  {"id":148471,"date":"2021-09-22T08:45:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T18:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=148471"},"modified":"2021-09-22T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T18:45:42","slug":"high-school-counselors-connect-uh-manoa-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/22\/high-school-counselors-connect-uh-manoa-admissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi high school counselors connect with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Admissions"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manoa-admissions-hscw-2021.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot from High School Counselors Workshop\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-148473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manoa-admissions-hscw-2021.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manoa-admissions-hscw-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/manoa-admissions-hscw-2021-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 160 high school counselors from across the state attended a September workshop by the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/admissions\">Office of Admissions<\/a> so they could better advise students who are considering enrolling at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u02bbs flagship campus.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> high school counselors play a pivotal role in <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u02bbs local student recruitment efforts. The admissions office has been holding  the annual High School Counselor Workshop for more than 30 years, continually refreshing the event to support the evolving needs of counselors. This year\u2019s workshop was virtual due to COVID-19 pandemic precautions and featured <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s academic programs and student services.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I really appreciate this opportunity so much,&rdquo; said one participant, &ldquo;As the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) teacher, I needed to know this information as well to help guide our students.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The workshop also offered breakout sessions that covered <abbr>UH<\/abbr> admissions updates, scholarship opportunities at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, financial aid services, planting seeds for student access and success, the Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s Degree Pathways (BAM), Study Abroad Programs and more.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We continue to build upon our relationship with high school counselors as we value their partnership; with the goal of supporting their students through the college application process,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Director of Admissions <strong>Ryan Yamaguchi<\/strong>. &ldquo;The High School Counselors Workshop provides an opportunity for us to collaborate and share important information and updates about our campus with counselors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Office of Admissions offers events created specifically for the prospective student and related audiences year-round. To learn more, <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/admissions\">go to the admissions website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawai\u02bbi high school counselors play a pivotal role in Âé¶¹´«Ã½M\u0101noa\u02bbs local student recruitment efforts. <\/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":[757,9],"class_list":["post-148471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-admissions","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148471","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=148471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148476,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148471\/revisions\/148476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}