  {"id":147737,"date":"2021-09-10T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=147737"},"modified":"2021-09-10T11:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T21:09:19","slug":"uh-transfer-day-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/10\/uh-transfer-day-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual one-stop-shop for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College students to transfer"},"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_147740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147740\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-1.jpg\" alt=\"2 students at a table\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 <abbr>Âé¶¹´«Ã½transfer event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College<\/a> students from seven campuses across the state have a quick, free and easy way to apply to a four-year <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> campus. The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System will be hosting a virtual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/transferday\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Transfer Day<\/a> event on September 17, 9 a.m.&#8211;12 p.m. via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>This &ldquo;one-stop-shop&rdquo; virtual event is designed to help <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community college students continue their journey to transfer to a four-year campus to complete their bachelor\u2019s degrees. Students who qualify for automatic admission are also able to apply to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College or <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> with no application fee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147741\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-2.jpg\" alt=\"two people at a table\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-147741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/system-uh-transfe-day-2019-2-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2019 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> transfer event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We know the majority of our students at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Community Colleges intend to transfer to a four-year program, and this event gives students a chance to learn about and connect with representatives from some of our best and most popular programs at M\u0101noa, Hilo, West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and Maui College,&rdquo; said <strong>Joshua Kaakua<\/strong>, interim academic program officer and a member of the planning committee. &ldquo;Sometimes it helps to meet the right people along your academic journey. Our goal is to make the transfer experience to another <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campus as simple as possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from those admissions offices, as well as individual programs and schools will provide assistance with the application process (including &ldquo;automatic admission&rdquo; for qualified students), answer questions about college offerings, requirements, tuition and financial aid, and provide information about specific programs.<\/p>\n<p>Students are welcome to drop in anytime during the event. A schedule and more information can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/transferday\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Transfer Day 2021 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa: <strong>Melissa Jones<\/strong>, Transfer Coordination Center, <a href=\"mailto:sauceda@hawaii.edu\">sauceda@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>: <strong>Michelle Cohen<\/strong>, director of admissions, <a href=\"mailto:macohen@hawaii.edu\">macohen@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College: <strong>Moana <span aria-label=\"Kahoohanohano\">Kaho&#699;ohanohano<\/span><\/strong>, counseling and academic advising, <a href=\"mailto:jolynnm@hawaii.edu\">jolynnm@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo: <strong>Sarah Juran<\/strong>, admissions counselor, <a href=\"mailto:sjuran@hawaii.edu\">sjuran@hawaii.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/abbr><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help is here to easily transfer to a four-year <abbr>UH<\/abbr> program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[757,61,62,63,64,65,71,60,947,66],"class_list":["post-147737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-admissions","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147737","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=147737"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147748,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147737\/revisions\/147748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}