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Kalani Students ‘Climb High’ With New Opportunities

Kalani Students ‘Climb High’ With New Opportunities

Kalani Students ‘Climb High’ With New Opportunities By MidWeek June 19, 2024Screenshot from MidWeek NewspaperThrough nonprofit ClimbHI, Kalani High School students sort and recycle bottles from Embassy Suites by Hilton Waikīkī Beach Walk at RRR Recycling Services...

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ClimbHI Hosts 150 Students for Maui Workforce Event

ClimbHI Hosts 150 Students for Maui Workforce Event

ClimbHI Hosts 150 Students for Maui Workforce Event By Maui Now April 6, 2024Hawaiʻi workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI partnered with the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) and the Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, as well as dozens of Maui businesses and organizations, to...

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Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines Combo is Good for Hawaii

Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines Combo is Good for Hawaii

Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines Combo is Good for Hawaii By Mayors Richard Bissen, Rick Blangiardi, Derek Kawakami and Mitch Roth | Honolulu Star-Advertiser February 18, 2024Photo Courtesy: Jamm Aquino | jaquino@staradviser.com Hawaiian Airlines announced in December an...

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ClimbHI Appoints New Director of Operations

ClimbHI Appoints New Director of Operations

ClimbHI Appoints New Director of Operations By Sophia Compton | Pacific Business News January 11, 2024In her new role, Gibo will help lead ClimbHI's programs and day-to-day activities, including training educators and businesses, according to the announcement.ClimbHI,...

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100 Students in Hawaii Participate in Teen CERT Training

100 Students in Hawaii Participate in Teen CERT Training

100 Students in Hawaii Participate in Teen CERT Training By FEMA Preparedness Community January 11, 2024100 Students in Hawaii Participate in Teen CERT TrainingIn October 2023, students from across Hawaii participated in Teen CERT training. The Teen CERT program...

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Student Training Program “Climbs HI”

Student Training Program “Climbs HI”

Student Training Program "Climbs HI" By MidWeek November 15, 2023Pictured are Farrington High School students (front, from left) Jaden Manibog, Hyacinth Relosimon and Jace Apuya, and (back) Stephanie Dalinoc, Dayna Robinson, Angelika Agodong, Sofia Tadifa, Clareese...

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Pacific Inno – Fire Awards 2023

Pacific Inno – Fire Awards 2023

Pacific Inno - Fire Awards 2023 By Kelsey Kukaua Medeiros July 14, 2023Now in its second year, Pacific Inno’s Fire Awards recognize excellence in tech and innovation — including areas like food and energy independence. This includes both startups and longstanding...

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3 Questions with Julie Morikawa of ClimbHI

3 Questions with Julie Morikawa of ClimbHI

3 Questions with Julie Morikawa of ClimbHI By Sophia Compton | Pacific Business News June 2, 2023“Over the course of the last year, we have been privileged to do all this great work for our state and to reach over 71,500 students,” Julie Morikawa, president and...

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ClimbHI Hosts Hospitality Program for Big Island Students

ClimbHI Hosts Hospitality Program for Big Island Students

ClimbHI Hosts Hospitality Program for Big Island Students By Big Island Now April 21, 2023Nearly 50 high school and college students participated at The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort.Hawaiʻi workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI partnered with a dozen businesses and...

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High School, College Students Explore Career Option

High School, College Students Explore Career Option

High School, College Students Explore Career Option By The Maui News March 29, 2023Students get a taste of hotel housekeeping during ClimbHI’s workforce development event at the Fairmont Kea Lani in Wailea on Tuesday. Photos courtesy ClimbHIMore than 130 high school...

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Five Questions with Julie Morikawa

Five Questions with Julie Morikawa

Five Questions with Julie Morikawa By Vicki Viotti | Honolulu Star-Advertiser November 18, 2022Julie Morikawa founded ClimbHI to ensure that future generations have easily accessible career tools and connections in Hawaii. Photo courtesy by Craig T. KojimaThe founder...

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Students Get a ‘Leap-Start’ into High-Demand IT Jobs

Students Get a ‘Leap-Start’ into High-Demand IT Jobs

Students Get a ‘Leap-Start’ into High-Demand IT Jobs By Kelli Abe Trifonovitch | UH News September 28, 2022A new program is training University of Hawaiʻi students to enter the critical, growing information technology (IT) sector by providing practical experience with...

