day closure on Oct. 28.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui, culinary arts program hosts its first-ever Cake Picnic where at-home bakers can bring their visions to reality.

The team behind the New Central Maui School Project will host its first community informational open houses this month, inviting residents to learn more about plans for a new public school in Waikapū.

The hale pāpaʻi program has been running since August 2024 and the one-week free class offered in conjunction has attracted more than 400 students, 70 of whom were high school students this summer, according to Talia Purdy of the school’s academic affairs support staff. 

Aurum Maui opened in July and the kitchen staff is loaded with University of Hawai’i Maui College culinary program graduates — 10 of 21 kitchen staffers are UHMC graduates.

The US Department of Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System (VAPIHCS) announced the signing of a land lease agreement with the University of Hawaiʻi for a two-acre parcel on the UH Maui College campus. This landmark agreement paves the way for the construction of a state-of-the-art VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) on Maui—a crucial step in expanding equitable, local access to high-quality, Veteran-centric care, and strengthening the partnership between the VA and UH.

Reese Yap is instructing the first Beauty Operator Program at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, with 13 students aged 19 to 61 learning hands-on beauty courses to become licensed as an esthetician and/or nails technician.

Produced by Maui Public Art Corps in collaboration with the County of Maui and kumu hula Sissy Lake-Farm of Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe, the piece is one of three large-scale murals being unveiled in June through the Hui Mo‘olelo program, which pairs professional artists with community members to create place-based public art.

The program, offered for the first time on Maui, runs from June 30 to Sept. 5 and aims to create a pipeline of qualified candidates for roles at Hawaiian Electric’s generation facilities.

For the first time ever, the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is offering Esthetician, Nail Technician, and Lash Extension and Enhancement courses as parts of a new Beauty Operator Program.

Koast, a new restaurant coming to Wailea Village this winter, brings the star power of celebrity chef Chris Cosentino, a Top Chef Masters winner and James Beard Award nominee, to Maui’s culinary scene.

Hawai’i P-20 has scheduled additional college planning events to support local high school students and to guide them through the scholarship application process.

The Hawaiʻi Pacific Export Council, in partnership with key Maui business support organizations and Amazon, successfully hosted the Maui Business Resilience Summit at UH Maui College’s Pilina Building.

A film telling the moving story of the reclaiming of Polynesian heritage will screen at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College on Monday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in the Pilina Events Center.

Members of Maui’s Micronesian community took part in UH Maui College’s second annual Micronesian Dental Hygiene event held Saturday on the college’s Kahului campus.

Lahainaluna alumnus MJee Abara is the recipient of the second annual EDucation Volunteer Scholarship, announced Maui Health’s Auxiliary Volunteer Program, Maui’s only hospital-based junior volunteer program.

Habitat for Humanity Maui and University of Hawaiʻi Maui College have partnered to offer a free, five-day training this month in the basics of building construction.

A new theater piece from TeAda Productions and members of the Micronesian community is set to premiere at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in the McCoy Studio Theater on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.

Giving in FY24 included nearly $10 million for programs to benefit relief and recovery from the August 2023 wildfires on Maui, including $1 million from the Stupski Foundation that issued immediate cash payments to UH students within a week of the fires.