Author Archives: Li-Anne Delavega

✨ STEM Expo is not just for STEM majors! Wednesday, October 19th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Please invite your students to our STEM Expo! The STEM Expo is happening next week Wednesday, October 19th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm on Zoom. Organizations and programs will be sharing many amazing opportunities and future career paths that are open to a variety of majors. It’s casual: students can drop in and ask questions about careers, opportunities, and more!

Here are a few opportunities you can learn more about at the STEM Expo:

  • Representatives from JABSOM, Castle Hospital Cope Health Scholars, and the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence program will share opportunities in health care. 
  • Learn about scholarships for Native Hawaiian students from Kamehameha Schools.
  • Interested in sustainability? Kupu, PIPES, Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance, and many others have volunteer and internship opportunities for students. We also have companies such as WAIHome on hand to talk about green careers in Hawaiʻi. 
  • Chaminade University has a $2,000 undergraduate research opportunity in the summer for Native Hawaiians in non-STEM fields as well as information for pre-health students.

Check out the organizations and their opportunities that will be at our 2022 STEM Expo here: https://kccstem.com/stem-expo-list-of-organizations/. 

Questions: Contact Kalei Galarita kgalarit@hawaii.edu or Li-Anne Delavega ldelaveg@hawaii.edu.

STEM Center Open House Today @ 11 am to 1 pm

We are hosting a STEM open house TODAY at 9/15 from 11 am to 1 pm. Please invite your students to come and learn about STEM opportunities and meet other STEM students, staff, and faculty.

We will have refreshments! Get connected with our resources and learn more about opportunities and ways we can support students interested in STEM.

Follow us on Instagram @kccstem and @kccurep to get connected and stay updated with our events, news, and opportunities. Meet other STEM students on our discord server, and learn more about our STEM programs and opportunities at kccstem.com.

Contact: Kalei Galarita at kgalarit@hawaii.edu

$500 Ka Hiki Mai Scholars Opportunity- Due Sept 14

The Ka Hiki Mai Leadership Program is a student-centered leadership collaboration between Chaminade University and Kapiʻolani Community College. KHM Leadership students will be able to gain invaluable leadership development and hands-on experiences while earning a $500 stipend for participation. We will also have guest speakers from KUPU, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center,  Naval Facilities Engineering Command–Hawaii, and Kaiser Hospital.  Students selected for the Ka Hiki Mai Leadership Program receive:

  • Career Coaching
  • Resume Assistance
  • Opportunity to collaborate and connect with students from Kapiʻolani Community College & Chaminade University
  • Experience interfacing with a local non-profit organization
  • Achieve understanding of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other indigenous students are highly encouraged to apply.  You do not need to be interested in transferring to Chaminade for this opportunity.

Program Dates: September 19 to November 28th

Learn more details and apply at: https://bit.ly/3KmVh7h
Deadline to Apply: September 9th

Contact: Beau Ewan at beauewan@hawaii.edu

 

🔥 How Can We Help Student ACHIEVE: 2 pm to 4 pm

Ever wonder how to get more students engaged in your class, program, or service? What are their experiences on our campus? Pop in anytime to hear what student researchers found when they collected stories across campus and how they would like to integrate student voices and experiences into the future direction of our college.

This is the last of the Pāoa panels, and faculty/staff have used these sessions to provide input and ask the students for their thoughts on how to improve their programs and classes.

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Wed, May 4 @ 2 PM-4 PM: Achieve
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

🎊 Congratulations to advisors Puna, Vern, Kristie, Miki, Donovan, and Erica for all their hard work this semester guiding our students!

🌊 SURF LAST DAY Overview @10 am to 4 pm

We have a jampacked final day of SURF! Take a break, bring some snacks, and come learn something new at our 15-20 minute drop-in presentations. All you need to do is go to our SURF Website to sign in and check the agenda for presentation materials and links. See you there!

