HPU nursing program gets 5-year accreditation
The graduate nursing program at Hawaii Pacific University received a five-year accreditation this month by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission.The program, which started in 1998 with 10 students, now has 27 students and three graduates. Accreditation substantiates the program's quality and resources, according to Patricia Lange-Otsuka, graduate nursing program coordinator.
The Master of Science in Nursing program offers two concentrations: Community Health Clinical Nurse-Specialist or Family Nurse Practitioner.
Lange-Otsuka said the accreditation team noted administrative support and the nursing faculty's leadership role at the university among the program's strengths. For more information, call Graduate Admissions at 544-0279.
Isle students take first, third in robotics arena
Students from Waialua and Waipahu high schools were part of a coalition that took first place Saturday at the Silicon Valley Regional of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition at San Jose State University.The FIRST Robotics Competition is a national contest that immerses high school students in engineering. In six weeks, students and mentors work together to brainstorm, design, construct, test and ship an operational robot.
McKinley High School placed third in the competition.
The regional included 52 high school teams from Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Connecticut, Arizona and California.
The Waipahu team returns today, while the students from Waialua return Wednesday.
Kauai woman reigns as Mother of the Year
Kauai's Trinette Kaui was named the state's Mother of the Year on Saturday by the Hawaii Association of American Mothers.The group said Kaui won the award based on her qualities and achievements as a mother, as well as her professional and community contributions.
She will spend the next year promoting the importance of motherhood throughout the state. Kaui is the mother of two children and an employee at A&B Properties.
The Young Mother of the Year honor went to Kathy Ho of Pearl City.
The two women will represent Hawaii at the upcoming National Mother of the Year Convention in Portland, Ore.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Fire guts Kaimuki home; couple burned escaping
An 85-year-old woman suffered second-degree burns and her husband, 85, got minor burns on his hands while escaping a fire this morning that destroyed their home in Kaimuki.Firefighters were called to the two-story home at 1044 22nd Ave. at 6:06 a.m. The fire gutted the upper floor. The first floor, constructed of hollow tile, remains standing. An adjacent home has minor damage. The husband told firefighters he suffered his burns pushing his wife out of the fire. The cause of the fire was unknown.
2 men arrested for fight at drive-through window
Police arrested two men at a drive-through line at the Jack-in-the-Box at Kapiolani Boulevard and Ward Avenue after they punched the driver and a passenger of the car ahead of them Saturday morning.The suspects, ages 24 and 27, honked and yelled at the people in the car ahead of them to hurry up. They got out of their car and punched the two men through the driver's and passenger's windows, which were rolled down. The men face possible charges of unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle.
Prankster is charged after patrol car stolen
Police received an anonymous phone call that a shirtless man was driving a blue-and-white patrol car and making obscene gestures at other drivers Saturday morning.A repair shop on Queen Street confirmed a patrol car had been stolen while left there for body work. Police spotted the patrol car at Nimitz Highway and Nuuanu Avenue.
The driver, John Pak, 36, with no local address, was arrested and charged with auto theft. He is being held in lieu of $15,000 bail.
Crewman jumps ship and swims one mile to shore
Port Allen, Kauai >> The Coast Guard said a crewman in his 30s jumped off a boat yesterday afternoon about a mile off the south coast of Kauai and swam back to shore safely.For some reason unknown to the Coast Guard, the man did not want to remain on the boat. The captain, however, stayed with the 50-foot Fortuna, home-ported at Kewalo Basin.
The captain told the Coast Guard he will stop at Port Allen and contact police. The Coast Guard received the call shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday. The crewman arrived on shore near Port Allen by about 5:30 p.m.
