On Tuesday, September 9, Kapi’olani Community College’s Kuilei Outreach Program Coordinator; Sheldon Tawata, visited Radford high school. He spoke with students about going to Kapi’olani community college.

“Even though we are the third or second largest college in the state of Hawaii we still try to make it a small community college, we pride ourselves with a small class size.” said Tawata.

Tawata shared information about KCC and other community colleges in Hawaii, the different programs that are offered, and the opportunities that can appear if you were to attend Kapi’olani Community College.

“…Youll see students in action not like what I’m doing now, torturing you with lecture, its taking you out into the field and applying what you’re doing…at KCC the biggest class size we have is seventy-five…so your instructor is to know you by your first name, you get to know your instructor by their first name…” said Tawata.

He talked about how KCC values community and helping with students and faculty.

“ …So we kind of treat your journey from this deeper place, we want to make sure your journey is meaningful, we want to make sure your journey has purpose.

We are not about ‘okay lets get you in lets get you out’ we want to make sure you have the information or the tools you need to do whatever you are trying to accomplish…” said Tawata.

Kapi’olani Community College has many different programs and majors that can help students interested in the medical field, technology, sciences and many more. KCC has a very professional and experience based learning technique used in many of the classes.

“ …it’s the students who are the content experts and so it’s more of a discussion, verse; again what I’m doing to you folks. So this is how classes are designed … majors like culinary arts, even our nursing programs, respiratory care, or the health programs, once they’re in they have to show up in full uniform.”

Students, like Madison Soria, are glad to learn more about the different colleges or options that are there for them after high school. She calls it a valuable experience for high school students.

“I think it’s a great opportunity to see where I can go. I think KCC has a lot to offer and it’s really interesting to hear about, especially my junior year, because it still gives me a long time to figure out if this is something I want to pursue in the future,” said Madison Soria.

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