{"id":162548,"date":"2022-07-26T16:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T02:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=162548"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T03:51:48","slug":"windward-ag-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/26\/windward-ag-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Free tuition for Native Hawaiian students in Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> ag classes"},"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_162545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162545\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/windward-sustainable-agriculture-jolie-dollar.jpg\" alt=\"Jolie Dollar in Windward C C sustainable agriculture lab\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-162545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/windward-sustainable-agriculture-jolie-dollar.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/windward-sustainable-agriculture-jolie-dollar-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/windward-sustainable-agriculture-jolie-dollar-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-162545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Sustainable Agriculture Instructor Jolie Dollar in the aquaculture lab.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Native Hawaiian students and anyone interested in agriculture career pathways can get free tuition and other services through Windward Community College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/career-and-technical-education\/ao-kahi\/\"><span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi project<\/a>. <span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi: Growing Truth and Light is expanding opportunities for Native Hawaiian students to obtain recognized postsecondary credentials and hands-on learning in sustainable agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the cost of tuition, qualified students can enroll to receive: career readiness support, textbook loans, digital access to learning platforms, a 40-hour paid internship, professional development and more. The next cohort starts in October and runs through January 2023. Fall applications will be accepted until August 8, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi project is a great option for Native Hawaiian students and anyone interested in any major since sustainable agriculture knowledge is valuable personally and professionally. We welcome students to start their career pathway at <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a>,&rdquo; said <strong>Jodie Yim<\/strong>, <span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi project coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Native Hawaiian students with a minimum 2.0 <abbr title=\"grade point average\">GPA<\/abbr> (from high school or a community college) can register for eight-week hybrid sustainable agriculture classes online and participate in hands-on projects. Proof of Native Hawaiian ancestry can be verified by birth certificate, Hawaiian registry card or a verification letter from Kamehameha Schools, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Health. For questions about the <span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi project, contact Yim at <a href=\"mailto:wccag@hawaii.edu\">wccag@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Native plants, agroecosystems and more<\/h2>\n<p>Classes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><abbr>AG<\/abbr> 120: Plant Science (starting fall 2022)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn about morphology, anatomy, physiology, classification, growth regulators and propagation of native plants of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. Online lectures are available 24\/7 combined with weekly in-person labs consisting of hands-on activities and take-home plants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><abbr>AG<\/abbr> 202: Agriculture, Environment, and Society (starting spring 2023)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Study agroecosystems and the interrelationship among the crop plants, essential plant nutrients, social factors and cultural practices.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We encourage students to follow their passion with this agriculture career pathway, leading to a certificate and\/or degree, and ultimately employment,&rdquo; said Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Sustainable Agriculture Instructor <strong>Jolie Dollar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>More about <span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi<\/h2>\n<p>In spring 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/career-and-technical-education\/ao-kahi\/\"><span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi<\/a> project began providing scholarships and other support for Native Hawaiian students who register for computer science classes, or who commit to attaining the <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/programs-of-study\/cybersecurity\/\">Certificate of Competence in Information Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi is a Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education project sponsored by ALU LIKE, <abbr title=\"incorporated\">Inc.<\/abbr> and funded through a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Ao\">&#699;Ao<\/span> Kahi is expanding opportunities for students to obtain postsecondary credentials and hands-on learning in sustainable agriculture.<\/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":[222,763,33,73,71,66],"class_list":["post-162548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-agriculture","tag-career-and-technical-education","tag-hawaiian","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","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\/162548","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=162548"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162733,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162548\/revisions\/162733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}