Monthly Archives: April 2020

Got Research?

Are you writing a paper, doing research for a group project, or getting ready to present your SURF posters? Wondering if there are better ways to use Google to find credible sources?
Need citation help?

Take the first step … 

  • Use the Live Chat on the library’s webpage
  • Text us a question at 808-201-2986
  • Email kapccref@hawaii.edu (checked frequently)
  • Set up a Zoom with us! Request via chat, email, or text

Hawaiʻi Foodbank Online Donation Drive: Week 2 Update

Frequently Asked Answers about Making a Hawaiʻi Foodbank Online Donation

  • Yes, your monetary donations are tax-deductible. Keep your emailed receipts.
  • Yes, your online transactions are secured (encrypts personal and credit/debit card information using 256-bit Secure Sockets Layer encryption).
  • Yes, Hawaiʻi Foodbank will not share your personal data.
  • Yes, there is no third-party involvement, Hawaiʻi Foodbank gets 100% of your donation.
  • Yes, update your wardrobe with a limited (very, very few left) edition Hawaiʻi Foodbank t-shirt for only $15.
  • Yes, get HawaiiMiles if you use your Hawaiian Airlines credit card.

Three Simple Steps:

Step #1 Go to http://www.hawaiifoodbank.org/donate

Step #2 – Type in UH Kapiʻolani Community College in the Additional Comments box (at the end of the form).

Step #3 – Email your dept secretary or joy.oehlers@hawaii.edu your donation receipt (the PDF will not contain any credit card information).

This is a difficult period for all of us, please do not feel pressured to make a donation.

HAWAIʻI FOODBANK 2020 THANKS YOU

Kapiolani Yearbook.

Vote for Class Picks and Sign Our Yearbook by Thursday at 4pm!

The pre-release of the Kapi‘olani Staff, Faculty, and Admin Homeschool Class of 2020 (throwback edition) Yearbook is out! (tip: click the center to go full screen for a better experience)

This mystery version is sans names so you can flip through and see which of your colleagues you can identify. The final version will be released this Friday (May 1). Before then, make sure you: Vote for Class Picks and Sign our yearbook! (one submission per person, please).

While photo submissions have closed, all Kapi‘olani staff, faculty and admin are welcome to cast your votes and sign the yearbook. Winners of the 5 Class Pick titles will receive an Amazon gift card.

Voting for class picks and submissions for yearbook messages closes this Thursday at 4:00pm.

The final yearbook release on Friday will include names, winners, and yearbook messages. Mahalo for playing!

Food & Beverages on sale at Bookstore

Aloha Kapi’olani ‘ohana,

We hope that you and your families are doing well during these unusual times.   Although the Bookstore is closed, we would like to offer a 20% discount on selected food and beverages, through May 31st.

Choose from chips, cookies, Pepsi and Mountain Dew (reg & diet), Kick Start, and Red Bull.  You may phone in an order and pick up on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between 10 am and 2 pm.  A face mask is required.

Call us at 734-9591.   Mahalo.  Take care.

Bookstore Staff

Interview Tips for 2020 from 2000+ Interviews Workshop (via Zoom)

Interview Tips for 2020 from 2000+ Interviews

Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Time: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm HST

Zoom Workshop Registration: http://go.hawaii.edu/VdA
(You’ll be emailed an Invitation and password for this exclusive event)

Description:  Join us as we hear from an Adecco Recruiter who will share interviewing tips you can use, common interview pitfalls, and how to prepare for your next (in person or virtual) job interview. You’ll also have an opportunity to hear a mock interview role played live with real questions and mannerisms.

Presented by: Employment Prep Center and Adecco

Please let your students know about this presentation.

HOSTED BY:

Kapiolani Community College
SOS CAREER WORKSHOP SERIES
and the
EMPLOYMENT PREP-CENTER (EPC)

Questions about this event?
Email: gethired@hawaii.edu
Phone: (808) 734-9066

Su Lazo: Interim Counselor/Coordinator, Employment Prep Center (EPC)
Kikaha O Lae‘ahi Center, ‘Iliahi 231
— email: Su Lazo sudim@hawaii.edu

For more information and more online workshops coming soon, visit the SOS Website
https://guides.library.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/sos

Thank you
SOS Coordinator: Guy Inaba
inaba@hawaii.edu
(808) 734-9206

Kapiolani Yearbook.

