{"id":9271,"date":"2012-08-31T15:53:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T20:17:33","slug":"land-purchase-will-help-expand-molokai-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/31\/land-purchase-will-help-expand-molokai-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Land purchase will help expand Moloka\u02bbi<\/span> Education Center"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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UH<\/abbr> Maui College plans to expand its educational facilities on Molokaʻi<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> has purchased 3.2 acres of land in Kaunakakai from Molokaʻi<\/span> Ranch that will help the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Maui College<\/a> realize its master plan goals of expanding its educational facilities on Molokaʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The parcel of land purchased is located adjacent to the Molokaʻi<\/span> Education Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“This purchase will eventually expand the college’s Molokaʻi<\/span> Education Center and strengthen our capacity to provide more higher education and economic opportunities,” said UH<\/abbr> Maui College Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto<\/strong>. “Critical to this outcome will be community input to realistically leverage public and private resources to create new possibilities for Molokaʻi<\/span>. Long-range planning will now begin in earnest.”<\/p>\n

The Molokaʻi<\/span> Education Center serves approximately 250 students. Through the center, students can pursue certificate and associate degrees in seven primary majors from UH<\/abbr> Maui College, including liberal arts, agriculture and natural resources, business careers, early childhood education, Hawaiian studies, human services and allied health. Plans to include UH<\/abbr> Maui College’s three bachelor’s degrees are underway.<\/p>\n

A wide variety of bachelor’s and master’s degrees are also available from other UH<\/abbr> campuses facilitated by UH<\/abbr> Center, Maui<\/a>, which connects Molokaʻi<\/span> students to UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a>, UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a>, and UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> through interactive television, off-island travel and the Internet.<\/p>\n

“UH<\/abbr> Maui College on Molokaʻi<\/span> provides great opportunities for our kids on the island and we couldn’t be more pleased to play a role in their expansion through this sale,” said Clay Rumbaoa, CEO<\/abbr> of Molokaʻi<\/span> Ranch. “We look forward to being able to partner with them in the future to bring specialty workshops and other activities to the residents of Molokaʻi<\/span>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The purchase of 3.2 acres of land from Molokaʻi<\/span> Ranch will help UH<\/abbr> Maui College expand its educational facilities on Molokaʻi<\/span>.<\/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":[60],"class_list":["post-9271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-maui-college","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