{"id":60163,"date":"2017-05-12T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T02:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=60163"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T23:22:04","slug":"hawaii-cc-50th-model-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/12\/hawaii-cc-50th-model-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> hands keys to 50th model home to local family"},"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><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youtube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkkkBKOcvuY?showinfo=0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Impromptu hula generated sunny smiles, as <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Community College<\/a> dedicated the college\u2019s 50th <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/modelhome\">model home<\/a> built by students and handed the keys to the new homeowner, Luana Dang and her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Community College is n\u014d ka \u02bboi,\u201d said Dang. \u201cI hope my grandchildren come here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60186\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hawaiii-50th-model-home.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60186\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hawaiii-50th-model-home-260x174.jpg\" alt=\"house with a sign in front\" width=\"260\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hawaiii-50th-model-home-260x174.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hawaiii-50th-model-home.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 50th <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Community College model home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students in five <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> programs built the home. More than 4,000 students have participated since the Model Home project was established in 1965, to give students in construction trade programs a hands-on learning experience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/13\/model-homes-reunion\/\"><em><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> reunion celebrates 50 years of model homes<\/em><\/a>, April 13, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cYou just learn so many world experiences,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/carpentry\">carpentry<\/a> student <strong>Keoki Baily<\/strong>. \u201cAfter this you can go outside and build your own house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project has meant a lot to me because it helps us to get ready for the outside field of work,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/agriculture\">agriculture<\/a> student <strong>Tyson Ah Puck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dhhl.hawaii.gov\/\">Department of Hawaiian Home Lands<\/a> acts as the developer, while <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> provides the skilled labor at no cost, resulting in an affordable home for a local family.<\/p>\n<p>Carpentry Professor <strong>Gene Harada<\/strong>, who built model homes as a student and graduated from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> in 1975, is a shining example of how the program continues to give back to the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been very fortunate that so far I have 15 past graduates since 1991 that have gotten their contractors license and they are coming back to hire our students,\u201d said Harada.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to the next 50 years, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> Community College!<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/53092216@N07\/albums\/72157683607696396\">more images from the 50th Model Home<\/a> at the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> flickr.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in five Â鶹´«Ã½ <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> programs built the home, and more than 4,000 students have participated since the Model Home project was established in 1965.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":60221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[222,346,19,61,431,71,56],"class_list":["post-60163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-agriculture","tag-carpentry","tag-construction","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-model-home-program","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hawaii-50th-model-home-f.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60163","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=60163"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174159,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60163\/revisions\/174159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}