{"id":101836,"date":"2019-08-25T15:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T01:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=101836"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:43:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:43:26","slug":"leeward-cc-chancellor-penaloza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/25\/leeward-cc-chancellor-penaloza\/","title":{"rendered":"New Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> chancellor started success studying at community college"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_93593\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wc8gLAWHmCc?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"New Leeward CC chancellor started success studying at community college\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Images of Simon Bolivar adorn new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College Chancellor<\/a> <strong>Carlos Pe&#241;aloza\u2019s<\/strong> office. The South American hero is a reflection of Pe&#241;aloza\u2019s Venezuelan roots.<\/p>\n<p>He was born and raised on the northern coast in Valencia and grew up enjoying the region\u2019s beautiful beaches. Political unrest and the drive for meaningful educational and career paths drew Pe&#241;aloza to New York City, where he graduated from high school and entered Queensborough Community College.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2019m proud to be a community college graduate,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I do believe if it had not been for the faculty and staff who are committed to student success at Queensborough Community College, I would not be here today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101907\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/leeward-penaloza-c--300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Penaloza\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-101907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/leeward-penaloza-c--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/leeward-penaloza-c--130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/leeward-penaloza-c--630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/leeward-penaloza-c-.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Pe&#241;aloza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One chemistry professor, in particular, instilled in his students the belief that they could achieve their degrees and move forward. The lesson in empowerment resonated with Pe&#241;aloza.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At various institutions that I\u2019ve served, I\u2019ve taken a little snippet of my transcript where I hadn\u2019t done so well academically, and I\u2019ve posted that on my door, and I say, &lsquo;We\u2019re not all perfect and yet we\u2019re still able to overcome those challenges, and do really good things,&rsquo;&rdquo; he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Pe&#241;aloza last served as provost and chief academic officer at Saint Luke\u2019s College of Health and Sciences in Kansas City, Missouri. He has more than a decade of biomedical research experience and has worked actively with underserved populations.<\/p>\n<p>He envisions Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> as a community-serving institution that is the first choice for students and employees. &ldquo;It is a family, where everyone thrives from the commitment of employees and for student success,&rdquo; Pe&#241;aloza says.<\/p>\n<p>In order to achieve this vision, his top priorities are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reducing the achievement gaps among different student populations, with a special focus on Native Hawaiians.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting creativity in the college\u2019s faculty and staff.<\/li>\n<li>Sharing Leeward CC\u2019s story to the community and industry to build new partnerships.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Pe&#241;aloza says, &ldquo;What attracted me most [to Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>] are the stories and the longevity of its employees. It\u2019s very telling when you see that we have a current faculty member that\u2019s a founding faculty member for the college. It speaks to the longevity, the happiness and the support that folks have here at this institution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewardcc\/albums\/72157709607984156\">See photos from Chancellor Pe&#241;aloza\u2019s welcome reception<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some examples he cites are faculty commitment to engaging students in summer research, innovation in reducing textbook costs and recognition of Leeward\u2019s outstanding career and technical education programs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Leeward is very pro piloting and trying new things for the success of our students. That\u2019s something that we just don\u2019t see in very many institutions and to get it from the faculty and the staff is even more powerful,&rdquo; Pe&#241;aloza says. &ldquo;That\u2019s where we are today. Leeward is leading through creativity and now we just need to tell our story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Chancellor Carlos Pe&#241;aloza envisions Leeward Community College as a community-serving institution that is the first choice for students and employees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,12],"tags":[691,65,71,56],"class_list":["post-101836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-video","tag-administration","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101836"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124604,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101836\/revisions\/124604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}