Education

Wendy Hensel will take questions from the public during a campus forum from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center. Community members can attend in person or via Zoom. Finalist Julian Vasquez Heilig will do the same next Tuesday.

The center will offer comprehensive support services for Kauaʻi Community College students transferring to 4-year programs at UH campuses on Oʻahu in Mānoa and West Oʻahu and UH-Hilo on the Big Island.

When you’re a university student roaming the open world of the esports industry, looking to gain experience points to level up your business acumen during the summer, one of the best way to acquire the skills you need is to take on a summer internship mission.

As of Sept. 17, there are 20,012 students enrolled at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a 4% increase over 2023.

Feedback is being sought through the end of October.

The annual event encourages moon enthusiasts and curious people around the globe to come together and learn about lunar science and exploration, take part in celestial observations and honor cultural and personal connections to Earth’s constant companion.

Parents and guardians of riders will be notified directly of restored routes and any route modifications.

More than 54,000 students and alumni were surveyed online for the ranking between January and May 2024.

Wendy F. Hensel and Julian Vasquez will be introduced through a series of open houses and public forums scheduled in each of the four counties.

Benjamin Tang is placed among the top 1% of all high school seniors in the nation.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, and engages the community with the deep ocean by highligthing NOAA Ocean Exploration efforts to further understand what lies beneath the surface of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Don’t miss your chance. Today is the last day.

Those who attend today’s meeting from 3 to 5 p.m. at Ke Kula Nā ʻAʻaliʻi Kū Makani o Kaʻū’s recently secured classroom space inside the former Shirakawa Hotel will hear about its plans, goals, mission and more while meeting leadership and others interested in the project.

Two routes will be restored to Kalanianaole Elementary and two to Pāhoa High School.

The University of Hawaiʻi has reached a milestone in the US Department of Defense funded project that aims to create a living breakwater system to protect coastlines from erosion and create ecosystems where resilient corals and other ocean life can grow and thrive.

The Materials Research and Education Consortium will focus on challenges including reliance on costly imported fuels, resource and waste management, mitigation of the effects of soil erosion and ocean contamination.

In October, one teacher will announced as the 2025 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and will go on to represent Hawaiʻi in the National Teacher of the Year program.

This is the second conference hosted by Hawaiʻi County and Friends of the Future and it piggybacks on the 2023 conference theme of “Huliau – A Time of Change”

The board plans to publicly identify the finalists in September and will hold a series of public forums to introduce them to stakeholders.

The event is part of Our Kaiāulu Votes, an initiative aimed at inspiring Native Hawaiians to get involved in the civic process to make their voices heard — especially youth — and encourage others to do the same.

The University of Hawaiʻi has already buoyed and supported Hawaiʻi’s economic growth, development and environmental well-being with prominent, diverse and world-renowned research. Now, it is the first to lend that mastery to the rest of the nation.