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UH System Shines at State Capitol
Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona examines the UH Manoa Institute
for Astronomy’s booth at UH Day at the State Capitol on Tues., Feb.
4. IfA’s Peter Capak, research assistant;
Dale Kocevski, research assistant and Mike
Maberry, assistant director of external relations were on hand to
showcase their programs. UH Day at the State Capitol offered legislators an
opportunity to meet UH faculty, staff and students and to view a variety of
displays and exhibits on university programs.
Maui CC Launches New
Dental Program
Maui CC introduced a new dental assisting
certificate program. The dental certificate, along with the new Maui County
Oral Health Center in Wailuku, provides dental care for low-income families
and trains professional dental assistants. The first 13 students enrolled in
the two-semester Maui CC program are attending classes and receiving hands-on
training at the new facility.
Open one day a week, the center will extend its hours as soon as funds for additional
staffing are available. "We’ll be looking for federal and state sources
for funds," says Nancy Johnson, a Maui
CC nursing professor. "The need is critical." According to Lorrin
Pang of the state Department of Health, more than 30 percent of Maui County
residents have inadequate access to dental care.
Johnson says plans are underway to expand the Maui CC program to a two-year
associate degree in dental hygiene. Read more about
the program.
UHM Library Offers New
Resource
 Access
to full-text news sources, Congressional documents and statistical documents
is available at UH Manoa and UH West O‘ahu libraries through three resources—LexisNexis©
Academic, LexisNexis© Statistical and LexisNexis© Congressional databases.
LexisNexis© Academic includes 5,600 news, business, legal, medical and
reference publications with a variety of flexible search options. LexisNexis©
Statistical aids users in finding statistics that is collected by federal or
state agencies. LexisNexis© Congressional tracks legislation and includes
full-text resources of detailed information about Congress including legislation,
hearings, member voting, rosters of Congressional committees and the Federal
Register. Read more about this powerful new tool and
how it can be accessed.
TIM Opens Gee Technology
Center
The UHM School of Travel Industry Management opened the Gee Technology Learning
Center, a state-of-the-art facility to support the school’s curriculum,
training and distance education programs, on Fri., Jan. 24. The center, named
in honor of Dean Emeritus Chuck Yim Gee, is equipped with an executive videoconference
suite, a multi-media computer-learning laboratory and a multi-purpose computer
room and laboratory. It enables the school to deliver high-quality programs
both on-campus and via distance education. For more information, visit the center
Web site.
Chuck Yim Gee at center dedication
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