On this page, you can find past news articles related to the KCC STEM Program events, activities, and students.
- Hawaii Students Win NASA Science Award – June 17, 2013, Radio Australia
- Members of the winning KapCC STEM Program CanSat Team are interviewed by Radio Australia.
- Kapiolani Students Take Top Prize in Space Contest – June 14, 2013, Hawaii News Now
- Article in Hawaii News Now
- Kapiolani Students Take Top Prize in Space Contest – June 14, 2013, The Garden Island
- Article in The Garden Island newspaper
- KCC Students Take Top Prize in Space Contest – June 14, 2013, Honolulu Star Advertiser
- Article in the Honolulu Star Advertiser about the 1st place STEM Program CanSat Team.
- KapiolaniCC Students Win First Place in CanSat International Competition – June 13, 2013, UH System News
- Article in the UH System News
- KCC Team Wins Int’l Space Mission Competition – June 13, 2013, Honolulu Civil Beat
- Article in the Honolulu Civil Beat about the STEM Program’s 1st place CanSat Team.
- Awards in Nine Categories from the Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium – May 2, 2013, UHMedNow
- STEM Program student and peer mentor Robin Kaai is listed near the end of the article for winning the undergraduate division award at the symposium.
- Research Presentation Awards – October 11, 2013, SACNAS
- STEM Program student Micon Garvilles is listed in the “Biological, Agricultural & Environmental Life Sciences” section of the “2012 SACNAS Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation Awardees”
- Love for tech drives HiakaSat leader – September 24, 2012 Honolulu Star Advertiser article
- Former STEM Program student Jeremy Chan is the lead for the HiakaSat satellite.
- Clear Channel Radio Interviews
- On the morning of Monday, July 23rd, STEM Program student and peer mentor Diamond Tachera visited the Clear Channel studios in Honolulu for live on-air radio interviews. She gave interviews with three of Clear Channel’s main radio stations and talked about the STEM Program and the 2012 Summer Bridges.
- Listen to her interviews here: 93.9 Jamz, Island Rhythms 98.5, and Star 101.9.
- Former KapCC STEM Program students win the Shidler College of Business UH Business Plan Competition – April 2012
- Christian Daoud, Leon Santinizio, and Huilin Xie, won first place with their Unique Lite Design unit load device.
- Hawaii News Now Interview – Christian Daoud was also interviewed by Howard Dicus on Hawaii News Now.
- Justin Carland was a member of the second place team with the Surgical Lighting Solutions business plan.
- Thuy Vy Luu – April 2012
- KapCC STEM Program Thuy Vy Luu has been rewarded for her hard work through numerous awards and scholarships. These include:
- 2012 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- 2011 Mildred Towle Scholarship for International Students
- 2011 President’s Volunteer Service Award
- University of Hawaii Achievement Award Summer 2011
- University of Hawaii Achievement Award Spring 2010
- KapCC STEM Program Thuy Vy Luu has been rewarded for her hard work through numerous awards and scholarships. These include:
- Marketing and Recruiting Through Undergraduate Research Teams – December 2011
- Article written by STEM Program Marketing Coordinator, Keoki Noji, and published in the Winter 2011 edition of the Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) Quarterly.
- Robotics Students Invited to Kapolei Event – July 11th, 2011
- Media release in Hawaii 24/7 for the STEM Program 2011 Summer Bridges final event
- Students to Embark on Competitive NASA Program – February 1st, 2011
- Article in the Kapi’o newspaper about Liem Nguyen and James Bynes, two STEM students that were recently accepted into NASA’s National Community College Aerospace Scholars Program.
- Kapiolani Community College STEM Internship Expo – November 30th, 2010
- Announcement for the 20122 KapCC STEM Program Internship Expo on the STEM Intercommunity Portal (SIP)
- Kapiolani Community College Awarded $5 Million Grant to Support Native Hawaiian Students – November 29th, 2010
- Article in the Hawaii Reporter newspaper focusing on the STEM Program’s Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative (PEEC) grant.
- Abundances of crenarchaeal amoA genes and transcripts in the Pacific Ocean – March, 2010
- Article co-authored by former STEM student Brenner Wai and published in the March 2010 (Volume 12, Issue 3) of the Environmental Microbiology journal.
- A copy of the journal can be found on the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE) website here.
- Kapi’olani CC Expo Brings Students, Employers Together - December, 2010
- Article about the first ever Kapi’olani CC STEM Internship Expo in the University of Hawaii Alumni Association (UHAA) newsletter
- The article also features Jeremy Chan, a former Kapi’olani CC STEM Program student who recently won first place in the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE): Breakthrough Innovation Challenge
- KCC wins $5 million federal grant to teach engineering to Native Hawaiians - November 29th, 2010
- Article in the Honolulu Star Advertiser on the Pre-Engineering Ecological Collaborative (PEEC) Indigenous Knowledge in Engineering (‘IKE) grant
- KCC grant to help Native Hawaiians in engineering - November 29th, 2010
- Article in Hawaii News Now on the Pre-Engineering Ecological Collaborative (PEEC) Indigenous Knowledge in Engineering (‘IKE) grant
- Invest in your future - November 15th, 2010
- Article from the Kapi’o Newspress about the 2010 Kapi’olani Community College STEM Program Internship Expo
- Electrical engineering students receive prestigious scholarship award – September 23rd, 2010
- STARTUP – Student Tuition Aid for Research and Transfer in Urban Polynesia – August 9th, 2010
- Announcement on the STEM Intercommunity Portal (SIP) in regards to the KapCC STEM Program STARTUP grant and S-STEM scholarships
- Robots battle for supremacy - June 25th, 2010
- West Hawaii Today article about the 2010 MATE ROV competition in Hilo, HI
- Don’t Miss ROV Competition at UH-Hilo this Weekend – June 25th, 2010
- Article in the Big Island Chronicle about the 2010 Mate ROV competition in Hilo, HI
- New program welcomes students - April 19th, 2010
- Kapi’o article regarding the collaboration between the STEM and New Media Arts Programs
- KCC students plant to preserve - April 19th, 2010
- Kapi’o article on the STEM student excursion to the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Enrollment jump forces KCC to look at expansion - March 29th, 2010
- Star-Bulletin article focusing on the growth of KCC
- Na Huaka’i – Hawaii Space Grant Consortium Newsletter, Winter 2010
- 1st Annual KCC STEM Fair - December 3rd, 2009
- Event created in order to present the research and projects of current STEM students, as well as to educate the community about the STEM Program
- STEM Bridges in Hawaii- November 1st, 2009
- Article in the Nation Science Teachers Association monthly newsletter
- Science, Engineering Program Teaches While Having Fun - August 4th, 2007
- Hawaii News Now (KGMB and KHNL) article on the hydrogen fuel cell car Grand Prix
- KCC: Science Training Hub of the Future - April 4th, 2007
- Midweek article on the grand opening of the STEM Center
- 1st Annual Summer Bridge Program - July 3rd, 2006
- University of Hawaii System article