{"id":81637,"date":"2018-07-02T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T00:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=81637"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:16:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T01:16:42","slug":"windward-college-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/02\/windward-college-express\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> program helps \u201cstopped-out\u201d students complete degrees"},"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\/2018\/07\/windward-college-express.jpg\" alt=\"potential students talking with Windward C C staff\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-81622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/windward-college-express.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/windward-college-express-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some students may be uncertain of how to finish college after life interrupts their educational goals. <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/college-express\/\">Windward Community College\u2019s College Express<\/a> program can help them to get back on the degree track.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month of July, Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> is reserving space at College Express for students who are thinking about coming back to college to finish a degree and upgrade their education to take a job to the next level, make a career change or gain more satisfaction out of life. The College Express events are designed for students who are interested in attending Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> in fall 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want students who were once part of the Windward <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> to know that we are here for them to support their educational goals. They\u02bbll get practical, no-nonsense advice and direction,&rdquo; said <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/people\/Jordan_Lewton\/\"><strong>Jordan Lewton<\/strong><\/a>, online and evening classes counselor. &ldquo;We will answer all their questions and get them started again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During College Express, stopped-out students can talk to counselors about prior earned credits, learn about college resources, online and night classes (with Kids&#8217; College, for student parents with 5- to 12-year-old children), financial aid, submitting paperwork and connecting with new students through the New Student Orientation led by the First-Year Experience team.<\/p>\n<h2>College Express event details<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58264\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/windward-campus.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior of Windward C C\" width=\"300\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Windward Community College campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> College Express dates and locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, July 11, 5:30&#8211;7:30 p.m., Hale <span aria-label=\"Akoakoa\">&#699;\u0100koakoa<\/span> Atrium and Uala Leaf Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 18, 5:30&#8211;7:30 p.m., Hale <span aria-label=\"Akoakoa\">&#699;\u0100koakoa<\/span> Atrium and Uala Leaf Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 25, 5:30&#8211;7:30 p.m., Hale <span aria-label=\"Akoakoa\">&#699;\u0100koakoa<\/span> 101 and Atrium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Refreshments will be provided and families are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>To <abbr title=\"Respondez, s'il vous plait\">RSVP<\/abbr> or for more information, fill out the <a href=\"http:\/\/go.hawaii.edu\/fKk\">Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> interest form<\/a> or contact Jordan Lewton at (808) 235-7325 or by <a href=\"mailto:jlewton@hawaii.edu\">email<\/a>. Read more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/college-express\/\">College Express website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Bonnie Beatson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During College Express, stopped-out students can talk to counselors and learn about college resources, online and night classes, financial aid, connecting with new students and more.<\/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":[962,71,66],"class_list":["post-81637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-enrollment","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81637","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=81637"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112816,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81637\/revisions\/112816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}