President Wendy Hensel visits her first neighbor island UH education center

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UH President Wendy Hensel on Lānaʻi

UH President Wendy Hensel on Lānaʻi

UH President Wendy Hensel on Lānaʻi

UH President Wendy Hensel on Lānaʻi

UH President Wendy Hensel on Lānaʻi

Link to video and sound (details below): https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/qYzHeNdnrz

WHAT:  University of Hawaiʻi President Wendy Hensel visited the UH Māui College Lānaʻi Education Center in her first trip to a neighbor island on her statewide tour of 10 UH campuses and six education centers in her first 90 days.

WHO:  The UH Maui College Lānaʻi Education Center currently serves 84 students, 64 of whom are Early College students from Lānaʻi High & Elementary School.

WHERE: UH Maui College Lānaʻi Education Center and  Lānaʻi High & Elementary School

• Hensel toured Lānaʻi High & Elementary School, and met with Lānaʻi High Early College students, Principal Douglas Boyer, teachers and staff. 
• She then met with Lānaʻi Education Center students and staff
• Hensel attended a community meeting at Lānaʻi Senior Center next door to the Lānaʻi Education Center and toured the island

WHEN:  Monday, February 10, 2025

OTHER FACTS:

• The UH Maui College Lānaʻi Education Center has two distance-learning classrooms and a computer lab. 
• The center offers credit and non-credit classes that serve degree-seeking students and high school and community students. 
• Instruction is delivered live or via distance learning models. 
• The center offers placement testing, proctoring of exams from other institutions, video conferencing, academic counseling, assistance with financial aid and scholarship applications, college applications, and job skills. 
• The center is a “one-stop center” serving the community's educational needs.

VIDEO: 

BROLL: (1 minute, 48 seconds)

0:00-1:20 - touring with students
1:20-1:38 - meeting with faculty
1:38-1:48 - Maui College Lānaʻi Education Center

SOUND:

Sharmaine Mae Elan - Lānaʻi High and Elementary School President (14 seconds)

“She's very kind, and it was nice to tour her around the campus. We don't usually get visitors here on Lanai, but it's nice to have that, especially since we have the dual enrollment program. It was nice to meet the person who's really in charge of that.”

Pamela Alconcel - UH Maui Lānaʻi Education Center Coordinator (12 seconds)

“I'm hoping that she can hear what the students are saying, you know, the ups and downs of being here, but I'm hoping also that she can bring in some ideas on how we can better our ed center.”

Wendy Hensel - UH President (7 seconds)

“It really brings home the importance of our early college programs to creating excitement on the island about higher education and opportunities and pathways for the children who live here so it's been, it's been a great day.”