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For LEI Students, It’s The ‘Climb’

For LEI Students, It’s The ‘Climb’

For LEI Students, It's The 'Climb' By Julie Morikawa | Hawai'i Island Midweek June 8, 2022Larrianne Daine Lagpacan has always enjoyed cooking with her family, so when she experienced the culinary opportunities available in the hospitality industry during the ClimbHl...

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Crystal Ozaki Wins Teaching Honor

Crystal Ozaki Wins Teaching Honor

Crystal Ozaki Wins Teaching Honor By The Garden Island June 12, 2022Crystal Ozaki is a teacher at Kaua‘i High School.LIHU'E - A Kaua'i educator received the Hospitality Educator Award from the Hawai'i workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI and the Hawai'i Lodging &...

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KHS Teacher Wins Hospitality Educator Award

KHS Teacher Wins Hospitality Educator Award

KHS Teacher Wins Hospitality Educator Award By Kaua‘i News June 7, 2022Crystal Ozaki, a teacher at Kaua‘i High School for the past seven years, was named one of the two winners.Hawai‘i workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI recognized two educators on Kaua‘i and Maui...

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Inspiring Youth To Soar In The Tourism Industry

Inspiring Youth To Soar In The Tourism Industry

Inspiring Youth to Soar in the Tourism Industry By Julie Morikawa | Kauai MidWeek June 1, 2022Students from Kaua`i High School participated in ClimbHI's LEI (Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration) programThe day after his graduation from Kaua`i High School in 2018,...

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ClimbHI LEI Event Returns to HCC, Outer Islands

ClimbHI LEI Event Returns to HCC, Outer Islands

ClimbHI LEI Event Returns to HCC, Outer Islands By Hawai`i Hospitality Spring 2022ClimbHI, a Hawai‘i workforce development nonprofi t, hosted its 10th annual Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration (LEI) hospitality industry program April 5 at the Hawai‘i Convention...

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ClimbHI Continues to Expand Virtual Career Training Portal

ClimbHI Continues to Expand Virtual Career Training Portal

ClimbHI Continues to Expand Virtual Career Training Portal By Christina O'Connor | Pacific Business News February 11, 2022In looking back at the first full year of running its virtual career training portal, local nonprofit ClimbHI says it’s “dramatically increased”...

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Hawaiʻi Public Radio Bytemarks Café

Hawaiʻi Public Radio Bytemarks Café

Hawaiʻi Public Radio Bytemarks Café By Burt Lum | Hawaiʻi Public Radio February 9, 2022We'll catch up with the new executive director of the TRUE initiative or Technology Readiness, User Evaluation. We'll find out how TRUE is also working with ClimbHI to help develop...

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Helping Students ‘Climb’ to Success

Helping Students ‘Climb’ to Success

Helping Students 'Climb' to Success By Leeward O'ahu Voice Staff | MidWeek Voice January 19, 2022Nonprofit ClimbHI has reached nearly 1,400 public high school students in the first two years of its Service Excellence Certificate program for the Hawaiʻi Department of...

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Women Who Mean Business – Julie  Morikawa

Women Who Mean Business – Julie Morikawa

Women Who Mean Business - Julie Morikawa By Eugene Tanner | Pacific Business News October 01, 2021Julie Morikawa President | ClimbHIWhat did you want to be when you grew up? It was always about a feeling for me, not any particular profession. I've always found much...

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A Public-Private Partnership that Actually Works

A Public-Private Partnership that Actually Works

A Public-Private Partnership that Actually Works By Steve Petranik | Hawaii Business Magazine August 12, 2021Traditional way for kids to learn about careers was for teachers to invite dads, moms and anyone else they knew to speak to the class or show up at career...

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ClimbHI Honors Hawaii Businesses and Educators

ClimbHI Honors Hawaii Businesses and Educators

ClimbHI Honors Hawaii Businesses and Educators By Star-Advertiser Staff | The Honolulu Star-Advertiser August 4, 2021Hawaii workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI is recognizing three Hawaii businesses /organizations and three educators for their involvement with...

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Kamaʻāina Economic Recovery Stories

Kamaʻāina Economic Recovery Stories

Kamaʻāina Economic Recovery Stories By Kamaʻāina Economic Recovery June 23, 2021Aloha Mai Kākou Mahalo again for sharing stories of our state’s economic recovery. Your partnership helps us find the best stories to publish — and helps us reach more Hawaiʻi households...

