{"id":190087,"date":"2024-01-16T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=190087"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T02:16:28","slug":"hawaii-cc-seeks-community-focused-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/16\/hawaii-cc-seeks-community-focused-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawai\u02bbi Community College seeks a community-focused leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hawaii-gnrc-sign.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii C C sign\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-143775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hawaii-gnrc-sign.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hawaii-gnrc-sign-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/hawaii-gnrc-sign-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The search for <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College\u2019s<\/a> next chancellor has begun. The position was announced locally and nationally on January 8, 2024, with an expected start date of July 1, 2024. Susan Kazama was appointed interim chancellor on July 1, 2023, succeeding Rachel Solemsaas.<\/p>\n<p>The Chancellor Search Advisory Committee (<abbr>CSAC<\/abbr> ) met with Erika Lacro, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> vice president for community colleges in January to initiate the search.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_182106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182106\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/hawaii-rockne-road-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Hawai&#699;i CC main entry road\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-182106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/hawaii-rockne-road-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/hawaii-rockne-road-130x73.jpeg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/hawaii-rockne-road.jpeg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P\u0101lamanui<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> seeks an experienced administrator who can lead a community-based college with multiple locations and a range of workforce programs. The chancellor will be expected to engage with community partners to ensure the college is meeting local workforce needs,&rdquo; said Lacro.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> has two campuses&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/hilo-location\">Manono<\/a> (Hilo) and <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanui\">P\u0101lamanui<\/a> (Kona), the <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/ko\">K\u014d Education Center<\/a> in <span aria-label=\"Hamakua\">Hamaku&#699;a<\/span> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/universitycenter\">University Center in West <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>January 2024: <abbr>CSAC<\/abbr>  begins screening applicants and nominees.<\/li>\n<li>April 2024: In addition to in-person finalist interviews, on-campus visits will be scheduled to ensure that students, faculty, staff, administrators and other stakeholders are able to attend open forums.<\/li>\n<li>May 2024: Lacro plans to submit her recommended candidate for appointment to <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> President David Lassner.<\/li>\n<li>July 2024: Expected start date of the new chancellor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chancellor Search Advisory Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 20-member committee includes representation from faculty, students, <span aria-label=\"Hoolulu\">Ho&#699;olulu<\/span> Council (Native Hawaiian council), civil service staff, Administrative Professional and Technical (<abbr>APT<\/abbr> ) staff, administrator, organizational units and community leaders.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calvin Black, <abbr>APT<\/abbr>  representative<\/li>\n<li>Princess Gail Calapit, student<\/li>\n<li>Kate De Soto, student affairs<\/li>\n<li>Reshela DuPuis, faculty<\/li>\n<li>Sheldon Higa, civil service<\/li>\n<li>Grant Kaaua, faculty<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kuulei\">Ku&#699;ulei<\/span> Kanahele, faculty<\/li>\n<li>Donala <span aria-label=\"Kawaahau\">Kawa&#699;ahau<\/span>, faculty<\/li>\n<li>Akea Kiyuna, <span aria-label=\"Hoolulu\">Ho&#699;olulu<\/span> Council<\/li>\n<li>Michael Mandaloniz, civil service<\/li>\n<li>Wendy Medeiros, P\u0101lamanui campus<\/li>\n<li>Kirk Mikami, administrative services<\/li>\n<li>Jack Minassian, faculty<\/li>\n<li>Luria Namba, faculty<\/li>\n<li>Estee Nathanson, continuing education<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Parel, Jr., K\u014d Education Center<\/li>\n<li>Christine Quintana, administrator<\/li>\n<li>Kalei Rapoza, community<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Rucker, student<\/li>\n<li>Janette Snelling, community<\/li>\n<li>Leanne Urasaki, search coordinator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> chancellor position, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/chancellorsearch\">https:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/chancellorsearch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> chancellor is expected to start on July 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[691,626,61,71],"class_list":["post-190087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-administration","tag-executive-search","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190087"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190093,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190087\/revisions\/190093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}