Who Is Kaulana McCabe?

Kaulana joined TRiO SSS on March 2, 2010, Spring 2010. He joined TRiO SSS so he could take MATH 24 during the summer math program and ended up staying and staying and staying and ended up becoming a Peer Tutor and Peer Mentor. During that first summer, he earned the special pencil from Akatsuka---which he still proudly displays in his room to this day. He graduated with his AA from WCC Fall 2011 and transferred to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to major in social work. He earned his BSW in social work Spring 2014. He was admitted into the Master’s in Social Work Advanced Standing Program and was able to earn his master’s in one year, graduating with his MSW Spring 2015.

Things to note from the pictures:

Find Stanley and you find the key…hahahahahahahhaha…

Back in the day, graduates were lined up by cum gpa, from highest in the front, left to lowest in the back, right. See if you can find Kaulana…hahahahahahaha…

White kukui nut lei nice, eh…hahahahahahahah…

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The Other Side of Kaulana

Kaulana was an abled differently student when he first joined TRiO SSS---seriously; in more ways then you’ll ever know. He is an excellent bowler as he led the TRiO SSS bowling team to second place in the States---state of confusion and state of pathetic as the other team took first place. Although he does not like to walk and always takes the cart to Akoakoa, he surprised all of TRiO SSS by making it to the top of the Stairway to Heaven and took a great picture of TRiO SSS’ home. He says he can cook, but it is very hard to believe watching him in action at TRiO SSS events. He gets an C- for effort as he does sorta try and he can sorta serve food.

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The Hawaiian Side of Kaulana

While hula and chanting are not his strong suit, we must give him an A for effort and A- for temerity as he got up on stage and went for it (learned temerity in grad school and will never forget---old haole lady prof told us it means balls so now pass temerity on to you). Looking at the hula sequence, we hear…look at me and follow…very good...uh oh…pssst, huuuiii…very good…

As for chanting, we can hear the sweet and powerful voices of the women, the wisdom of silence from the men, and sit back amazed at the precision of the men’s lip sync…hahahahahahahah…

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Ocifer McCabe

Front and center Ocifer McCabe of the TRiO 5-0, Dolla Tree Eighty Unit. As a member of this elite four member unit, the unit has kept graduation as well as other TRiO SSS events safe and worry free. During one graduation, Ocifer McCabe was able to keep unaware (dizzy or stoned) individuals from walking into the procession. One of his most important busts was when he successfully confiscated TRiO SSS’ white graduation kukui nut leis from TRiO SSS imposters before they went on stage…mahalo Ocifer McCabe…

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So Who Is Kaulana McCabe?

Kaulana Parker McCabe is “TRiO for Life”…hahahahahahahahhahahah…Wishing you the best in your new journey as the 5^th Director in the past 37 years of TRiO SSS at WCC. As some famous bruddah bruddah king guy said “Imua e nā poki‘i a inu i ka wai ‘awa‘awa, ‘a‘ohe hope e ho‘i mai ai” (‘okina’s and kahakō’s!...hahahahahahahah).

awl pau

P.S.

No forget difference between dumb and stupid and you gotta keep the 37 year old chair…hahahahahaha…

latas.

Kaulana McCabe's TRiO SSS Success Story

Name: Kaulana McCabe
Semester/Year Started at WCC: 2009
Semester/Year Started in TRiO SSS: 2010
Degree(s) Earned at WCC or 4yr. college/university: AA
Semester(s)/Year(s) Graduated: 2012

My name is Kaulana McCabe and I am currently in the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. After barely graduating from Damien Memorial High School, I was uncertain on where or if I would be continuing my education. I applied for colleges knowing well that I would not be accepted because of my graduating GPA and SAT test scores that clearly represented how much I cared about my education. After some discussion with my family, I agreed to attend Windward Community College. My first semester at WCC was not a spectacular experience. I avoided making any attempts to engage with the student activities offered. I found myself attending class and leaving immediately after, intentionally maintaining the least amount of attachment possible to the college. It was in my second semester at WCC that I had found TRiO Student Support Services. I heard of a free math class being offered through the program over the summer. At the time, I saw it as an opportunity to get out of WCC quicker, so I joined. Over a single summer, my entire view of education had changed. The TRiO staff and participants provided me with an eye-opening experience that I will forever be grateful for. I found myself trying harder than ever before to excel in my education. In one summer, I went from being content with below average and failing grades to fighting for the best grade in the class. I accredit my success in higher education to the relationships and opportunities that TRiO has provided me. To list what this program has given me would take pages upon pages to complete. My parents, who were once concerned about where I was heading in my life, cannot express the amount of appreciation they have for TRiO SSS, its staff, and participants who are the sole catalysts responsible for the ambition I have today. I am still employed at TRiO SSS at a tutor and have been able to access other employment opportunities through the relationships that I have created through this program. This summer will be my third one working for TRiO Upward Bound, in a residential summer program for low-income first generation students. Because of the priceless experiences that TRiO has given me, I now understand the importance of student engagement in higher education. Through TRiO Upward Bound I do my best to create those same priceless experiences for students who have the same negative attitude that I once had about higher education. I expect to graduate in the Spring 2014 semester with my Bachelors of Social Work and intend to continue on to the School of Social Work’s Master program. A long term goal of mine is to attain a doctorate degree and hopefully over my life time, advance Native Hawaiian education to a level of proficiency that can lead Native Hawaiians into a society where the status quo is education is expected and celebrated. If my high school friends were to read this, they would undoubtedly assume I had help writing this. However, I am proud to say that today I have ambition, I have goals and dreams to chase after and most importantly, I wrote this by myself with the deepest appreciation for a program and a family that is irreplaceable in my life. I would not have any of this, if it had not been for TRiO Student Support Services.