G.E.A.R.U.P., Maui! helps youths seek education, job goals

GEAR UP Maui featured their successful career day event that was held on the University of Hawaii – Maui College campus earlier this year. Representatives from a wide variety of careers were stationed around campus, giving students the opportunity to explore careers and the University of Hawaii – Maui College campus. “...We are starting the conversation. And the first thing I do every time is to take a Hawaiian value and integrate it into that conversation. For the Feb. 28th Kalama event, the Hawaiian value was ‘akamai’ (smart) so the title was Akamai Career Day at UH-MC. It’s a way to instill the culture into the experience from the moment they arrive,” explains Sheron Leihuanani Bissen, GEAR UP Maui Director.