{"id":203845,"date":"2024-09-19T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203845"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T20:30:56","slug":"first-uh-transfer-center-at-kauai-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/19\/first-uh-transfer-center-at-kauai-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"$4.3M grant for first UH<\/abbr> transfer center at Kaua\u02bbi CC<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> will be the first UH<\/abbr> campus to build a Transfer Center.
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Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> has been awarded more than $4.3 million from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a groundbreaking Transfer Center<\/a>, the first of its kind within the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> system. The center will offer comprehensive support services for students transferring from Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> to four-year programs at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa, UH<\/abbr> Hilo and UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>, while also expanding program offerings and transfer pathways.<\/p>\n

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Nursing studio at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Transfer Center aims to streamline transfer processes, especially for students pursuing degrees in pre-med, information technology and secondary education. It will feature on-site counselors from three of UH<\/abbr>‘s four-year campuses to provide personalized academic and career guidance. The Title III<\/abbr> funding for the grant called Ka Pilina supports Native Hawaiian serving institutions.<\/p>\n

“Ka Pilina will address gaps in higher education access and transfer support, particularly for Native Hawaiian learners who want to pursue careers while staying rooted in their communities,” said Valerie Barko, Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> director of institutional effectiveness.<\/p>\n

Wrap-around support<\/h2>\n
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Students clean and prepare harvested kalo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to transfer services, the center will offer wrap-around support including mental health, academic assistance, emergency aid, and personalized CARES<\/abbr> (Coordinated Access Resource Entry System) plans to help students overcome barriers and successfully complete their degree pathways.<\/p>\n

This collaboration extends to other UH<\/abbr> campuses, with Leeward CC<\/abbr><\/a> offering its associate of science in teaching program in person at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>, and UH<\/abbr> Hilo and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a> supporting pathways into their secondary education programs.<\/p>\n

“I am excited to strengthen our partnership with Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> and to provide smooth pathways for Kauaʻi<\/span> students who wish to transfer to UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a> and benefit from our hands-on, place-based academic programs,” UH<\/abbr> Hilo Chancellor Bonnie Irwin said.<\/p>\n

Barko said the transfer center model has been a vision of the three University Centers (Maui, Kauaʻi<\/span> and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>) and she hopes the Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Transfer Center will serve as a model for the UH<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n

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The distance learning lab at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Transfer Center will have onsite representatives from UH<\/abbr> Mānoa, UH<\/abbr> Hilo and UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span>.<\/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":[64,65,71,14,9,947],"class_list":["post-203845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","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