Click on the following link to read the meeting notes for Interim Chancellor Pagotto’s “B.I.O. Break” session with faculty and staff who have been at the College for 6-10 years held on March 13, 2018. 2018.3.13 BIO Break 3
These meeting notes can also be found on the ‘Ohana site https://ohana.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/groups/chancellor-917055738/.
Click on the following link to read the meeting notes for Interim Chancellor Pagotto’s “Ask Me Anything” session held on March 14, 2018. 2018.3.14 AMA Session 3 SP18
These meeting notes can also be found on the ‘Ohana site https://ohana.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/groups/chancellor-917055738/.
Although the campus is working off a short week and many are out at HSSI or other places, your KCC Food Bank Drive coordinators have been hard at work getting ready for the kick off to the drive this Monday!
Updating from our post last week and Chancellor Pagotto’s kick off letter, we want to let the campus know that the Kick Off Rally location and times have been set up:
April 2, 2018
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
First floor, Ohia Building, in the student lounge area outside of the bookstore
Departments that have signed on to be a collection point for the drive should send a representative at the time to this rally to pick up supplies – boxes, posters, etc. to place in their designated areas. At the rally, questions about how the drive will go will be presented. representatives of the Food Bank have been invited to come and share information on this important campaign.
See you on Monday!
Stan Fichtman, Alissa Kashiwada, Jamie Miyashiro KCC Food Bank Campaign 2018 Tri-Coordinators
The Kapi’olani Community College Chancellor Search Advisory Committee has identified three finalists for the position of chancellor and has invited them to participate in a final round of interviews.The public is invited on Friday, April 6, 2018 to meet candidates at open forums at Kapi’olani Community College.
Open Forum Schedule:
Friday, April 6, 2018, Kapi’olani Community College, ‘Ohia Auditorium
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. – Jeffery Thomas
12:45–1:45 p.m. – Micheal Glisson
2–3 p.m. – Louise Pagotto
Press Release Kapiolani CC Chancellor Candidates and Forums-Final
Click on the following link to read the Administrative Staff meeting minutes held on March 19, 2018. 2018.3.19 Admin Staff Minutes
Meeting minutes can also be found on the ‘Ohana site at https://ohana.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/groups/administrative-staff-council/.
Dear students, faculty, and staff of Kapi‘olani Community College,
Each year, the University of Hawai‘i institutions join together to support the Hawai‘i Foodbank Drive, which helps to serve Hawai‘i’s needy, including nearly 50,000 children, 46,000 elderly, plus homeless, disabled and working poor families, and others needing temporary assistance.
I am happy to announce that our Staff Council will be coordinating this year’s Foodbank Drive campaign. On behalf of the beneficiaries of the Food Drive, I would like to express my deep gratitude for Staff Council’s leadership of this most worthwhile endeavor.
Last year we successfully raised 2,004 pounds of food and $1,103.00 in monetary donations. Take a look at the 2017 donation numbers for KCC.
I challenge you to beat last year’s totals! The College’s goal is to raise 2,500 pounds of food and $1,500.00 in monetary contributions.
The top five most wanted food items are canned meats and tuna, canned meals, canned vegetables and fruits, and rice. Monetary contributions are accepted as well and should be given to Stan Fichtman in ‘Ōhi‘a 103 or Jamie Miyashiro in ‘Ilima 212.
Currently a request is out to all Departments from the Foodbank Drive coordinators, requesting their help in serving as a collection site for donations. As soon as all collection sites are identified, the coordinators will send out a message through the News and Events Bulletin and campus List Serves to inform everyone of the collection locations.
The challenge is on. Whichever department/unit collects the most food (by weight) or collects the most money gets a Pizza Party, hosted by the Interim Chancellor.
The Hawai’i Foodbank has already kicked off its Annual State Employees Food Drive, which will end on May 19, 2018. Our campus drive will begin with a kick-off on April 2, 2018, and end on April 20, 2018.
On your mark, get set …..
The agenda and supporting materials are provided for the CAC meeting on
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Tamarind Room, ‘Ōhelo Building
The only vote that will be taken will be on the Governance Policy, which is attached.
Vacancy Procedure (edits by the Vacancy Task Force and the Interim Chancellor), is attached.
Animals on Campus Policy – Written opinion from UH Legal Counsel (attached) and edits in green from the Animals on Campus Task Force (attached).
The Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services will provide feedback on the shared Facilities Use Policy document prior to the CAC meeting.
| Agenda Item | Who | Outcomes |
| 2:30pm – Call to Order and approval of minutes from the CAC meeting on March 6, 2018 | Louise Pagotto | Vote to approve |
| 2:40pm – AGO Reports | Faculty Senate, Staff Council, Student Congress, ‘Aha Kalāualani | To hear updates on AGO initiatives |
| 3:00pm – Governance Policy | Louise Pagotto | To vote on the policy |
| 3:15pm – Vacancy Procedures, Facilities Use Policy and
Animals on Campus Policy |
Task Force Members and Louise Pagotto | To hear updates on the policies and procedure |
| 3:45pm – Assessment Update | Tony Silva and Grant Itomitsu | To hear an update on the assessment plans. |
| 3:50pm – Student Success Pathway | Veronica Ogata | To hear a summary of the first year and next steps |
| 4:00pm – JCI part 2 | Brian Furuto | To hear about the JCI project and its impact on the campus |
| 4:10pm – ARF | Brian Furuto | To hear updates on the ARF process |
| 4:20pm – Updates | Louise Pagotto | To communicate important initiatives on campus |
Hybrid courses means that faculty can pick and choose from a plethora of available synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning strategies, tools and approaches. This flexibility allows faculty to uniquely tailor their online course to take advantage of the benefits available via face-to-face and online teaching, selecting which approach is most effective for meeting various learning objectives is a challenge.
