{"id":209808,"date":"2025-01-27T16:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T02:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=209808"},"modified":"2025-02-18T09:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T19:53:15","slug":"president-hensel-visit-kapiolani-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/27\/president-hensel-visit-kapiolani-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hensel visits Kapi\u02bbolani Community College"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><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>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_83455\"  width=\"620\" height=\"465\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJ2SzH046zg?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"President Hensel visits Kapi\u02bbolani Community College\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President Wendy Hensel\u2019s first community college visit was blessed by rain. About 40 <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College students, faculty and staff held a welcome protocol (welcoming ceremony) in the elements, to the sound of pahu (drums).<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-2025-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Kapiolani C C kipaepae for Hensel\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-209852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-2025-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-2025-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-2025-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-1a-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Hensel with E M T instructors\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-209843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-1a-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-1a-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-1a.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-6-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hensel with a student\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-209826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-6-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-6-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-6.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-cip-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Hensel and culinary students and instructors\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-209951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-cip-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-cip-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kapiolani-hensel-visit-cip.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Lochlen Ajimine, one of the students who participated in the welcome protocol, said, &ldquo;She was very receptive and she really enjoyed our performance and she was very immersed in the experience, and I think she&#8217;s going to be a really good addition to the program.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the day, Hensel interacted with more than 200 members of the <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> community. Her visit included a campus tour and open forum, and meetings with groups such as student leaders, faculty senate, &#699;Aha Kal\u0101ualani, staff council and campus leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The community colleges are an access point and provide the support that so many students need,&rdquo; Hensel said. &ldquo;Here there&#8217;s 45% that are first generation, so that alone speaks to the transformative nature of a place like <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span>, and it&#8217;s a wonderful place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She toured health-industry related programs, such as radiologic technology, emergency medical technician and dental assisting, and stopped at M\u0101la M\u0101unauunu, a garden that serves as an outside classroom for hands-on &#699;\u0101ina-based learning, through Native Hawaiian plant cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We shared with her that we&#8217;re the only campus named after a Hawaiian <span aria-label=\"alii\">ali&#699;i<\/span> (royal) and what that means to us and how we take our kuleana to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and Native Hawaiians very seriously because of that namesake,&rdquo; said Chancellor Misaki Takabayashi.<\/p>\n<p>Hensel\u2019s day concluded with a reception with community members and external partners at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Culinary Institute of the Pacific. She is visiting <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses and six education centers in her first 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Hensel, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/president\/about\/\">Meet President Hensel<\/a> webpage. She is also active on social media and encourages the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community to connect with her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhpresident\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/uhpresident\">X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendyfhensel\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_masonry_media_grid element_width=&#8221;3&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1739414733153-5a2a234a-9e99-7&#8243; include=&#8221;209852,209851,209850,209843,209830,209829,209828,209827,209826,209949,209948,209951,209950&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p>\nPresident Hensel\u2019s campus\/education centers remaining schedule:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/hensel-campus-visits\/\">President Hensel campus visit recaps<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, February 3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\">Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, February 5 &#8211; Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/waianaemoku\"><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, February 10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/outreach-centers\"><span aria-label=\"Lanai\">L&#257;na&#699;i<\/span> Education Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, February 11 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\">Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, February 18 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, February 24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday February 25 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/ko\">K\u014d Education Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanui\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> P\u0101lamanui<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, March 3  &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/uctrmaui.hawaii.edu\">Maui University Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, March 4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/molokai\"><span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Education Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, March 5 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\/university-center\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> University Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday, March 24 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\">Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about President Hensel, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/president\/about\/\">Meet President Hensel webpage<\/a>. She is also active on social media and encourages the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> community to connect with her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhpresident\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/uhpresident\">X<\/a> (formerly Twitter) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendyfhensel\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 150 <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students, faculty and staff welcomed and met with President Wendy Hensel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1673,63,1638,394,71,1664],"class_list":["post-209808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-hensel-campus-visits","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-president","tag-presidents-office","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-hensel","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209808","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=209808"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210840,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209808\/revisions\/210840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}