Kuykendall Hall Who wants to watch a Dissertation Defense of…read morea random PHD student that you have never met? Oh! OH! OH oh oh! I volunteer Luis! I kinda love it how people what to have a little badge next to their name that says First to Review. I too have on purpose reviewed some worthy places that needed to have a page up on Yelp and yes I too happened to have a first to review star next to my name. Back to my running joke- Who wants to watch a Dissertation Defense? They are so much fun! Yeah, if you really are going for your PHD and are in the very same field as another student defending something not on your topic but from 1 or more of the same professors that will interview you live- then yes, you really should go out and watch a Dissertation Defense of a random person since they are open to the public just to mentally prepare for the tasks of explaining your standpoint on a very myopic topic that you have spent YEARS on that you may not realize have missed some of the more obvious questions that are usually asked. Also- it is a cool building to get away from people you are avoiding! Not cool as in "Victoria Secrets backstage VIP passes" cool but cool as in one of the buildings that has reliable AC in a muggy Manoa weather Cool. Classrooms are classrooms almost everywhere you go in the mainland- but not al UHM classrooms are equal as toooooo many are mobile trailers that DON'T have AC! Kuykendall, at least, has the tech needs of AC and AV that make for a good classroom for a modern prof to do his or her educational teaching tech needs fully. I got my MEd and had many classes in Kuykendall -so I liked it. I can't say the same for the other classroom settings that didn't have AC where I was dying (sic). Bathrooms- no they are not the freshest I have ever been in but the very nice thing about them is that there is always room for me or anyone to put their backpacks or books so that they don't have to go on the ground like in other public bathrooms. Halls- always fun to see what different Profs or students have put up on the boards- some great Far Side jokes all the way to the latest meeting of student organizations that can be beyond interesting. Noise level- quieter than one would assume in a college. I like UHM and Kuykendall was home to to many days and nights not to remember it well and go back happily knowing that homework is not due today. Until I have to be the one sitting watching a Dissertation Defense preparing for my own Prof to question me on my upcoming works. How do I know about the Dissertation Defenses and other programs? There is a robot email that you can sign up for if you are an alum or random person to know what is up with UHM events from different colleges like Language and Literature. There are other great news items that they email you if you are on the listserve- like 3/14: Flavors of India Tasting & Meet the Chef Tuesday, March 14, 2017 | 5:30 - 7:30p | Campus Center Ballroom Flavors of India - Meet & Greet with Chef Ronald Thomas Minezes Manoa Dining Services is bringing Chef Ronald Thomas Minezes from India to UH Manoa. This effort is part of Sodexo's Global Chef Program, which flies in culinary leaders. Maybe that would get more Yelp Foodies interested in some of the events going on from the staff working in Kuykendall Hall or UHM in general. Otherwise - see you on campus at Kuykendall Hall.

The English department at the University of Hawaii-Manoa will always hold a special place in my…read moreheart. I spent 5.5 years (including summers) at UHM, and English was the only subject at the school I always knew I'd truly enjoy, excel at and obtain a degree in. As it turns out, my double major in journalism was just fodder to my true love of creative writing. It's been almost a decade since I've last been here for academic purposes, but I do recall a lot about the building, the faculty offices and the types of classes they offered. I liked most of my professors, and I looked forward to attending most of my classes, especially the upper-level, free-form ones. Although the English department is the largest in the UHM College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures (LLL), I strongly believe that its headquarters at Kuykendall are grossly underfunded and in need of major repair. There's an inadequate number of classrooms, sometimes the elevator (i.e., only one) doesn't work, hallways have poor lighting and AC is spotty (especially in faculty offices). It used to feel like a ghost town to me on many occasions, since not very many people hung out on the 2nd or 3rd floors despite all the available benches. I'm giving the English Department / Kuykendall Hall four stars because - even if it takes another decade or two to actually fund and implement - I still believe there's potential here for something great.

This place is located right of George Hall, front of Shidler (BusAd), left of Saunders, and left of…read moreHawaii Hall. School of Communications, and there is Academy for Creative Media (ACM) in here too. It's pretty clean for the most part, and it's only three floors up. The classrooms are kind of spacious. Except for the chairs since it's bolted to the floor like any lecture classes, but it's definitely more space to shift your butt and legs around in compared to Spalding. The restrooms are pretty clean too, but not as nice as Webster's. I like the stairs. You walk in, and there is the stairway. While you wait for class, you can sit on it until it starts. Watch it accumulate people and make way for people walking. If you don't like the stairs, stand and be awkward. If you're going upstairs, you can take the elevator too, just located on the left side. By the way, it's slow. The administration office for Communications is located on the third floor, and they're really nice people. I know I wouldn't mind coming to Crawford for any of my classes.

Building isn't too hard to find. It's right next to Saunders Hall. It's not exactly the nicest…read morebuilding, but it isn't too bad. The room we have class in seats about 100+. It's not stadium seating like the Art Building lecture rooms, so it's kind of hard to see the projection screen. I would suggest sitting in the front if you're short.

Hmm, I'm not exactly sure how to rate a school building…read more. Well, I have anatomy & physiology here and I like that since it's usually so empty that the wifi is the fastest here as compared to any other building on campus.. I don't like that it takes 10-15 minutes to walk here (or me at least) from the bus stop.. It sucks when it's raining. Also, it's so cold in Biomed! Long pants and a jacket doesn't seem to make a difference when I'm sitting in a cold lecture hall. Oh, but C-More hall is in front now and looks super nice! The trees make it smell like I'm in the forest too! Hehehe.

