{"id":215084,"date":"2025-05-05T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=215084"},"modified":"2025-05-07T09:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:27:48","slug":"lanai-ed-center-launched-agliam-toward-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/05\/lanai-ed-center-launched-agliam-toward-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u0101na\u02bbi Education Center launched 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa grad toward her dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Talia Agliam, second from left, with her family, from left sister Giyana Agliam, father Brandon Agliam, mother Regina Agliam and sister Kimora Agliam.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When 19-year-old Talia Agliam walks across the stage to receive her bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology and a certificate in law and society from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> on May 17, she will carry with her not only the pride of achievement, but the strength and support of her Lānaʻi<\/span> island community.<\/p>\n

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Agliam earned her associate\u2019s degree in 2022 from 东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College Lānaʻi<\/span> Education Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She was in middle school at Lānaʻi<\/span> High & Elementary School when she discovered that a college education was within reach through the 东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College Lānaʻi<\/span> Education Center<\/a>—without having to leave home. She started as an Early College high school student in 2019 and earned her associate\u2019s degree in 2022, before graduating from high school in 2023 as a valedictorian and senior class president.<\/p>\n

“If it wasn’t for [the Lānaʻi<\/span> Education Center], I don’t think I’d be even close to as successful as I am today,” Agliam said. “They definitely helped me set up my future, set up my life, and they gave me that stability to do so. I really applaud the advisors and the campus, the small, little building that we have.”<\/p>\n