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Kapiolani Community College, formerly Kapiolani Technical School, is a public, co-educational commuter college
College

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 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the Capital and most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the Honolulu County, Hawaii, and the city and county is designated as the entire island....
 situated on the slopes of Diamond Head
Diamond Head, Hawaii

Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic volcanic cone#ash cone on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and known to Native Hawaiianss as Leahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin....
 in Waikīkī
Waikiki

Waikiki or Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system
University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, th...
 anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa

The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii. The school is located in Manoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and one mile from Ala Moana and Waik...
. Some consider it among the most beautiful of the campuses.

olani Community College is primarily a vocational school with technical, occupational and professional programs in business education, food service and hospitality education, and nursing.






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Kapiolani Community College, formerly Kapiolani Technical School, is a public, co-educational commuter college
College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu is the Capital and most populous census-designated place in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the Honolulu County, Hawaii, and the city and county is designated as the entire island....
 situated on the slopes of Diamond Head
Diamond Head, Hawaii

Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic volcanic cone#ash cone on the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and known to Native Hawaiianss as Leahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin....
 in Waikīkī
Waikiki

Waikiki or Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, in the City & County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu, Hawaii....
. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system
University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, th...
 anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa
University of Hawaii at Manoa

The University of Hawaii at Manoa is a public, co-educational university and is the flagship campus of the greater University of Hawaii. The school is located in Manoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and one mile from Ala Moana and Waik...
. Some consider it among the most beautiful of the campuses.

Academics


Kapiolani Community College is primarily a vocational school with technical, occupational and professional programs in business education, food service and hospitality education, and nursing. Nationally, Kapiolani Community College has been recognized for its programs in health sciences and education for emergency medical services. Locally, KCC is well known for its culinary program. Other students attend Kapiolani Community College as a starting point before moving on to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to complete a bachelor's degree. Of all the community colleges in the University of Hawaii System, KCC has the largest liberal arts student body with over 4,500 students enrolled annually. The campus also attracts students from Asia such as Japan, Hong Kong and Korea because of its proximity to the Manoa campus as well as Waikiki. It is also a leading community college campus in Hawaii for business education programs such as information technology, accounting and marketing.

Establishment


Originally located at Pensacola Street and Kapiolani Boulevard (from which the school gets its name), adjacent to President William McKinley High School
President William McKinley High School

for schools of the same name.President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a public school, co-educational college high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve....
 in the Makiki community, Kapiolani Community College was established in 1946 as Kapiolani Technical College. The school was administered by the Territory of Hawaii
Territory of Hawaii

The Territory of Hawaii, abbreviated officially as T.H., was established on July 7, 1898 and dissolved on August 21, 1959 when Hawaii became a state....
 as one of its chief vocational schools, specializing in food service. In 1965, its curricula was modified and became an open-door public college administered by the University of Hawaii at Manoa. As part of the realignment of programs, the school adopted its current name.

Expansion


Kapiolani Community College experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and in need of new, larger facilities. In 1974, the Board of Regents acquired a 52 acre (210,000 mē) parcel of land on the slopes of Diamond Head in Waikiki, formerly owned by the United States Army
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
. Kapiolani Community College opened its second campus at Fort Ruger
Fort Ruger

Fort Ruger is a fort on the island of Oahu that served as the first military reservation in the Territory of Hawaii. Named after Civil War General Thomas H....
, the only college in the University of Hawaii system to have two campuses of its own. The Board of Regents then agreed to move with a complete transfer of programs to the Fort Ruger campus and close the Makiki campus. Kapiolani Community College finally completed the transfer in the late 1980s.

National acclaim


Kapiolani Community College gained national attention in 1976 when radiology instructors Roland Clements and Harry Nakamura developed a new hip x-ray
X-ray

X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequency in the range 30 Hertz to 30 Hertz and energies in the range 120 Electron volt to 120 keV....
 technique. In 1986, Kapiolani Community College's respiratory care program won a national award as an outstanding vocational education program. Also in the late 1980s, Gallaudet University Regional Center
Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University is a federally chartered, quasi-governmental university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, located in Washington, D.C....
 opened at the Fort Ruger campus.

Recent developments


Kapiolani Community College is currently in the process of establishing the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, already challenging other notable culinary schools in the world to provide quality talent. Among the alumni of this program are Alan Wong
Alan Wong

Alan Wong is a chef and restaurateur known as the cofounder of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in 1992. Wong and Choy are alumni of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program....
, Sam Choy
Sam Choy

Sam Choy is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "Pacific rim cuisine". Choy is an alumnus of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program....
, and Wayne Hirabayashi, cofounders of Hawaii Regional Cuisine. Other notable alumni are Alan Tsuchiyama of Sheraton Waikiki.

The school is working on expanding the curriculum to include such classes as culinology
Culinology

Culinology is an approach to food that blends the culinary arts and food technology. Through the blending of these two disciplines, culinology seeks to make food taste better--whether purchased in a supermarket or eaten in a restaurant....
 and perhaps a Bachelor's in Applied Sciences.

Points of interest

Campus art includes:
  • Spirit Way, bronze sculpture by Sean Browne, 1987
  • Pohaku O Leahi, ceramic sculpture with water feature by Lucille B. Cooper, 1994
  • Hawaii, Hawaii, faceted glass mural by Erica Karawina, 1988
  • Mai Ka Mea Hana Ka Ike (From Tools, Comes Knowledge), basalt sculpture by Mark Watson
    Mark Watson (sculptor)

    Mark Watson is an American sculptor. Watson?s sculptures in public places include:* Mai Ka Mea Hana Ka Ike , 1988, Kapiolani Community College Honolulu, Hawaii...
    , 1988


Also of interest:
  • Kapiolani Community College Cactus Garden
    Kapiolani Community College Cactus Garden

    The Kapiolani Community College Cactus Garden is a small botanical garden specializing in cactus. It is located on the Kapiolani Community College campus, near Parking Lot C, at 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, Hawaii....


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