The biomedical building is one of the newer ones on campus. I have class in one of the big lecture…read morehalls on the first floor. There are other classrooms. they have stairs and elevators that make things nice. There's lots of seating and it's air-conditioned which is nice. They have a large projection screen with a white board in front. There are plugs that are in the building but they aren't near the seats. The bad thing about the biomedical building, is that it is super far away from the rest of campus. If you're dorming it would be best to take one of the housing shuttles to get here. There isn't any food options close by either, the closes is paradise palms. Another thing is that there is only one door to get in and out of the building. I feel like that is a major fire hazard. They have an emergency door up front, but i mean it's hell leaving and entering the classroom. Overall this lecture hall is a lot nicer than other lecture halls, i wish it wasn't so far away!

Back when I was an undergrad, this was one of my most frequently visited places on campus other…read morethan the libraries and campus center. It's located in between Webster Hall and Hamilton Library. In fact, it is pretty much connected right next to Webster Hall. I would sometimes have class here, mostly in room 257. This building represents the Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages Department such as Hawaiian, Samoa, Filipino, Ilokano, Cambodian, Thai, etc. The building has four floors. Most of the department rooms are on the 4th floor. The administrative room is on the 2nd floor. On the bottom floor, there is Spalding 155 auditorium which is a nice place to watch movies or even play movies. The room sometimes holds special events. I remember having ICS class in the room and would always fall asleep. It can hold a lot of people. Just in case there is a natural disaster or something, that room is also a bomb shelter. Many people do not know that. Outside of Spalding 155, there's this open area next to the entrance which is perfect for breakdancing and skating. My crew sometimes roam around there. If you hang outside long enough, you'll get bit from mosquitoes. Yelp 365 Challenge #234/365

This center houses choke tingz . Like the Native Hawaiian Student Services, Cashier's Office,…read moreFinancial Aid, Registrars etc. Has bathrooms and vending machines too. With a mail box drop in the front and pay to park stalls outside.

It's really rather hard for me to find my way around this building so I'm glad they have an…read moreinformation booth when you walk in the first floor. The ground floor is kind of creepy as in the bathrooms are spooky kind of way. I wish they had more windows are the records office as the line can get pretty long.

Definitely one of the older buildings on campus. How do I know? it just smells old haha…read more The building itself is pretty old school where everything is some shade of brown. Lame. Entering the building is pretty awkward since the front doors are NEVER unlocked. Never have I seen anyone enter the building through the actual front door - only through the side door or the back door. The lobby has a cool set of 3D models of the Hawaiian islands with some factoids about each island. If you have a lab here, don't go to the main building. Stray away from the main building and go to the right where the courtyard is and that's where the lab classes are. It's interesting that there's a mini-jungle between the annex-like lab rooms. There are people constantly up-keeping the garden so that's nice. One really good thing about this building is that there's always a cool breeze outside and the AC is always super cold inside. Since this building is like on the outskirts of the campus and a voyage to get to, it's nice that it's refreshing to be here. The rooms that I have seen and have been in are always really clean and bright - two things that I find necessary when learning. Although the main building is pretty old school, the lab rooms are nice and semi-modern.

Community College in Kāne'ohe, O'ahu, Hawaii…read more.. Windward Community College (WCC) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022. It has been a vital part of our community in many ways. Besides educating students, WCC has hosted the Windward Ho'olaule'a (festival) with food trucks, craft vendors, live music, and hula performances. It has invited the public to view movies at The Hokulani Imaginarium (planetarium); showcased artwork from the ceramics studio; and most recently, held The Aloha Giveaway at the covered parking lot (solar panels are on the roof) near the entrance of the campus. I have attended Hawaiian concerts in the Paliku Theater - and Union meetings in one of the classrooms. The library and cafe were impressive - both were very organized, clean, and professional! This is such a beautiful campus where parking is free! I'm tempted to take a class or two here...

Due to recent heavy rain and flooding, Windward Community College is the temporary vaccination site…read morebeing used on March 10 & 11 for the state's Covid 19 vaccination distribution. My husband and I are fortunate to be receiving our 2nd Moderna vaccine here this morning, a month ago we got it at Windward Health Center. Street signs were posted with arrows guiding you to Hale Akoakoa Building, covid protocols are enforced including temp check's in the beginning, many staff ensuring seats and other touch surfaces are sanitized before the next person arrives, short application to be completed while in line, brief assessment with an MD, then you're seated with a nurse who administers your shot, moving to a quarantine area for 15 minutes should a patient have allergic reactions needing medical attention, checkout desk to validate your official vaccination card reminding you to make a copy of it for your PCP. Also complimentary cold water & Gatorade bottles are available upon request. I was beyond impressed with this process and how efficient it was as well as how wonderful each and every staff person/volunteer was that I interacted with.

I had one class in the building and it was really nice. The rooms are AC and there is a whiteboard…read morefor the lectures. The rooms are for smaller, more intimate classes, which I find easier to learn in. The building is located right above Manoa Gardens, so you can grab a snack before class.

I am surprised that no one has reviewed a very distinguished area at UH Manoa known as Hemenway…read morehall. As an undergraduate, I spent a lot of time here from chillin in the courtyard having some lunch, drinking it up in bale, practicing with the crew at the dance studios, or doing an interview at KTUH. Lots of good times here. This area can be utilized by both students and non students. On the ground floor area there is American savings bank, bale (only place on campus that serves drinks), ka Leo student newspaper place, barber shop, etc. On second floor has some dance studios and rooms for students to use and reserve, the dental hygiene program, KTUH (Student run radio station), etc. If you are a currently a student this is a great place to chill and hang out. It is an excellent resource on campus. Sometimes there's events that happen at the hemenway hall courtyard which is cool. There's a drink dispenser vending machine around the area. Hemenway hall is located right next to Sinclair library and not too far from campus center and university ave. across the street. I always come here every week for dance crew practices. So yeah definitely one of the coolest places on campus!