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Monday, May 2 to Wednesday, May 4
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

Today, our KapCC students are trying to solve the following problems (sessions are an hour unless marked):

  • 🌱How do students help educate our local communities about the endemic/indigenous plants at KapCC and make them more visible? @ 10 am.
  • 💧We’ve got  native birds, humpback whales, & urban farms from the Marine Options Program @ 1 pm
  • 🌳How can we help cultivate native plant species in Wailupe valley and restore the natural habitat of the Oʻahu ʻElepaio, an endangered native bird?   @ 2 pm.
  • 📱 Learn how sustainability intersects with Tik Tok, Pacific Islander cultural lifestyles, Red Hill Water crisis, mental health, foster families, and more with projects Radford High School Early College Program @ 2 pm
  • 💖Students in the Resilience Corps Leaders (RCL) program are mapping out stories of place-based resilience from kupuna and building toward a stronger community @ 3 pm

Throughout the day:

🦺What can I do to mitigate the damage to my community after a natural disaster? Today, we have presentations that connect students’ lives with coastal erosion, megadroughts, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Ike, Typhoon Haiyan, and Typhoon Mangkhut. 

Contact: Li-Anne Delavega at ldelaveg@hawaii.edu or Kalei Galarita kgalarit@hawaii.edu

🔥 Panels on How to Connect and Prepare Students TODAY

Ever wonder how to get more students engaged in your class, program, or service? What are their experiences on our campus? How do they see the college? Pop in anytime to hear what student researchers found when they collected stories across campus and how they would like to integrate student voices and experiences into the future direction of our college.

Presentations are grouped by KapCC’s Student Success Pathway bubbles to provide different perspectives on the following topics. Click on the image to see a larger image of students and titles (readable PDF):

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Online presentations via Google Meet
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

Tues, May 3 @ 12 PM-2 PM: Connect
Tues, May 3 @ 10 AM-12 PM: Prepare
Wed, May 4 @ 2 PM-4 PM: Achieve

🎊 Congratulations to advisors Puna, Vern, Kristie, Miki, Donovan, and Erica for all their hard work this semester guiding our students!

🌊 SURF Tuesday Overview @10 am to 4 pm

Take a break, bring some snacks, and come learn something new at our 15-20 minute drop-in presentations. We are posting overviews every day during SURF in the KapCC Newsletter so you can quickly see what’s going on!  All you need to do is go to our SURF Website to sign in and check the agenda for presentation materials and links. See you there!

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Monday, May 2 to Wednesday, May 4
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

Today, our KapCC students are trying to solve the following problems (sessions are an hour unless marked):

  • 🕊️ An important navigational guide, the Manu-o-Kū makes its home on our campus, and students track their nesting habits every semester. Learn about how the Manu-o-Kū are doing and where they nest (like the parking lot!) @ 10 am.
  • Jenny Brown asks how can we sustain watersheds in a responsible manner and promote resilience @ 11 am
  •  Learn about innovative housing solutions for the houseless @ 11 am and dating and plantation nostalgia @ 1 pm in session by the CUH & KapCC research program
  • 🦟Mosquitos bugging you lately? Learn about what they like and don’t like @ 2 pm to 4 pm

Throughout the day:

🦺What can I do to mitigate the damage to my community after a natural disaster? Today, we have presentations on Hurricane Michael, Big Island eruptions, climate change, and typhoons in S. Korea. 

🌄What can I find at the center of my ahupuaʻa and does it connect to moʻolelo or community planning? Engineers map out Waikele and Waimanō today.

Contact: Li-Anne Delavega at ldelaveg@hawaii.edu or Kalei Galarita kgalarit@hawaii.edu

🔥 Three Panels on KapCC Student Perspectives TODAY

Ever wonder how to get more students engaged in your class, program, or service? What are their experiences on our campus? How do they see the college? Pop in anytime to hear what student researchers found when they collected stories across campus and how they would like to integrate student voices and experiences into the future direction of our college.

