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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, May 15, 2002

Awards

Advertiser Staff

The University of Hawai'i community colleges have announced their selections for the Community Partner of the Year awards:

• The Workforce Development Division of the State of Hawai'i, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, selected by the Employment Training Center. It has long worked collaboratively to provide education and training under various federal initiatives.

Head Start Hawai'i Island, selected by Hawai'i Community College. Head Start parents and staff attend HCC classes and welcome HCC students into their programs. The group has also provided childcare on the HCC campus for students who are Head Start parents.

GENIC Corp., a subsidiary of Shiseido Inc., Japan, selected by Honolulu Community College. This large supplier of beauty supplies has provided short-term training on the HCC campus and will be providing training for graduating students of beauty schools in Japan.

• The Chief of Naval Education and Training, U.S. Department of the Navy, selected by Kapi'olani Community College. The Navy's Local Training Authority Office has worked closely with KCC, particularly in the culinary arts; some of the graduate Navy cooks have won military culinary competitions.

• The Contractors Association of Kaua'i, selected by Kaua'i Community College. Together they have created four facilities maintenance training sessions for Workforce Investment Act participants. The association provides resources and instructors and has been helpful in finding jobs for participants.

Ka'ala Farm Inc., selected by Leeward Community College. Cultural workshops have been developed as outreach to help recruit Native Hawaiians into higher education. Ka'ala Farm provides subsidies to UHCC campuses, helping make that possible.

• The Fairmont Kea Lani Maui and VIP Foodservice Inc., selected by Maui Community College. The Fairmont Kea Lani gives students access to the hotel's facilities, equipment and support staff, providing apprenticeship, shadowing and service learning opportunities as well as employing graduates, donating equipment and participating in fund-raisers.

• The Windward Orchid Society, selected by Windward Community College. The society has for years donated equipment and money to help support tissue culture and other botany activities. It has also provided plants for students to research in WCC's plant identification laboratory.

• Winners of the 14th Annual Hawai'i High School Writing Award Competition sponsored by Hawai'i Pacific University have been announced. They are:

• First place — Iolani School's Tiffany Chung for her essay, "Hawai'i's Charm Overcomes America's Foreign Policy" and Dana Fassler, also of Iolani, for "Pidgin and Pop-pops."

• Second place — Mark Dahilig of Punahou School for "Hawai'i's Airlines and the State's Uncertain Economic Future," and Kimi Kilantang of Sacred Hearts Academy for "A Silver Lining of O'ahu."

• Third place — Kevin Hirako of Honoka'a High School for "Okinawan Immigration: Shaping the Diversity of Hawai'i," and Tessa Munekiyo of Baldwin High School for "The Great Sugar Strike of 1946."