The Hawaii State Legislature has agreed to appropriate $7.5 million in bonds to build the first part of the new West Hawaii Community College at Palamanui, the Charles Schwab/Guy Lam development mauka of Kona Airport. Jim Lightner, Hospitality Division Chair says the current campus offers programs in nursing, business, management, hospitality and tourism, liberal arts, and early childhood education. But one of the jewels is the 20-year-old culinary program. They’ve had around 140 graduates with Associate Degrees–but dozens more with different kinds of certificates. Lightner says the real success of the program is the number of…
