Windward Community College

I have taken numerous classes here, but never any classes in real life. They have all been online classes. This is really convenient because it’s one heck of a drive from where I live sometimes. I would hate to do it multiple times a week. Unless of course it was for a woman. Then I might do it everyday! I come here sometimes to buy school books for the semester.
The Windward Community campus is beautiful and a good size. Going from class to class looks like it would be good exercise as there are numerous buildings, and they all don’t look that big. The campus is a bit hilly too. Parking has been a cinch with numerous stalls strategically placed throughout the campus.
So far, every faculty member that I have worked with has been excellent. I do use websites though to figure out which professors are good. There are a few decent websites similar to Unilocal,but used instead to review professors rather than businesses.

2015 HO’OLAULEA, crazy good,
Plenty of BOOBs
or also known as «Brought Our Own Beers»
Brought my grand kids too. It was the best one ever,
The weather was overcast with a nice light breeze, beautiful.
WINDWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS ROCKS
Free Live Music, Kahalu’u Keiki’s Ukulele players,
U.S.A.F. «Small Kine» Band Seriously, these guys are the real deal
I would pay good money to hear these play again, THEY ARE THAT GOOD!
GREAT MUSIC, GREAT FOOD, GREAT CRAFT VENDOR PRICES
EQUALS A VERY GREAT TIME;-)
Poi mochi sold out, Hawaiian plate did too, all kind local grinds
They had whole bunch of craft tents, selling everything from
Sarongs to woodcrafts to Thongs
My grand kids loved the kiddy carnival there
It was a big Win Win for me and my family
everybody got to have a great time, Big Time!

As has been mentioned in other reviews, the campus at Windward Community College is probably the most beautiful in the entire state. Lush and green and tucked into the Koolau mountains… you can’t help but take photos of building and students.
Great faculty too! I’m a fan of community colleges because the emphasis is on teaching. The faculty I know and have worked with are truly dedicated to their students and the subjects that they teach. I’m friends with several science faculty and I know they create amazing learning opportunities for students both in and out of the classroom. I’ve enjoyed working with them and am in awe of their dedication to their craft.
The biggest complaint I’ve heard is that parking is very limited, which is true. Parking is free and with 4-​year colleges becoming more expensive, a lot of students are looking at WCC and the other cc’s as financially friendly alternative. The more students… the more competition for parking.

Great teachers and advisory staff! I enjoy continuing my education here at a reasonable price. Did I mention FREE parking? Just have to show up early to class and can’t expect a spot if you’re running to class at the last second. It’s called being responsible! ;-)

The campus is probably most beautiful college campus i have ever been on. The teachers seem genuine in that fact that they want you to succeed. i especially like the fact also that most teachers will offer an incentive for filling our their ecafe with some extra credit points, which is always welcomed in my book for last minute points added to your grade hopefully to boost whatever borderline grade you might already have. The library is brand new, and i love the fact there is three floors, the first one was you walk into being the middle floor filled with computers & lots of other things, the bottom floor being more classes i assume, and sitting areas, and the third floor being the quiet area. Which i love going up to sometimes because you will find yourself sitting next to some loud as person who cant hear them talking over their earphones on the main floor. :P the drawbacks would be the parking as i assume everyone would agree. Unless you take a later afternoon, or early, morning class usually the 8am you will be finding yourself already in a bad mood walking to class because you spent at least 30 mins + fighting/​finding a parking spot. THANKFULLY they do tend to open up the back grass area for parking but even so. being Hawaii humid as it is at times, if you had to park there && you have a class way past the library you defiantly will be arriving to class trench in sweat, and out of breath. Ha hah.

I dread everyday I have to come to class here just because of the parking. It’s IMPOSSIBLE to find parking unless you’re lucky or get here just before a class session is done and people leave. I once spent 45 mins waiting for a spot only to have someone else pull up in front of me and take the spot! VERY STRESSFUL! Better not to take a class here during the «prime» time (around 10−11am). As far as the instructors I’ve had so far, they are pretty good, and the campus is nice. Our class had a problem with not having a projector because the school is apparently cutting down so with that and the terrible parking I’m giving it 2 stars.

