President Wendy Hensel visits first UH community college campus
VIDEO NEWS RELEASE
Kapiʻolani Community College
Punihei Lipe, UH President Wendy Hensel, Della Teraoka
Welcoming protocol at Kapiʻolani Community College
Welcoming protocol at Kapiʻolani Community College
UH President Wendy Hensel receives lei
UH President Wendy Hensel at Kapiʻolani Community College
UH President Wendy Hensel (middle) with EMT students
UH President Wendy Hensel with Kapiʻolani CC student leaders
Link to video and sound (details below): https://go.hawaii.edu/btx
**VOSOT script below for consideration**
WHAT: University of Hawaiʻi President Wendy Hensel visited her first UH Community College campus during her statewide tour of UH campuses and education centers.
WHO: About 150 students, faculty and staff participated in welcoming her.
WHERE: Kapiʻolani Community College
WHEN: Monday, January 27, 2025
OTHER FACTS:
The visit began with a Hawaiian welcoming protocol of welcome on Makahiapo lawn.
It included a campus tour and open forum for all students, faculty and staff, and meetings with groups such as student leaders, faculty senate, Aha Kalāualani, staff council and campus leadership.
Henselʻs visit concluded with a reception with community members and external partners at Kapiʻolani CCʻs Culinary Institute of the Pacific.
Hensel is visiting UH’s 10 campuses and six education centers in her first 90 days.
For more information about Hensel, visit the Meet President Hensel webpage. She is also active on social media and encourages the UH community to connect with her on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn.
VIDEO: TRT 2:15
BROLL: (1:23)
:00-:23 Welcoming protocol (includes nat sound) at Kapiʻolani CC
:24-:45 more protocol shots and lei
:46 - 1:02 touring Kapiʻolani CC campus
1:03-1:23 campus open forum
SOUND:
Wendy Hensel, UH President (:15)
“The community colleges are an access point and provide the support that so many students need. Here there's 45% that are first generation, so that alone speaks to the transformative nature of a place like Kapiʻolani, and it's a wonderful place.”
Lochlen Ajimine, Kapiʻolani CC student (:14)
“She was very receptive and she really enjoyed our performance and she was very immersed in the experience and I think she's going to be a really good addition to the program.”
MIsaki Takabayashi, Kapiʻolani CC Chancellor (:19)
“We did already share with her that we're the only campus named after a Hawaiian aliʻi and what that means to us and how we take our kuleana to Hawaiʻi and Native Hawaiians very seriously because of that namesake, especially, and we have founded our strategic plan going forward on that kuleana.”
VOSOT script:
INTRO:
It was the first University of Hawaiʻi community college visit today for new UH President Wendy Hensel.
NATS:
5 seconds welcoming protocol
VO:
About 150 Kapiʻolani Community College students, faculty and staff welcomed Hensel throughout the day.
SOT:
Wendy Hensel, UH President (:15)
“The community colleges are an access point and provide the support that so many students need. Here there's 45% that are first generation, so that alone speaks to the transformative nature of a place like Kapiʻolani, and it's a wonderful place.”
Lochlen Ajimine, Kapiʻolani CC student (:14)
“She was very receptive and she really enjoyed our performance and she was very immersed in the experience and I think she's going to be a really good addition to the program.”
MIsaki Takabayashi, Kapiʻolani CC Chancellor (:19)
“We did already share with her that we're the only campus named after a Hawaiian aliʻi and what that means to us and how we take our kuleana to Hawaiʻi and Native Hawaiians very seriously because of that namesake, especially, and we have founded our strategic plan going forward on that kuleana.”
VO:
Henselʻs visit included an open forum and concluded with a gathering with community members and partners at Kapiʻolani CC’s Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Diamond Head.
Her next campus visit will be to Leeward CC next week.