TransPacific Hawaii College

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TransPacific Hawaii College is a private junior college located in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. It was founded in 1977 and was initially known as the Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College. It received its current name in 1998.

The College confers the Associate in Liberal Arts Degree. It teaches approximately 250 international students, mainly coming from Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand.

TransPacific is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Contents 1 Campus 2 Faculty 3 Executive Officers 4 External links

[edit] Campus

The campus of the College is located in a residential community of Aina Haina district. The land, which is approx. 40,000 square feet, faces the eastern coast line of the island. There is a complex of four main buildings and it houses twenty classrooms, administrative offices, professors' offices, three computer labs, one learning resource lab, a student service center, and a library. There is beautiful ocean and mountain around TransPacific Hawaii College.

[edit] Faculty

On 31st day of March, 2008, the former president, John Norris, resigned for his personal reasons. Shungo Kawanishi was appointed to the Interim President of the college and act accordingly till the new president is appointed through a full search.

Associate of Arts Program
Full Time: 8, Ph.D. Holders: 6, Percentage of Ph.D. Faculty: 75%
Part Time: Unknown

English as a Second Language Program
Full Time: 6, Ph.D. Holders: 0, Percentage of Ph.D. Faculty: 0%
Part Time: Unknown

[edit] Executive Officers

Shungo Kawanishi, Ph.D.
Professor and Interim-President

Rachel Fukumoto, CPA
Vice President for Administrative Services and Chief Financial Officer

Donna Allen Parther
Professor and Vice President for Academic Affairs (formerly English as a Second Language Program Coordinator)

[edit] External links

• TransPacific Hawaii College
• Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of Western Association of Schools and Colleges