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ClimbHI, HLTA Launch New Award for Hawaii Educators

ClimbHI, HLTA Launch New Award for Hawaii Educators

ClimbHI, HLTA Launch New Award for Hawaii Educators By Christina O'Connor | Pacific Business News June 16, 2021EUGENE TANNER | PBNWorkforce development nonprofit ClimbHI and the Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association have teamed up to create a new award to provide...

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HLTA – Mufi’s Message

HLTA – Mufi’s Message

Mufi's Message By Mufi Hannemann, President & CEO | Hawai‘i Lodging and Tourism Association June 10, 2021Aloha, Yesterday, HLTA and ClimbHI awarded $1,000 scholarships to two outstanding educators to gain experience in and understanding of our industry. This has been...

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A Visitor Industry that Inspires Students

A Visitor Industry that Inspires Students

A Visitor Industry that Inspires Students By Julie Morikawa | Honolulu Star-Advertiser March 25, 2021As Hawaii legislators consider a wide range of cuts to cultural, educational, safety and research programs run by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), it is critical to...

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ClimbHI Holds First Virtual Event

ClimbHI Holds First Virtual Event

ClimbHI Holds First Virtual Event By Jennifer Sudick | khon2.com March 31, 2021Hawaii workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI is hosting its first-ever virtual Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration (LEI) hospitality industry program on April 9, 2021, for up to 2,000...

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Helping Teens Climb Higher

Helping Teens Climb Higher

Helping Teens Climb Higher By Julie Morikawa| MidWeek March 31, 2021As a junior at Mililani High School, Raven Petersen attended her first Leadership, Exploration, Inspiration event, which was organized by Hawai‘i workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI. The...

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Program Open to Students Interested in Hospitality Industry

Program Open to Students Interested in Hospitality Industry

Program Open to Students Interested in Hospitality Industry ClimbHI interview on KHON2 By Nexstar Inc. | khon2.com March 19, 2021Even in high school, Geraldine “Denden” Ilan knew she wanted a career in sharing aloha. The 2016 graduate of Waipahu High School on the...

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ClimbHI Finds New Ways to Connect Amid Covid

ClimbHI Finds New Ways to Connect Amid Covid

ClimbHI Finds New Ways to Connect Amid Covid By Christina O'Connor | Pacific Business News February 18, 2021When workforce development nonprofit ClimbHI first launched its virtual career training portal in 2019, President and CEO Julie Morikawa envisioned that it...

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ClimbHI Connects Public School Students To Career Resources

ClimbHI Connects Public School Students To Career Resources

ClimbHI Connects Public School Students To Career Resources By Staff and Wire Reports | Hawaii Tech January 18, 2021Students at public high schools across the state can now connect with career opportunities through an online portal. Under a new partnership between the...

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Hoʻomaikaʻi to our 2021 Woman of the Year!

Hoʻomaikaʻi to our 2021 Woman of the Year!

Hawai‘i Women in Lodging & Tourism Hawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association | WIL's February Newsletter February 01, 2021Quote of the Month:There is power in allowing yourself to be known and heard in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice.Advice from a...

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ClimbHI Bridge Steers Students Toward Careers

ClimbHI Bridge Steers Students Toward Careers

ClimbHI Bridge Steers Students Toward Careers by Duane Kurisu | Honolulu Star-Advertiser December 20, 2020Public school students are getting a leg up on career opportunities through an online portal known as ClimbHI Bridge, which links educators with local businesses...

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ClimbHI Bridge Help Keiki Climb Higher

ClimbHI Bridge Help Keiki Climb Higher

ClimbHI Bridge Help Keiki Climb Higher By Stephanie Shinno | The Garden Island September 17, 2020Students meet Gov. David Ige in Honolulu at a pre-COVID-19 ClimbHI event. (Photo courtesy of ClimbHI)LIHU‘E — Julie Morikawa, president of ClimbHI Bridge, appreciates the...

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Our Schools Need Your Help Now

Our Schools Need Your Help Now

Our Schools Need Your Help Now By Steven Petranik | Editor Hawaii Business Magazine August 27, 2020IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION IN HAWAI‘I, the time is now, during this education crisis caused by the pandemic. And if you wonder how to help, one valuable way...

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Preparing Teens for Tomorrow

Preparing Teens for Tomorrow

Preparing Teens for Tomorrow By Noelle Fujii-Oride | Hawaii Business Magazine April 1, 2020Schools and businesses are partnering in unprecedented ways to develop the state’s future workforce. This is Part I of a two part report where we look at how Hawai‘i’s public...

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