On February 14, 2025, 60+ members of the Kapi‘olani CC ‘ohana came together to engage in important professional discourse around assessment for the continuous improvement of teaching and learning.
We listened to our students, shared perspectives, exchanged ideas, ate, laughed…some of us danced a little. It was a good day ☺️ and we wanted to share our sincere gratitude for those who made it happen!
Mahalo to…
Gigi Yoshida and our wonderful librarian friends for allowing us to use the (OG) Lamakū
Reid Sato for hooking us up with A/V
Leigh Bovaird for serving as our all-important “welcome bouncer”
Joyce Tokuda for printing our super duper cute paper assets
Jessica Lum for being on deck for any and all random assists, including but not limited to marker and people wrangling
Chefs Dan Wetter and Sheylen Say for baking aaaaah-mazing homemade pastries made with love
Misaki Takabayashi for generously funding ‘ono pupus
Lisa Kobuke for serving on the pupu acquisition team
Amy Patz Yamashiro for serving up the sweet deets on the new Lamakū features for assessment as well as fueling us with coffee and refreshing beverages
Jake Shimabuku, Ed Borza, Deneen Kawamoto, and Cheryl Arakaki for being a crackerjack set-up crew the day before
Lisa Yrizarry, Takehiko Kozue, Leigh Bovarid, and Gigi Yoshida for coordinating and facilitating the fantastic student panel
Charles (Hiapo) Armstrong-Kanekoa, Jayley Kalua-Nakachi, and Kyu Hyun Park for BEING the fantastic student panel!
Chris Gargiulo, Jackie Lindo, Cary Torres, Kawehi Sellers, Sheryl Shook, Leigh Bovaird, Nadine Wolff, and David Uedoi for leading us in dynamic discourse across a range of assessment-related topics of interest
Mahalo to the department chairs and unit heads who facilitated assessment work the morning of A‘o Day and who continue to coordinate important assessment endeavors to continuously improve our programs and services.
And to everyone who attended and engaged in A‘o Day – you brought the insights, the questions, the ideas, and the joy, and we 🩷 you for it!
If you attended but didn’t complete the VERY brief feedback form (just 3 items), we would be extremely grateful for your thoughts…
Mahalo nunui!
Maegen Walker & Jamie Sickel, SLOA Committee Co-chairs
on behalf of your friendly Faculty Senate Student Learning Outcomes Committee
