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January 2009
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University of Hawaii, Maui Community College
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How to Bring Laughter & Play Into Your Workplace & Life
Jan. 8,  $39

Computer for Beginners
Jan. 12,  $59
Jan. 31,  $59

Intro to AutoCAD
Jan. 12-26 (2M2W2F),  $295

CDL Basics I
Jan. 12,  $99

Adobe Photoshop Introduction
Jan. 13-20 (TThT)
$179

Fundamentals of Time Mgmt.
Jan. 14,  $39

Introduction to Windows XP
Jan. 14 & 16,  $109

Introduction to Windows Vista
Jan. 14 & 16,  $109

HTML Intro
Jan. 15-22 (ThTTh)
$189

Keyboard Typing for Success I
Jan. 15 - Feb. 5 (4Th),  $159

CDL Basics II, Basic Operation I & II, Safe Operation Practices I & II
Jan. 20 - Feb. 2
$1,200

Word Processing for Beginners
Jan. 21,  $59

NEW!  Edit Photos with Adobe Lightroom
Jan. 21,  $59

Introduction to Macintosh
Jan. 24,  $69

Adobe Photoshop Intermediate
Jan. 26 - Feb. 2 (MWM),  $179

Microsoft Word Essentials
Jan. 26 - Feb. 4 (2M2W),  $209

Business Bookkeeping Made Easy
Jan. 27 - Feb. 10 (3T),  $169

Microsoft Project Introduction
Jan. 27 & 29,  $109

Website Graphics
Jan. 27 - Feb. 5 (2T2Th),  $209

Microsoft Access Essentials
Jan. 28 - Feb. 4 (WFMW),  $209

Explore Mac OS X
Jan. 31,  $69

Promoting Your Business in the Media
Feb. 2 & 9,  $74

Supervisory Essentials
Feb. 3 & 5,  $101

Time Management for Microsoft Outlook
Feb. 5,  $149

Quickbooks Pro for Beginners I
Feb. 5-19, 2009 (3Th),  $169

Spreadsheets for Beginners
Feb. 6,  $59

NEW!  iApps: Everyday Applications for Your Mac
Feb. 7,  $69

PHR/SPHR Certification Preparation
Feb. 7 - April 18 (6Sat),  $989

FranklinCovey: 7 Habits for Managers
Feb. 9 & 10,  $199

Microsoft Project Intermediate
Feb. 10 & 12,  $109


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Meet Lois Greenwood
VITEC Director
Lois Greenwood, VITEC Director
VITEC's Founding Director, Lois Greenwood, has a goal to serve Maui County by providing the local work force with a competitive edge.

When asked of her personal contribution to VITEC, Lois said she offers her strengths in strategic planning, & in developing initiatives and direction for an organization.  Through the years, she has also ensured that VITEC has maintained a high standard of excellence.

In her free time Lois enjoys music, walking, swimming, meditation, & attending arts & cultural events.  She is active in her church, and organizes an Annual Children's Camp held in the Santa Cruz, CA mountains.

 Greetings!

The VITEC-Continuing Education & Training Team sends you best wishes and blessings for a transformative year in 2009.  These are challenging times, and many are feeling the impact created by the downturn in our global economy.  However, when there are challenges, there are also opportunities to grow.  This period of uncertainty is a great reason to take the time to learn a new skill or enhance your skills to become more marketable and more effective.

As Dr. Stephen Covey states in his book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, you must make time to "sharpen the saw" in the four dimensions of your life - mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual.  We hope that you take some time to consider the classes in this catalog with the view of "sharpening the saw."  Many of our classes are new, and all will help you "Resolve to Evolve."  This is our challenge to you!  Happy New Year!

-The VITEC Team

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VITEC Celebrates it's 20th Anniversary!
Then & Now . . .
VITEC-MCC, Laulima Bldg. Over the last 20 years, VITEC (Vital Innovative Training & Economic Development Center) has grown to be a leading-edge training organization dedicated to enhancing the professional and personal lives of Maui County residents, visitors, and businesses.  VITEC currently serves over 10,000 participants annually, and employs over 100 training professionals.
 
Founding Director, Lois Greenwood, says VITEC was first conceived in 1988, after a survey done by the County of Maui identified that local economic development lacked infrastructure in workforce training.  A program that provided the local workforce with competitive skills was sorely needed, and the timely idea to launch a training center for the visitor industry workforce was born.  Through the generosity of hotelier & philanthropist, Charles Sweeney, the idea became a reality. 
 
VITEC first opened it's doors in January 1989, from a converted WWII quonset hut rented from The Maui News.  With imagination & resourcefulness, the quonset hut was converted into a beautiful center with classrooms, offices, and a conference room.  In addition to visitor industry training, VITEC began to offer computer classes.  VITEC enjoyed serving the community from this location for a few years.
 
In the mid 1990's, VITEC was provided with office space at the Maui Research & Technology Center, through a partnership between the Tech Center & the University of Hawaii, Maui Community College.  As an incubator for economic development and small businesses, the Maui Research & Technology Center needed a way to provide workforce training for their hi-tech entrepreneurs.  VITEC became a link that provided this vital service. VITEC expanded their services, and began to offer business training.  National award-winning VITEC programs developed during this time frame include RITE (Retail Industry Training In Excellence) and RISE (Restaurant Industry Service in Excellence).
 
