  {"id":24372,"date":"2014-04-30T09:27:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T19:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=24372"},"modified":"2020-05-13T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T00:13:43","slug":"kauai-cc-blesses-new-campus-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/30\/kauai-cc-blesses-new-campus-center\/","title":{"rendered":"<span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> blesses new Campus Center"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_24393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24393\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kauai-campus-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kauai-campus-center.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kauai-campus-center-260x133.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Student Activities Council and Advisor John Constantino (far right)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kauai.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a> students, faculty, staff and supporters gathered for a blessing ceremony and open house for the new Campus Center on April 23. Reverend Wayne Vidinha, Sr. conducted the blessing and the <a href=\"http:\/\/info.kauai.hawaii.edu\/asuhkauai\/index.htm\">Associated Students of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> (<abbr>AS糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>)&#8211;<span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a> student government and members of the Student Activities Council and clubs coordinated the open house.<\/p>\n<p>A state-of-the-art transformation, the new Campus Center is a gathering place for <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students. The center is the new home for <abbr>AS糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>&#8211;<abbr>KCC<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Board of Publications, the international education program, Student Activities Council and clubs and <abbr>KCC<\/abbr> Radio. The new facility also will house several instructional lecturers and provides a dedicated space for veterans who are studying at <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>The center was designed by Paul Noborikawa of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.na-hi.com\/Homepage\">Noborikawa and Associates of <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>. Glassed walls allow natural light to illuminate the interior and allow Campus Center visitors to enjoy the natural beauty of the land surrounding the college. &ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> is so beautiful,&rdquo; said Noborikawa, architect and owner of Noborikawa and Associates. &ldquo;I wanted everyone to see that throughout this new space.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Helen Cox<\/strong> also thanked the State Department of Accounting and General Services Project Supervisor Dave Whitaker and the team from Layton Construction Company, the Office of the Vice President for the <a href=\"http:\/\/uhcc.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community Colleges<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Board of Regents<\/a> for supporting the project from inception to completion. Key members of the college involved in this project included <strong>John Constantino<\/strong>, counselor and student activities coordinator, who worked closely with the architect on the design; <strong>Calvin Shirai<\/strong>, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s auxiliary and facilities specialist; and members of the college facilities and maintenance team.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This marks another milestone in creating a campus environment that invites students to participate in their education outside of the classroom as well as inside,&rdquo; said Chancellor Cox. &ldquo;I know that this space will change the character of our campus for the better and I look forward to working closely with the students in their future endeavors.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=6462\">A <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> news release<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Campus Center is a gathering place for <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-24372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-kauai-community-college","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372","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=24372"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118366,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24372\/revisions\/118366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}