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Maui Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Seeking a higher education on Maui will lead you to the doorstep of this fine college, an integral part of the University of Hawaii system. Established in 1966 to serve the local island community, MCC has expanded its vision globally and graduated students from all walks of life.
• Maui Community College serves the educational needs of residents of the three islands comprising Maui County: Molokai, Lana'i, and Maui. The College encompasses 78 acres at the Kahului site. The student population numbered about 3,000 students in Fall 2004.
• MCC offers an AA in Liberal Arts and an AS in Nursing, Human Services, and Electronic and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET). These are 2-year programs. The student may then transfer to a 4-year program or institution. MCC will soon be offering on-site one 4-year baccalaureate degree in Applied Business and Information Technology (ABIT).
• MCC offers you academic excellence in an island setting. Whether your passion is for hiking through Hana waterfalls and Haleakala volcano trails, or studying the pros surfing Jaws and windsurfing Hookipa, at MCC you can be assured of a well-rounded educational experience, both in and out of the classroom.
• MCC networked faculty to terminals connected to a DEC VAX Computer and established the first higher education cable television channel delivering instruction to its tri-isle service area in 1983. By 1988, the college constructed a tri-isle interactive television system and completed its Ka'a'ike Instructional Telecommunications facility housing its television and audio studios, digital media and electronic and computer engineering technology labs, and seven interactive tv classrooms. The college additionally began a National Center of Excellence for High Performance Computing applying personal computer cluster solutions to problems requiring high speed processing.

In the News:

• Events to mark violence awareness month (The Maui News)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 06:41:00 pm
  WAILUKU - With a conference and vigils in Maui County marking Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, advocates say they hope to enlist more men in the effort to stop violence in families.
• COUNTY / IN BRIEF (The Maui News)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 07:11:41 pm
  WAILUKU - The Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui will be offering an "Early Bird Program" to assist the community's families on Furlough Fridays. The program is for children and teens 9 to 17 years old and costs $10 daily per child or $150 per youth for the 17 Furlough Fridays scheduled for this school.
• Kahului Airport to conduct emergency-response exercise (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 12:10:50 pm
  The state announced today that the Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Maui District, will be conducting a triennial emergency-response exercise at the Kahului Airport on Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Emergency simulation being staged at Maui airport today (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on October 21, 2009 at 12:01:55 pm
  Officials on Maui today will conduct an emergency-response exercise at the Kahului Airport between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• H1N1 vaccine arrives on Maui, but wait continues (The Maui News)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 06:40:20 pm
  WAILUKU - Maui health care providers have begun to receive the first shipments of H1N1 flu vaccine - but it's still too soon for many people to get the shot.

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