{"id":62444,"date":"2017-07-13T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T23:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62444"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:53:46","slug":"degree-in-3-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/13\/degree-in-3-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Degree-in-3 program offers working students flexible class schedules"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_62450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62450\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maui-college-graduation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maui-college-graduation.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/maui-college-graduation-260x188.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College graduates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">Those seeking an associate degree but unable to fit classes in busy work schedules, can still achieve their goal through the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/blog\/college-degree-program-designed-for-working-students-public-invited-to-orientation\/\">Degree-in-3 Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All are invited to a free orientation and consultation session at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College&#8217;s Ka Lama Building:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m.\u00a0(Ka Lama 206B)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, July 20 at 10 a.m.\u00a0(Ka Lama 201)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, July 20 at 5:30 p.m.\u00a0(Ka Lama 201)<\/li>\n<li>Friday, July 21 at 5:30 p.m.\u00a0(Ka Lama 201)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Degree-in-3 program students enter as part of a cohort that will be focused on graduating with an associate in arts degree\u00a0within three years. Graduates can opt to continue to a baccalaureate degree program.<\/p>\n<p>Students wishing to continue their education are also welcome to the program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want to work with those who want a college degree, but are busy working and need a flexible class schedule,&rdquo; said Chancellor <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/lui-hokoana\/\">Lui Hokoana<\/a><\/strong>. &ldquo;Our counsellors are ready to guide you through the next step.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Day, evening and online classes are offered to students at <a href=\"http:\/\/maui.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/a>, as well as financial aid and access to campus facilities and programs, such as the laptop loan program and employment resources.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will be given an overview of what to expect in the program, as well as personal consultation during the application process.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/hawaii.edu\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfdvatJJjvAPMc_nYE_DCHQaC1hZkVWmjAYM_KbCNxnb9z3ow\/viewform\">Degree-in-3 Program <abbr>RSVP<\/abbr><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For questions, contact Degree-in-3 counselor <strong>Kyla Kapaku<\/strong> via <a href=\"mailto:kwayas@hawaii.edu\">email<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0call (808) 984-3325.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Â鶹´«Ã½Maui College Degree-in-3 program students enter as part of a cohort that will be focused on graduating with an associate in arts degree\u00a0within three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1224,71,60],"class_list":["post-62444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-distance-education","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62444","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=62444"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90602,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62444\/revisions\/90602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}