  {"id":194780,"date":"2024-04-02T23:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=194780"},"modified":"2024-04-02T23:04:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T09:04:05","slug":"new-era-outreach-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/02\/new-era-outreach-college\/","title":{"rendered":"New era for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Outreach College: Vibrant learning hub, diverse services"},"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\/2024\/04\/manoa-outreach-webpage.jpg\" alt=\"People smiling\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-194900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-outreach-webpage.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-outreach-webpage-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-outreach-webpage-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\">Outreach College<\/a> has completed a full relocation back to the M\u0101noa campus&#8212;a strategic move to enhance accessibility for students and the wider community. This academic unit offers various paths to pursue a degree, along with professional development initiatives and outreach programs spanning fields such as business, social work, nursing and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>The recent relocation places Outreach College in the Biomedical Sciences, Keller, and Bilger buildings on the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since all of our courses are offered in conjunction with one of M\u0101noa&#8217;s academic departments, being on campus allows us to have a better relationship with these departments,&rdquo; said Tim Slaughter, interim dean of the college. &ldquo;Outreach provides an array of summer classes that can help students get ahead and graduate faster or explore areas they may not have time to during the regular school year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The college\u2019s programs include online courses, non-credit courses, workshops, flexible degree programs, conferences and various educational activities.<\/p>\n<h2>Outreach College Programs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/areas-of-study\/\">Areas of study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/college-degree-programs-for-veterans\/\">Degree programs for Veterans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/summer\/\">Summer sessions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/pre-college-at-uhm\/\">Pre-College programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/partners\/\">Partner schools within <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;For our degree completion programs, many are career professionals looking to improve their credentials or obtain an advanced degree,&rdquo; said Slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Outreach College is a result of the 1998 merger of the campus Summer Sessions and the College of Continuing Education and Community Services. The move back to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus aims to create a central hub for diverse educational opportunities, strengthening ties with academic departments and fostering collaboration for both students and the community.<\/p>\n<p>For more go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Outreach College<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants are offered various paths to pursue a degree, along with professional development initiatives and outreach programs.<\/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":[49,9],"class_list":["post-194780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-outreach-college","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\/194780","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=194780"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194801,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194780\/revisions\/194801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}