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Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO)
HCC is home to a variety of Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO) of interest to the diverse and growing population of students at the college. Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO) are encouraged to contribute to the campus by developing events and activities funded in part by student activity fees. All Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO) are open to all students of Honolulu Community College.
View the Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO) Handbook
View the Campus Registered Independent Student Organizations (RISO) Points System [PDF]
- Administration of Justice (Inactive)
Advisor: Rob Edmonson
Purpose: To encourage fellowship among AJ students. - African American Cultural (Inactive)
Advisor: Femar Lee
Increase knowledge, appreciation, and preservation of the African American culture and arts. - AEC Club
Adivsor: Doug Madden
Purpose: To promote AEC and fellowship with students outside of the program. - Boat (Inactive)
Advisor: Mark Kimura
Purpose: To provide a resource for students at HCC who are interested in navigating ocean marine education and training. - CENT (Inactive)
Advisor: Mike Castell
Purpose: To improve our computing skills, network with our community, and improve our community through various projects. Most importantly, our goal is to have fun while we learn skills useful in industry. - Communication Arts
Advisor: Sandy Sanpei
Purpose: To provide networking opportunities. To provide a starting point for professional association with the AGIA. - Cosmetology (Inactive)
Advisor: Jess Aki
Puporse: To develop all aspects of our potential as human beings, and apply our studies
to real life activity in our community. - Early Childhood Education
Advisor: Iris Saito, Gaynel Buxton
Purpose: Advocate for ECE in the community. To provide services and resources to HCC and ECE community, Build a sense of community and establish a network among eary childhood educators and others. - Epic (Inactive)
Advisor: Dawn Simmons
Purpose: To provide regular opportunities to study and discuss the Bible, pray, and all in a group setting, which also provides opportunities for fellowship, encouragement, and spiritual development. - Carpentry
Advisor: Dean Crowell
Purpose: To help learn, sharpen, and prepare students for their performance in the trade. Give students the opportunity to get hand-on experience and allowing them to be able to work as a team. - Fashion Society
Advisor: Joy Ann Nagaue
Purpose: To help HCC students become familiar with all facets of the Fashion Industry. - Hui 'Oiwi
Advisor: G.F. Ka'iolani Akamine
Purpose: To provide a resource for students at HCC who are interested in the Hawaiian culture and promote cultural identity and awareness through cooperation in activities and projects with school and community organizations. - Human Services
Advisor: Elliott Higa
Purpose: To create a sense of community among the human sevices students and faculty through social and recreational gatherings. - Phi Theta Kappa
Advisor: Lena Low
Purpose: To recognize and encourage academic excellence among two-year college students. - Psychology
Advisor: Robert Dotson
Purpose: To provide a forum for the advancement of psychology and a constuctive social gathering to further relationships between students and faculty.
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IRS Information About 501c3 and Governance: The publication begins with the following thesis: "The IRS believes that a well-governed charity is more likely to obey tax laws, safeguard charitable assets, and serve charitable interests than one with poor or lax governance." The IRS goes on to explain that while tax law generally does not mandate any particular governance practices, the IRS has an interest in ensuring that both donors and charities are in compliance with the law, and therefore, the new IRS Form 990 asks specific questions about a nonprofit’s governance practices which will be used in IRS investigations of nonprofit organizations.
In particular, the IRS will be looking for whether an organization reports on its annual Form 990 that is has adopted formal written policies on: executive compensation, conflicts of interest, investments, fundraising, how governance decisions are documented, document retention and destruction, and handling whistleblower claims.