Chancellor Helen Cox and biology professor Brian Yamamoto traveled recently to Toyama, Japan, for the 50th anniver- sary of Toyama National University of Technology, a partner institution with Kauai Community College. Joining them were delegates from China, Thailand, Hungary and
Chancellor Helen Cox and biology professor Brian Yamamoto traveled recently to Toyama, Japan, for the 50th anniver- sary of Toyama National University of Technology, a partner institution with Kauai Community College.
Joining them were delegates from China, Thailand, Hungary and Northern Ireland.
Cox was awarded an honorary degree. She also presented a decorative Kauai-made koa box to Toyama University President Sotomi Ishihara.
– The goal of KCC’s Club Math is to show students that math is everywhere. Last spring, the club members made a presentation to a class at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School about the probability of people being who they are, and the math that goes into creating games. The club is hoping to do more such presentations in schools this year. Interested parties may contact Club Math president Andrea Waiters at awaiters@hawaii.edu.
– The Office of Continuing Education and Training is a designated passport application acceptance facility. Only form DS-11 (for first-time applicants, minors under the age of 16, and all others who do not qualify to use the renewal form DS-82) is accepted at this facility. Info: OCET, 245-8318.
– The National Tropical Botanical Garden and Kauai Community College’s joint “Balance of Nature” lecture series continues on Tuesday with a free public talk entitled “Growing Lata’s Garden: What Pacific Canoe Plants Offer Us Today” by Dr. Mimi George and H. Meph Wyeth, from 5:30 p.m. in the KCC cafeteria.
In their talk, George, an anthropologist and sailor, and Wyeth, president of the Kaimi Naauao o Hawaii Nei Institute, will discuss how Taumako Islanders in the Solomon Islands nurture, process and assemble the plants that their culture’s hero, Lata, used to build an early voyaging canoe.
Participants can learn how current day Taumako artisans work with plants to perpetuate their knowledge of the ancient technology used to navigate their vast ocean surroundings. Info: 245-8280.
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Greg Shepherd is a music professor at Kauai Community College.