FRee Parking. They have a great New Library. The Planetarium is GREAT and has great shows for the family and educational. The performing arts Theatre is great as well. Hustled close to the mountain range it is serene and beautiful.

Loved going to this school! The campus is absolutely beautiful!

I’m not a student here, but as a visitor I am impressed with he campus. I recently came by here for a conference. The campus is beautiful and the view of the mountains is amazing. They also have a place called Imaginarium which is like the dome building bishop museum uses for shows. it’s kind of like a virtual planetarium in a way. I don’t know how this place is as a school, but as a visitor the place is very nice.

Best campus ever!

Pros:
Beautiful campus
Impressive planetarium
Gorgeous theater and art gallery
More than a dozen excellent professors (Ron Loo — Philosophy, Toni Martin — Art, Snowden Hodges — Art, Janice Nuckols — History, Kalani Meinecke — Hawaiian, Ben Moffat — Theater, Marvin Kessler — Astronomy, Toshihiko Ikagawa — Geography, Joe Ciotti — Geology)
Cons:
Limited parking
Poor counseling staff
Limited extracurricular activities
Disengaged student body

Sigh University of Hawaii’s Windward Community College can be so full of fail sometimes. Just received an email that they have decided to cancel Burt Lum’s class on Intro to Social Media by saying: «Dear Michael: The section of Intro to Social Media (ICS 121V Section 0 CRN 61 496) in which you enrolled for Fall 2012 has been cancelled. You may wish to review available sections and register for another class.» How do they expect me to find another class 3 DAYS BEFORE THE START OF THE SEMESTER. Majority of the classes are full to capacity by now. Not to mention that because today is a State holiday the college is closed until Monday (when school starts) when they start to charge to add/​drop classes so basically it is a double slap to the face.

I’ve taken courses at Honolulu Community College and UH Manoa, and this is probably one of the best campuses I’ve been to. The buildings are always clean (especially the bathrooms which is important to me when I have to stay at school for a while). The faculty are very nice, many (especially in the science department) are well respected in their field. The campus itself is very beautiful being next to the Koolau mountains. The parking is also FREE. Yup, I said it. FREE. The other campuses I’ve been to I needed to pay to park on campus.
Unfortunately I cafeteria isn’t too great. There are vending machines, and the mall is pretty much down the road. I wouldn’t recommend eating at school.

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I was always curious to check this campus out and I finally got to take a personal «tour» of the place by my bf, at the time. The campus is nice and since it is by the mountain, it seems like a very peaceful and comfortable place to study. Granted that we went during winter break so it wasnt crowded, but there is a lot of land and grassy area so it would be nice to just pull up a mat or just sit on the grass and study. I also got to see the outside of their soon to be new library where and heard that there would be a deli and coffee shop for the students who have later classes. Overall, a nice campus that definitely portrays the beauty of Hawaii.

I recently visited Windward Community College to represent my place of employment at a service fair, and I was impressed with their staff and facilities.
Firstly, even though it was lunchtime on a Tuesday during the school year, I didn’t have a problem finding parking. Second, parking was free. Third, their staff actually answer their phones, are responsive, and work hard.
I kinda wish I went to school here! If their teachers are anything like their admin staff, their classes must be awesome.
I’m a fan!
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The Good:
*I like this campus because it’s green and beautiful
*The teachers are great :)
The Bad:
*It’s located right next to the Hawaii State Mental Facility
The Weird:
*same as the bad*

Went here on a Saturday night for a graduation. First time here. It was nice and secluded. I thought it was semi-​romantic until my boyfriend told me about the crazy hospital on the same property called Red Roof, it was then that I wanted to leave before it got dark. Especially hearing how people escape.