{"id":145474,"date":"2021-07-23T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=145474"},"modified":"2021-07-23T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T01:06:42","slug":"korf-job-training-certification-donation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/23\/korf-job-training-certification-donation\/","title":{"rendered":"$25<abbr title=\"thousand\">K<\/abbr> to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College for high-demand job training, certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_145480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145480\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maui-korf-donation.jpg\" alt=\"people holding big check\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maui-korf-donation.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maui-korf-donation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/maui-korf-donation-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-145480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Ryan Nobriga, Melissa Kunitzer, Nicolette van der Lee, Candy McComb, Vic Henry, Jocelyn Romero Demirbag,  Lui Hokoana, Angela Nolan (Photo courtesy: <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.korfhawaii.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kaanapali\">K&#257;&#699;anapali<\/span> Ocean Resort Foundation<\/a> (<abbr>KORF<\/abbr>) has made a $25,000 donation to the <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College<\/a> workforce development initiative known as <a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Ka-Holu-Tuition-Sponsorships-for-UHMC-HO--LA-Online-Courses.html?soid=1101924654390&#038;aid=ZG7zQzjwnNc\">Ka Holu<\/a>. This is <abbr>KORF<\/abbr>\u2019s third gift to the college to support career and technical education training, certification testing fees and travel for certification tests only available off-island.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Supporting Maui workforce development is a top priority for both the property owners who contribute to the <span aria-label=\"Kaanapali\">K&#257;&#699;anapali<\/span> Ocean Resort Foundation and all its trustees,&rdquo; said <abbr>KORF<\/abbr> Executive Director Melissa Pavlicek. &ldquo;We&#8217;ve seen firsthand how <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College improves the lives of graduates, resulting in increased job skills and higher paying jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The previous two <abbr>KORF<\/abbr> gifts were used for <abbr>HVAC<\/abbr> (heating, venting and air conditioning) certification training. In June, the third check presentation took place in the Community Services Building classroom where students installed air conditioning as part of a course that <abbr>KORF<\/abbr> funded.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/06\/hana-career-pathways-training\/\">Free tuition for unemployed residents offered for resilient industry job training<\/a>, June 6, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/06\/hana-pathways-career-program-funding\/\">$13<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr> to fund major <abbr>UH<\/abbr> career program for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, October 6, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;There is nothing more powerful than helping people fulfill their potential,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Kaanapali\">K&#257;&#699;anapali<\/span> Ocean Resort Villas General Manager Ryan Nobriga. &ldquo;The Ka Holu initiative increases the number of people who are qualified to fill skilled trades positions right here on Maui. That makes a huge impact on our economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Accelerated career pathways<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College\u2019s Ka Holu program offers accelerated career pathways for residents to move from minimum wage jobs to living wage jobs while responding to the in-demand workforce needs of local employers. The program integrates on-the-job and professional skills training with industry-recognized certifications to better prepare trainees for securing and keeping jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Ka Holu programs are tuition-free and supported by <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> businesses and philanthropists. These accelerated hybrid training programs include online courses, hands-on lab workshops and work readiness training for industry certification, internships and job placement, ideally within three months.<\/p>\n<p>The program will also provide supplemental funding for workforce training coordinated through <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/reimagine\/index.php\">Hana Career Pathways<\/a>, funded by a U.S. Department of Education statewide grant, building on the momentum of statewide industry, workforce development and educational planning toward a thriving, diverse and resilient <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <span aria-label=\"Kaanapali\">K&#257;&#699;anapali<\/span> Ocean Resort Foundation has made a $25,000 donation to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College workforce development initiative known as Ka Holu.<\/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":[763,71,60,603],"class_list":["post-145474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-career-and-technical-education","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","tag-workforce-development","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145474"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145483,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145474\/revisions\/145483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}