Keith-Allen Afong
Semester/Year
Started at WCC: Fall 2012
Semester/Year
Started in TRiO SSS: Fall2012
Semester(s)/Year(s)
Graduating: Spring 2014
Aloha pumehana kākou a pau loa, ʻO Keith-Allen
Kamealoha Afong koʻu inoa. He haumana au ma ke kula nui kaiāulu o koʻolau.
Warm-hearted
greetings everyone, my name is Keith-Allen Kamealoha Afong, I’m a student at Windward
Community College working towards an Associate of Arts in Hawaiian Studies and
finishing my second semester here has been crazy! When enrolling for my
semester in the fall of 2012, I knew to get the most out of my college
education I needed to find help.
Starting
college at 40 yrs. young can be a little intimidating, but with a goal in mind
set out to challenge myself and try to set a good example for my daughter,
nieces, nephews, because no one in my family ever came to college so this
journey was important for me. Once on campus I was told by my Academic Advisor
to stop by the office of TRiO SSS to set up tutoring for my classes.
By signing
up for tutoring in TRiO SSS was the best decision made to the find the help I
needed in passing my classes with flying colors. TRiO SSS has helped me achieve
a G.P.A of 3.7 in my first semester and looking to better my G.P.A after this
semester, all with the help through tutoring in TRiO. The use of their
computers is also a plus for any student because it helped me to get my term
papers done on time and do necessary research for classes.
TRiO SSS is
truly a special place on the campus of Windward Community College for any first
time student to find help and also mingle around other students who share the
same goals of having a better life with a brighter future. Its Staff is always
there to answer any questions weather it pertains to school or not and points
out the direction on where can you find an answer to your question. Their
tutors are knowledgeable in various subjects, which is a big plus because if
anybody had problems with their classes, they could see any tutor for help.
I am so confident in my education my goal is get my Associates of Arts
in Hawaiian Studies and my Certificate of Achievement in Ethno Botanical
Pharmacogny before I graduate from Windward Community College. I plan to
transfer to The University of Hawaii Mānoa to get my Bachelor of Science degree
in Botany and a Master degree in Hawaiian Studies.
This step I took has opened many doors for me, which I now tutor math
19, 21 a&b, 24, 28, as well as Plants in Native Hawaii Botany 130 in the
TRiO SSS program, a position to help others just like how TRiO helped me to get
where I’m heading and the goals that I’ve set for myself. Hopefully one day, I
will be able to open or start something to educate children in any community
and teaching them the use and the importance of our native plants and language
and why we need to educate the mind.
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