{"id":243006,"date":"2026-11-02T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=243006"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:55:27","slug":"kauai-cc-transfer-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/11\/02\/kauai-cc-transfer-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Kauaʻi CC<\/abbr> fair charts paths to 4-year diplomas"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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More than 60 attendees explored future pathways at the transfer fair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College capped National Transfer Student Week with a vibrant Transfer Fair in October, demonstrating how local students can earn a four-year degree without leaving the island.<\/p>\n

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Students made custom t-shirts while exploring the distance education classroom, now known as LINK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Centered on “Charting Your Huakaʻi—The<\/span> Kaʻao<\/span> Voyage,” the fair welcomed more than 70 attendees. Equipped with guide maps, participants navigated interactive stations to connect with representatives from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> four-year campuses, explore online, in-person, and blended learning bachelor’s degree tracks, and hear directly from transfer students and alumni. Beyond academic advising, attendees enjoyed live music, lunch, a photo booth and custom T-shirt making.<\/p>\n

Students can use prerequisites earned at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> to launch into specialized on-campus programs. Liberal arts student Leah Guerrero plans to transfer to 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa’s Dental Hygiene program.<\/p>\n

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Students learned hei at a transfer student mixer earlier in the week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Having the transfer fair here at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> allows students to see their different options and what they might take for their pathway when they do transfer, and I think it’s really cool that not everything has to be online, but we can meet in-person with these programs,” Guerrero said.<\/p>\n

Opening doors<\/h2>\n

Distance education <\/a>pathways are opening doors across the island. During the 2025–26 academic year, 199 Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students enrolled across 60 糖心视频<\/abbr> distance programs, and 42 transferred directly into 糖心视频<\/abbr> distance education degrees, according to University Center Education Specialist Rhonda Liu.<\/p>\n

“Starting at Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College is an affordable option,” Liu said. ”It prepares students to transfer smoothly to a bachelor’s degree, with online 糖心视频<\/abbr>bachelor’s degree pathways available while students remain on Kauaʻi<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

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Students met with reps from 4-year 糖心视频<\/abbr> campuses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Among those greeting fair attendees was Malia Ho\u02bbokano, a 糖心视频<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> business student who earned her liberal arts associate degree at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>. Today, she works at Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> while maintaining a full course load online.<\/p>\n

Hoʻokana<\/span> said, “When I first started school, I didn\u02bbt have any transportation; I was in a remote location, and I pretty much started with nothing, and now here I am.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earning a four-year degree does not require leaving the Garden Isle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":243015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[64,71],"class_list":["post-243006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t