{"id":68371,"date":"2017-10-10T14:36:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T00:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=68371"},"modified":"2020-03-06T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T00:17:26","slug":"waianae-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/10\/waianae-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> opens permanent home for Wai\u02bbanae education 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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"306.36\" height=\"171.82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ir11I6iuOJY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> dedicated its newest facility, the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/WaianaeMoku\"><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Education Center<\/a> in <span aria-label=\"Maili\">M\u0101&#699;ili<\/span> on Tuesday, October 10. Serving the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Coast since 1970, the new facility marks the first permanent home for the education center.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The dedication of Leeward Community College <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku is the celebration of a dream realized. It\u2019s been over 40 years since Leeward Community College began the journey of serving our Leeward Coast <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span>. To finally have a permanent facility in <span aria-label=\"Maili\">M\u0101&#699;ili<\/span> to call home is the culmination of the efforts of many and the beginning of a new opportunity to expand programs and to meet the present and future needs of the community,&rdquo; said Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Manny Cabral<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Work began on the renovation in May 2016. Phase I was completed in August 2017, just in time for fall 2017 classes. Phase II is currently under design and anticipated start of construction is estimated to be early summer 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku center offers a full range of learning support services and more than 65 credit classes during the fall and spring semesters. Students can complete their entire associate\u2019s in arts degree without leaving <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span>. Phase <abbr title=\"two\">II<\/abbr> will provide additional opportunities for the students. A full range of learning support services are offered by two full-time support specialists. Student enrollment has increased dramatically, from 229 headcount in 2006 to more than doubling to 545 in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is just the beginning of how we are transforming higher education on the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> coast,&rdquo; said Center coordinator <strong>Danny Wyatt<\/strong>. &ldquo;With Phase II, we\u2019ll be able to provide even more services to our students and increase course offerings. We\u2019re eager to see what the future holds. We\u2019re only using half the building right now. Imagine what we\u2019ll be able to do when the renovation is complete!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The acquisition and renovation of a permanent home for the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku center took the collaborative contributions, efforts and perseverance of so many people over the last several years&#8212;from legislators, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii Community College\">ÌÇÐÄVlog¹Ù·½CC<\/abbr> system personnel and many others at the campus and community levels,&rdquo; said <strong>Mark Lane<\/strong>, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> vice chancellor of administrative services. &ldquo;We are indeed fortunate and thankful to all those individuals who have contributed to this new beginning of serving the higher education and workforce development needs of the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> coast.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68393\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week-2.jpg\" alt=\"students sitting in a classroom\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First week of <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Education Center<\/a> classes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewardcc\/albums\/72157687937702416\">See more photos from the first week of operations at the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Education Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> center history<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68407\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-nanakuli-education-center-historic-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Waianae-Nanakuli Education Center exterior\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-nanakuli-education-center-historic-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-nanakuli-education-center-historic-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-nanakuli-education-center-historic.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the first locations of the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span>-N\u0101n\u0101kuli Education Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span>-N\u0101n\u0101kuli Education Center (WNEC) began operations in April 1970 as part of Honolulu\u2019s Model Cities Project under the auspices of the Department of Education. In January 1972, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> took over as the operating agency, administering <abbr>WNEC<\/abbr> through Leeward Community College. In 1977, <abbr>WNEC<\/abbr> was fully integrated into Leeward\u2019s operations and organization.<\/p>\n<p>For 21 years, the center was housed in temporary rental locations, including the N\u0101n\u0101kuli <abbr title=\u201cKentucky Fried Chicken\u201d>KFC<\/abbr>, <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> High School classrooms, the Satellite City Hall and the old <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Hardware building. In 1991, the center found a semi-permanent residence at the <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Mall, leasing a large portion of the two-story office building behind Cathay Inn.<\/p>\n<p>The dream of a permanent facility became a reality when the state purchased the 2.5 acres that housed the 38,600-square-foot vacant Tycom building on <span aria-label=\"Kulaaupuni\">Kula&#699;aupuni<\/span> Street next to <span aria-label=\"Maili\">M\u0101&#699;ili<\/span> Elementary School for $2.5 million in 2014. The Legislature then appropriated $3 million for phase-one renovations. Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> also received a $10 million federal grant for both its Pearl City and Waianae locations, some of which will be used for phase-two work.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68390\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week.jpg\" alt=\"large group of people in front of Waianae Moku sign\" width=\"676\" height=\"454\" class=\"size-full wp-image-68390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken during the first week of <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Education Center<\/a> classes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waianae\">Wai&#699;anae<\/span> Moku Education Center offers a full range of learning support services and more than 65 credit classes during the fall and spring semesters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":68390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[65,56,1233],"class_list":["post-68371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-video-2","tag-waianae-moku-education-center","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/leeward-waianae-moku-first-week.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68371","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=68371"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112753,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68371\/revisions\/112753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}