Presentations are grouped by KapCC’s Student Success Pathway bubbles to provide different perspectives on the following topics. Click on the image to see a larger image of students and titles (readable PDF):

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Online presentations via Google Meet
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

Mon, May 2 @ 10 AM-12 pm: Thrive
Mon, May 2 @ 12 PM-2 pm: Engage
Mon, May 2 @ 1 PM-3 PM: Learn
Tues, May 3 @ 12 PM-2 PM: Connect
Tues, May 3 @ 10 AM-12 PM: Prepare
Wed, May 4 @ 2 PM-4 PM: Achieve

🎊 Congratulations to advisors Puna, Vern, Kristie, Miki, Donovan, and Erica for all their hard work this semester guiding our students!

Contact: Kara Plamann Wagoner, Michaelyn Nakoa, or Li-Anne Delavega

🌊 SURF Monday Overview @10 am to 4 pm

Take a break, bring some snacks, and come learn something new at our 15-20 minute drop-in presentations. We are posting overviews every day during SURF in the KapCC Newsletter so you can quickly see what’s going on!  All you need to do is go to our SURF Website to sign in and check the agenda for presentation materials and links. See you there! 

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Monday, May 2 to Wednesday, May 4
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

 Today, our KapCC students are trying to solve the following problems (sessions are an hour unless marked):

  • 🌬️What affects our ability to breathe? Learn about COVID-19, inflammation, and sleep apnea impact our lungs @ 10:00 am
  • 🐟Where are the fish stocks in Waikīkī and how does overfishing impact overall reef health? Hear how a student is monitoring fish populations in Waikīkī in order to determine which species are thriving @ 1:00 pm.
  • 🕊️ What does bird poop and resilience have in common? Find out why Manu-o-Kū poop can hold the key  @ 1:30 pm!

Throughout the day:

🦺What can I do to mitigate the damage to my community after a natural disaster? Today, we have presentations on the Hilo tsunami, Oregon wildfires, Kalanianaole Floods, Japan earthquake/tsunami, Texas winter storms, and coastal erosion on our shores. 

Contact: Li-Anne Delavega at ldelaveg@hawaii.edu or Kalei Galarita kgalarit@hawaii.edu

🔥 Hear Student Perspectives On KapCC: Mon, May 2 to Wed, May 4

Ever wonder how to get more students engaged in your class, program, or service? What are their experiences on our campus? How do they see the college? Pop in anytime to hear what student researchers found when they collected stories across campus and how they would like to integrate student voices and experiences into the future direction of our college.

Presentations are grouped by KapCC’s Student Success Pathway bubbles to provide different perspectives on the following topics. Click on the image to see a larger image of students and titles (readable PDF):

Spring 2022 Student Undergraduate Research Fair (SURF)
Online presentations via Google Meet
Event Info, Sign-in, and Agenda: https://kapcc-research.wixsite.com/surf

Mon, May 2 @ 10 AM-12 pm: Thrive
Mon, May 2 @ 12 PM-2 pm: Engage
Mon, May 2 @ 1 PM-3 PM: Learn
Tues, May 3 @ 12 PM-2 PM: Connect
Tues, May 3 @ 10 AM-12 PM: Prepare
Wed, May 4 @ 2 PM-4 PM: Achieve

🎊 Congratulations to advisors Puna, Vern, Kristie, Miki, Donovan, and Erica for all their hard work this semester guiding our students!

 

This project is a pilot initiative with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the Pāoa Indigenous Research Program to capture student voices in the college’s Strategic Plan. Pāoa is a collaboration between the KapCC Undergraduate Research Experiences Program and the Kapo’oloku Program for Native Hawaiian Student Success and is funded by the National Science Foundation Bridges-to-Baccalaureate (B2B) grant (LSAMP: NSF award HRD-1619702). Pele Logo designed by Tre Zamora.

Contact: Kara Plamann Wagoner, Michaelyn Nakoa, or Li-Anne Delavega