Vote for Class Picks and Sign Our Yearbook!

The pre-release of the Kapi‘olani Staff, Faculty, and Admin Homeschool Class of 2020 (throwback edition) Yearbook is out! (tip: click the center to go full screen for a better experience)

This mystery version is sans names so you can flip through and see which of your colleagues you can identify. The final version will be released this Friday (May 1). Before then, make sure you: Vote for Class Picks and Sign our yearbook! (one submission per person, please).

While photo submissions have closed, all Kapi‘olani staff, faculty and admin are welcome to cast your votes and sign the yearbook. Winners of the 5 Class Pick titles will receive an Amazon gift card.

Voting for class picks and submissions for yearbook messages closes this Thursday at 4:00pm.

The final yearbook release on Friday will include names, winners, and yearbook messages. Mahalo for playing!

$2500 Summer Research Mentorship Opportunity for Non-STEM Faculty – Due April 30

Kapi’olani Community College and Chaminade University will host an 8-week virtual Undergraduate Summer Research Institute this summer. We are looking for non-STEM KapCC faculty to mentor students on a research project of your choosing. Potential projects can take the shape of a literature analysis, marketing research, or an analysis of social behaviors,  historical events, or other phenomena — the kinds of assignments and projects you may already doing with your students.

If you are interested, please fill out the Faculty Interest Form by Friday, May 1.  The form is just to indicate interest and should take no more than 15-30 min to complete. You do not need to have a fully fleshed-out project, research agenda, or budget and a description of the areas that you want to focus on is enough. If you anticipate needing any kind of equipment to teach, please indicate that as well.

Dates: June 15 – August 7, 2020,

Program details:

  • $2500 stipend from Chaminade
  • ANY discipline is welcome. Those who are focused on ‘āina-based education are especially encouraged to apply.
    Contact hours are approximately 10 hours/week.
  • Work with 1-3 students
  • Responsible for mentoring Chaminade and KapCC students on a research project in your discipline, creating 1 professional development workshop, and attending workshops and the final poster symposium.

Faculty will be selected based on student interest. Please reach out to Li-Anne Delavega ( ldelaveg@hawaii.edu ) with any questions.

thank you.

Contract Renewal and Tenure/Promo C4ward Resources & Mahalos

Thank you to everyone who attended info-sessions and discussions this semester, and huge mahalos to those who presented a workshop or served as a panelist! There are persistent resources in the form of notes, presentation slides, templates and infosheets, and recordings available at the Contract Renewal and Tenure/Promo C4ward sites.

We appreciate everyone who completed the survey earlier in the semester to help us identify ways to better support you in your contract renewal, tenure, and promotion efforts in the future. We have discussed possibilities for bolstering efforts moving forward and are excited to develop resources and experiences that may better align with faculty needs. Thanks to all who have made our campus a supportive environment for professional reflection and advancement!

Please feel free to continue utilizing us (and each other) as a source of support as you prepare your dossiers!

Contract Renewal C4ward Concierges
Kelli Nakamura (kellinak@hawaii.edu) & Jamie Sickel (jsickel@hawaii.edu)

Tenure/Promo C4ward Concierges
Chris Gargiulo (gargiulo@hawaii.edu & Sheryl Fuchino-Nishida (fuchino@hawaii.edu)

 

KA’AU MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS ZOOM SUPPORT SESSIONS: MONDAYS AT 11:00 AM

KA’AU MENTAL HEALTH & WELLNESS

JOIN ZOOM SUPPORT SESSIONS

MONDAYS, 11:00 AM

Meeting Link:
https://zoom.us/j/746225440

ID: 746 225 440

Come share, ask and hear other student’s challenges and solutions. Each week’s discussion will center around a general topic.

TOPICS:

4/06 Week 1: Recognize your stress
4/13 Week 2: The Importance of a Routine
4/20 Week 3: Three Pillars of Self Care
4/27 Week 4: Find Ways to Connect
5/04 Week 5: Goal Setting
5/11 Week 6: Remain Informed