{"id":140982,"date":"2021-05-07T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140982"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T23:56:20","slug":"double-diplomas-for-maui-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/07\/double-diplomas-for-maui-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Double diplomas for Maui teen"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Amanda Tuttle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Maui teenager will “double graduate” from K\u012bhei Charter School<\/a> and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College<\/a> in May. For the past two years, Amanda Tuttle<\/strong> has been taking a minimum of 14 college credits per semester while also completing her high school classes and projects.<\/p>\n

“My parents steered me towards STEM<\/abbr> when I was in middle school,” Tuttle said. “Since then, I\u2019ve been very interested, specifically, in robotics and engineering.”<\/p>\n

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She joined an all-female VEX<\/abbr> Robotics<\/a> team (VEX<\/abbr> is a robotics program for students) and over the course of two years, built small robots for competitions with teams from across the country.<\/p>\n

“During that time, I focused on both the hardware and software sides of robotics,” Tuttle said. “And I found a genuine passion in the sport, itself.”<\/p>\n

According to the UH<\/abbr> Maui College Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology Program<\/a> Coordinator Elisabeth Dubuit<\/strong>, Tuttle was an exemplary student.<\/p>\n

“I never heard her complain about the amount of work, or ask for extra time to turn in her assignments, or even come late to class,” Debuit said.<\/p>\n

After her “double graduation,” Tuttle plans to pursue a four-year engineering degree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High school student Amanda Tuttle will earn a degree from UH<\/abbr> Maui College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1047,71,60],"class_list":["post-140982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-early-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t