{"id":156840,"date":"2022-03-22T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=156840"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T21:25:46","slug":"next-steps-to-your-future-class-of-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/next-steps-to-your-future-class-of-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Free classes, summer advising, scholarships for Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s class of \u201822"},"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_14375\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wN8qRfPyfiI?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=\"2022 Hawai\u02bbi P-20 Next Steps program\"  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>A free program is making it easier for graduating seniors in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> to take the &ldquo;next steps&rdquo; to a college education. For a third consecutive summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiip20.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> P&#8211;20<\/a> Partnerships for Education, together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community Colleges<\/a> and community partners, are providing graduating seniors and families free advising and counseling services to support students&#8217; transition towards a promising path forward through <a href=\"https:\/\/nextsteps.hawaii.edu\/\">Next Steps to Your Future<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-hawaii-p20-next-steps-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Next Step to Your Future banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-156845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-hawaii-p20-next-steps-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-hawaii-p20-next-steps-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/system-hawaii-p20-next-steps.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Next Steps to Your Future program started as an emergency intervention to the pandemic, and this year, we will continue to help students with their transitions to college and career. We need to collectively work on supporting the transition between high school and students&#8217; next steps, as we have learned that it\u2019s an important but often missing piece of support,&rdquo; said <strong>Stephen Schatz<\/strong>, executive director of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> P&#8211;20.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/04\/next-steps-boots-hs-graduates\/\">Next Steps initiative boosts thousands of high school graduates<\/a>, September 4, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/26\/2m-next-step-scholarship-donation\/\">$2<abbr>M<\/abbr> scholarship fund to benefit Next Steps students<\/a>, May 26, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every student who opts into the Next Steps to Your Future program will be connected to a professional virtual advisor. Advisors will provide customized one-on-one support to all students who plan to enroll in college, enter the workforce, enlist in the military, or who may still be undecided. Personalized advising support for the eight-week summer will consist of virtual advising appointments, mobile texting and access to on-demand resources.<\/p>\n<p>To sign up for the Next Steps To Your Future, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/nextsteps.hawaii.edu\/\">nextsteps.hawaii.edu<\/a> or text &ldquo;nextsteps&rdquo; to (808) 400-9725 by May 31, 2022. <\/p>\n<h2>Free <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Community College classes<\/h2>\n<p>Eligible Next Steps students who previously took early college classes in high school, will also have the opportunity to enroll in a free online six-week summer class (July 5&#8211;August 15, 2022) through the <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Community Colleges\u2019 Momentum program. The Momentum program seeks to build upon high school graduates\u2019 early college experiences by providing them support over the summer so they will successfully enroll at a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Community College campus in the fall. Sign ups for these classes will begin in early April.<\/p>\n<p>Next Steps Class of 2022 participants will also be eligible for a Next Steps Scholarship to attend a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campus in fall 2022. For more information about the Next Steps Scholarship, email <a href=\"mailto:gouhcc@hawaii.edu\">gouhcc@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>More on Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/04\/next-steps-boots-hs-graduates\/\">Next Steps to Your Future<\/a> program launched in summer 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic with a vision to provide the class of 2020 graduates with the advising and support to plan for their futures. Since then, nearly 2,700 students participated in the Next Steps virtual advising services and more than 1,600 students completed a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Community College Next Steps course.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, more than 1,000 students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $2.8 million with support from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community Foundation, First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, Chenter Foundation, Central Pacific Bank Foundation, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Alumni Association and other <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Foundation donors. The Next Steps to Your Future 2022 program and scholarships are generously funded with support from GEAR UP <span aria-label=\"Hawaii,\">Hawai&#699;i,<\/span> federal CARES funding awarded to <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>, Kamehameha Schools and Central Pacific Bank Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Next Steps, please contact <a href=\"mailto:nextstep@hawaii.edu\">nextstep@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2,700 students received free college advising since the launch of Next Steps in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[757,1146,306,71,56,603],"class_list":["post-156840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-admissions","tag-counseling","tag-hawaii-p-20","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-video-2","tag-workforce-development","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156840","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=156840"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156846,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156840\/revisions\/156846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}