  {"id":9271,"date":"2012-08-31T15:53:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=9271"},"modified":"2024-02-05T10:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T20:17:33","slug":"land-purchase-will-help-expand-molokai-education-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/31\/land-purchase-will-help-expand-molokai-education-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Land purchase will help expand <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka\u02bbi<\/span> 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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_9381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9381\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/molokai.jpg\" alt=\"Building at the Molokai Education Center\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/molokai.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/molokai-260x176.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College plans to expand its educational facilities on <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a> has purchased 3.2 acres of land in Kaunakakai from <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Ranch that will help the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maui.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Maui College<\/a> realize its master plan goals of expanding its educational facilities on <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The parcel of land purchased is located adjacent to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maui.hawaii.edu\/molokai\/?page_id=2\"><span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Education Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This purchase will eventually expand the college&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Education Center and strengthen our capacity to provide more higher education and economic opportunities,&rdquo; said <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College Chancellor <strong>Clyde Sakamoto<\/strong>. &ldquo;Critical to this outcome will be community input to realistically leverage public and private resources to create new possibilities for <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span>. Long-range planning will now begin in earnest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Education Center serves approximately 250 students. Through the center, students can pursue certificate and associate degrees in seven primary majors from <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College, including liberal arts, agriculture and natural resources, business careers, early childhood education, Hawaiian studies, human services and allied health. Plans to include <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College&#8217;s three bachelor&#8217;s degrees are underway.<\/p>\n<p>A wide variety of bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees are also available from other <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campuses facilitated by <a href=\"http:\/\/uctrmaui.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Center, Maui<\/a>, which connects <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> students to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manoa.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hilo.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westoahu.hawaii.edu\"><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> through interactive television, off-island travel and the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College on <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> provides great opportunities for our kids on the island and we couldn&#8217;t be more pleased to play a role in their expansion through this sale,&rdquo; said Clay Rumbaoa, <abbr>CEO<\/abbr> of <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Ranch. &ldquo;We look forward to being able to partner with them in the future to bring specialty workshops and other activities to the residents of <span aria-label=\"Molokai\">Moloka&#699;i<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purchase of 3.2 acres of land from <span aria-label=\"Molokai>Moloka&#699;i<\/span> Ranch will help <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College expand its educational facilities on <span aria-label=\"Molokai>Moloka&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-9271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-maui-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271","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=9271"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":191324,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9271\/revisions\/191324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}