King Kekaulike High School students used their developing skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to help special needs students overcome a lack of fine-motor skills to create works of art. The project was one of the highlights at the Hawaii STEM...
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2014 Hawaii STEM Conference Partners Up with Google, National Geographic
The fifth annual Hawaii STEM Conference was held this Friday, May 2 through Saturday, May 3 at the Wailea Marriott Resort on Maui. The popular two-day event brought together over 500 local students, educators and industry professionals with some of the most innovative...
Computer Gamer Takes off with STEMWorks™
A STEMworks™ internship turned out to be a launching pad for Andres “AJ” Ramelb and his pursuit of a career in computers. Putting it in the words of the King Kekaulike High School senior, Ramelb said: “When I had all this technology through my STEMworks™ program at my...
Baldwin Senior: Robotics, STEM Education Paid Off
Baldwin High School robotics team captain Joey Albright has been accepted into six colleges with plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. He says his experience with robot building and the task of writing grants to fund the robotics team helped him to...
Workshop March 15 Maximizing Social Media in Your Digital Marketing Plan
Workshop CancelledWondering what you should be doing to market your business in 2014 and beyond?Trying to figure out how much you should be investing in social media and how to make all the pieces work better?Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00...
Electric Utilities Conference Wrap-up
Energy leaders agree Hawaii can lead changes in energy landscape. Maui conference participants impressed by open and frank discussions. The buzz that came from the Maui energy conference was that the three-day conference of leading energy experts, industry leaders and...
Akaku Granted $5,000 to Support Youth Mentoring Program
Akaku: Maui Community Television has been granted $5,000 for support of their successful Youth Broadband Education Awareness Mentoring (YBEAM) program from the MEDB Ke Alahele Education Fund ‘Building Pathways’. “We are honored to be recognized by MEDB as being...
Maui County Conference Explores the Future of Energy
“The eyes of the nation are on Hawai‘i as a living laboratory.” At the end of March, Maui hosted a conference–”Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be.” As Mayor Alan Arakawa said in his welcome address, electricity has become an important issue for...
Workshop March 15 Maximizing Social Media in Your Digital Marketing Plan
Workshop CancelledWondering what you should be doing to market your business in 2014 and beyond?Trying to figure out how much you should be investing in social media and how to make all the pieces work better?Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00...
Maui County Conference Explores Energy Landscape Changes
Come join us for a thoughtful discussion on The Electric Utility of the Future in Maui, Hawai‘i, March 26-28, 2014. County of Maui in partnership with the Maui Economic Development Board Inc. present “Electric Utilities: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be”...