In the year 2000, VITEC received the good news that the newly built Laulima Building at Maui Community College was ready for them to move into.  Reflecting VITEC's origins of promoting hospitality and service in the visitor industry, the VITEC staff designed the lobby to simulate the feel of a hotel front desk, where the customer would always find a friendly face.  Other distinctive touches featured in the lobby design include the beautiful spiral staircase, tall ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a Hawaiian breadfuit logo tiled into the lobby floor. 

Through the years VITEC has custom designed training programs for all the premiere Maui resorts in areas such as hospitality, Hawaiian culture, and multicultural diversity issues.  One of their clients, the Ritz Carlton Kapalua, hired VITEC to develop a customized training to educate their employees about a sacred burial site on the Ritz Carlton premises.  Lois worked with leading Maui Kumus to develop a program that taught the Ritz Carlton employees how to properly respect the sacred site using traditional Hawaiian chants, offerings, and ceremony.  Through this "Sense of Place" training, the employees still to this day take great pride in being the stewards of this sacred burial site.
 
By the mid 2000's two other programs (PACE & CompTech) were merged into VITEC. After a year of reinventing itself, VITEC immerged as the comprehensive training program that we are familiar with today.  VITEC offers continuing education & training in business & professional development, computer technology, and personal enrichment.   Customized workplace trainings are also available.  Through its numerous programs, VITEC's goal is to help increase the competitiveness of Maui's working people and businesses to meet the challenges of a dynamic, global marketplace.

For a full schedule of classes check out:

www.ocet.org

A & B Training Bonus Renewed for 2009

A & B Training Grant: The Key to Success
VITEC-Continuing Education & Training is pleased to announce that the A & B Foundation has generously renewed the A & B Training Bonus for 2009!

The A & B Training Bonus is available for work-related classes in the business, vocational, and computer technology areas. 

The bonus will pay up to $100 on registration fees that exceed $100.  For classes costing under $100, the training bonus will cover 80% of fees.  Please refer to the sidebar for a complete list of classes that qualify for the A & B Training Bonus for the month of January.

These funds are provided to support the development of businesses on Maui.  Applicants that qualify for the A & B Training Bonus include:

- Individuals (including the unemployed)
- Sole Proprietors
- Small Businesses (up to 4 employees)
- Large companies, non-profits, educational institutions, & governmental agencies (up to 4 employees)

An eligible person may use the A & B Training Bonus one time per year.  Funds are available on a first-come/first-serve basis.

It's easy to apply by phone!
For more information, or to apply today call:

984-3231
 
Boot Camp for Goddesses with Sierra Bender
Boot Camp For Goddesses, Maui
April 21st-26th, 2009

Women in search of the perfect spring renewal will be thrilled to know that Boot Camp for Goddesses will be coming to Maui Community College this Spring.  Led by international retreat leader, Sierra Bender, Boot Camp for Goddesses is a holistic fitness program that is designed specifically for women.  Sierra has a four-pronged approach to health and fitness that incorporates the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
 
Boot Camp for Goddesses is designed for women at all levels of fitness.  Women of all backgrounds will leave behind life's demands and expectations, and return to their true Goddess nature.  It's a chance to reclaim and rejoice in your magic, mystery, strength, and inner beauty.  Bender says the retreat is designed to "awaken women to their female spirit." 
 
Boot Camp for Goddesses features yoga, fitness workouts, hikes to sacred sites,  detoxification, meditation, breath work, aromatherapy, energetic healing, a sweat lodge purification ceremony, and live African drumming and dancing. Also included are discussions on women's health, nutrition, and healing. "To become truly powerful, you have to be fit in more than just your physical body", says Bender.  Boot Camp for Goddesses creates a safe haven to explore and embrace your truth.  You'll relax into that sacred place inside you where everything is still, and where answers are found.
 
A few things you will gain at Boot Camp for Goddesses:
 
- Discover the 4 levels of total fitness and assess your strengths and challenges.
- Take command of your mind, body, spirit, and emotions.
- Explore women's traits of mystery, magic, balance, wisdom, and inner beauty.
- Trust, listen, and follow your body's intelligence.
- Honor the balance that exists between effort and  nurturing.
- Explore what it means to meet our needs and strive for your own goals.
- Learn a new discipline of strength - the strength to let go.
- A more radiant outer beauty reflecting the joy you feel within.



TESTIMONIAL
"What an unforgettable experience I enjoyed at Boot Camp for Goddesses.  It's like coming home . . . returning to a body, a soul, a spirit that got lost along the way . . . Thank you for putting together a program that speaks gently and firmly to all of that we are as women, and all that we can be for ourselves and others."

--Wendy McGrane Strang, MPH Image Studios Films


For Event Registration & More Information: 

www.bootcampforgoddesses.com


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(808) 984-3231

For Any Other Questions Please Contact:

Dawn Freels
dawn@hawaii.edu
(808) 984-3420


Quote of the Month
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.  And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques rather than from our own inner core, others will sense that duplicity.  We simply won't be able to create and sustain the foundation necessary for effective interdependence.

--Stephen Covey

  Our Mission . . .
Eva Bondar, VITEC Training Coordinator
VITEC promotes life-long learning for individuals, businesses, and organizations through high quality non-credit training in the areas of workforce and economic development, computer technology, personal enrichment, & customized workplace trainings.  Mahalo for your ongoing support!