#Honolulu Community College

Safety training scheduled on Oʻahu for local film and creative arts workers

State officials are launching a round of industrial safety training designed to help residents secure high-demand jobs in the local film and creative industries. The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges’ Good Jobs Hawai‘i initiative, in partnership with the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, announced the courses will begin in January. While the […]

Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu CC initiate aviation tech development program

Applications are open for a new workforce development initiative designed to train Hawaiʻi’s next generation of aviation maintenance technicians.

Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu CC aviation maintenance program producing more technicians

Hawaiian Airlines and Honolulu Community College are celebrating the success of their partnership to graduate more local students as aviation maintenance technicians. 

Hawaiʻi conservation officers will increase by 50% with 42 recruits

The new Hawai’i conservation resources enforcement officers will be assigned all across the state.

Bruno Mars’ SelvaRey Rum Donates Profits to Hawaiʻi Music Education

SelvaRey Rum, co-owned by music superstar Bruno Mars, is donating 100% of its profits earned in Hawaiʻi for the remainder of 2021 to Honolulu Community College’s Music & Entertainment Learning Experience program

University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges Ranked No. 1 in 2021 by WalletHub

The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges are the best community college system in the nation, according to WalletHub’s 2021 Best and Worst Community Colleges.

Hawai‘i’s Oldest Community College Exceeds $100,000 Goal for 100 Year Anniversary

Honolulu Community College celebrated its 100 year anniversary as Hawai‘i’s oldest community college by exceeding its fundraising goal of $100,000 by Dec. 31 – raising $168,000 in a few months.

$10M in Federal Funds Dedicated to Native Hawaiian Education, Development

Nearly $10 million dollars from the federal government will support programs that promote Native Hawaiian education and enrichment. 

Senate Confirms Director and Deputy of Labor Department

The Hawaiʻi State Senate voted to confirm Scott T. Murakami and Leonard Hoshijo as the director and deputy director of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. Murakami is the departmentʻs 20th director. Murakami joins the Ige administration from the University of Hawaiʻi, where he has held a variety of leadership positions. He […]

Maui High Wins 4th Place at Hawai‘i Science Bowl

Maui High School won 4th place at the 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Science Bowl, competing with 20 teams representing 14 different high schools statewide.

UH Board of Regents Approve Tuition Reduction

Today, the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents approved UH President David Lassner’s proposal to reduce tuition increases for resident undergraduate students for both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic years.

MCC Adds 769 Students, Enrollment up 24 Percent

Maui Community College registered 4,078 students, a gain of 769 or 23.2 percent.  MCC reported the greatest enrollment increase behind Windward Community College where enrollment increased 24.3 percent. Statewide, the 55,761 students at the 10-campus University of Hawaii System set an all-time record for spring enrollment. Spring enrollment increased for a third straight year, with […]