This presentation will guide faculty through the development of a course blueprint that:
Ensures their hybrid course is designed to address all relevant learning objectives
Informs the choice of asynchronous or synchronous learning strategies as a function of the instructional goals
Integrates varied assessment strategies to maximize the student learning experience
Student retention continues to challenge higher education institutions across the country. From open access colleges to the most highly selective universities, higher education professionals seek solutions to the student departure problem. This series offers a theory-based, data-centered approach to improving student retention. The initial session explores retention theory, defining retention at the local level, and the data sources need to get started. The second session outlines how to develop a comprehensive approach to improving student retention, and the series concludes with a session describing retention interventions that have proven to be effective.
This webinar will provide strategies and techniques that can be used to identify and secure support for TRIO, EOP and College Access & Success programs. We will address the need for programs to work with state and federal leaders to extend their brand. We will also discuss the difference between lobbying and creating allies. Participants will understand the need for collaboration, the importance of being an integral part of the host institution or organization and will explore effective retention and graduation strategies.
Participants will learn how to measure and increase institutional readiness and capacity, as well as how to effectively engage at-risk students in the campus climate. Strategies presented can be used to develop comprehensive engagement and mentoring programs for at-risk students that can improve retention and graduation rates.
The 2017 Q&A on Campus Sexual Misconduct issued by the Office for Civil Rights explained that when an institution conducts a Title IX investigation, which may lead to disciplinary action against the responding party, the investigation “should result in a written report summarizing the relevant exculpatory and inculpatory evidence.”
Since all institutions who receive federal funding must comply with Title IX, it is critical that college and university investigators know how to write a Title IX report. During this informative webinar, Claire K. Hall, J.D. will discuss best practices for writing a Title IX report, including considerations that should be made before the report is written, as well as the type of information that should be included in the report. Claire will provide information regarding best practices for structuring the report and considerations that should be made regarding credibility and confidentially.
Join this webinar to learn how CSUCI uses StudentLingo (a series of interactive on-demand workshops, action plans, and valuable resources) to support students on probation, to promote student success, and to increase retention & persistence.
Thanks to Susan Kazama, KapCC faculty and staff can use an exclusive KapCC coupon code to order various webinars offered almost daily from Go2Knowledge!
See the calendar on their website for more webinar listings and descriptions.
Please visit the Go2Knowledge information page for registration instructions or order your free webinar by following the steps below:
Step 1: Go to https://www.innovativeeducators.org/pages/events
Step 2: Click on the webinar you want to order
Step 3: From the Webinar Pricing drop-down menu, choose the Go2K option
Step 4: Click the Register button, then the Check Out button
Step 5: In the Customer Information section, enter your email address and Billing Address (KapCC address)
Step 6: On the right side of the page, enter the Discount Code KCC17 and click the APPLY button *IMPORTANT*
Step 7: Make sure the Total is $0.00 USD
Step 8: Click the Continue to payment method button on the bottom of the page
Step 9: Click Complete Order button and you should get an email confirmation
Your recording will be sent to you about a week after the webinar goes live. Please keep in mind that all webinars listed on Go2Knowledge are set to Eastern Standard Time.
Please contact us (celtt@hawaii.edu) if you are having problems signing up for your free webinar.
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) March 2018 edition of the Hawai’i Employee and Hawai’i Supervisors newsletters are now posted on the Worklife Hawaii website.
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The UH Board of Regents had their meeting at Kapi‘olani Community College this past Thursday, March 22nd. Many students were involved in the meeting: Culinary Students, HOST students, Ka Pōhaku Kihi Pa‘a Peer Mentors (from Manele/Manono), Student Congress and STEM student Alan Tupou, who presented with the Interim Chancellor during the meeting. All the students did above and beyond what was asked of them. For instance, at the end of the Board of Regents meeting, it was pouring outside. Student Congress members voluntarily used their umbrellas and escorted the Regents to their cars. And this is just one example of the hospitality and extra effort shown by our students.
As always, faculty and staff stepped up and provided great service for the meeting. Many thanks to the faculty and staff from Culinary, HOST, CELTT, Security, Auxiliary (Janitorial, grounds, facilities), STEM, and the Chancellor’s Office. It truly takes a village!
Each hosting campus is asked to do a 10-minute presentation on their College during the Board of Regents meeting. The Regents were impressed by the presentation by the Interim Chancellor, Faculty Senate Chair Candy Branson, STEM Faculty Hervė Collin but what really inspired them was hearing from STEM student Alan Tupou.
Many thanks to the campus community who attended the meeting. Wasn’t it great seeing Brandon Marc Higa as a Regent?