{"id":171703,"date":"2023-01-20T11:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171703"},"modified":"2023-01-20T11:56:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T21:56:55","slug":"kauai-cc-interim-chancellor-excited-to-start-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/kauai-cc-interim-chancellor-excited-to-start-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kauaʻi CC<\/abbr> interim chancellor excited to start the year strong"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Students, staff, and faculty participating in the customary Ahu ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the start of the spring semester, Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> students, faculty and community gathered and offered oli (chant), mele (song), pule (prayer) and hoʻokupu<\/span> (lei) in a traditional ceremony at the Hawaiian studies ahu (a ceremonial altar), also known as Ke Ahu a H\u014dk\u016blei.<\/p>\n

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Club Day event<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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Club Day event<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

Newly appointed Interim Chancellor Margaret Sanchez<\/strong> said she is excited to start the year strong by engaging with community members, students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n

“We want to engage and collaborate with our community,” Sanchez said. “My priority is to ultimately increase enrollment, and enhance the courses and programs we currently have. Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> is the hub for post-secondary learning on Kauaʻi<\/span>, and is crucial to an enriched local workforce.”<\/p>\n

The campus emphasizes providing safe learning spaces for students. Kau Hale—a newly renovated study space for all students—has opened next to Hawaiian Studies.<\/p>\n

Hale M\u0101lama, which provides wrap-around services to students, is dedicated to the health, safety, overall well-being and quality of life for all Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students. Hale M\u0101lama\u2019s mission is to help address food insecurity; houselessness; childcare support; college affordability; emergency aid; and other basic needs such as transportation, technology, medical and mental health.<\/p>\n

The Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> food and goods pantry, emergency aid and mental health counseling are available to students.<\/p>\n

The campus also hosted Club Day during the first week of school. More than 10 student clubs were represented along with services for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interim Chancellor Margaret Sanchez wants to engage and collaborate with the community.<\/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":[64,71],"class_list":["post-171703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","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