For more than a century, the University of Hawaiʻi has worked hard to make higher education accessible to all. Whether through one of the seven community college campuses or one of the three four-year campuses, UH is expanding its efforts to attract the most promising students, regardless of their financial circumstances.
As college costs continue to rise, the amount of private support for students must as well. Gifts to scholarships and student aid help us to retain our best and brightest and to provide access to a life-changing higher education experience for our students.
A few months before his death, legendary Hawai‘i entertainer Jimmy Borges told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that his 60 years of success on stages around the world wasn’t the product of a good voice. “It’s not just making sounds,” he explained. “Many, many singers nowadays think it’s about making beautiful sounds, but it’s like chewing gum. The taste is there, then the taste is gone. When I sing a song that tells a good story, they’ll remember it 30 years from now.”
When Roger Higa connected with UH West Oʻahu’s Risk Management program, fulfilling his desire to combine altruism, philanthropy, and service to the community – he knew it was Destiny.
Japanese scholars receive a full-tuition scholarship for one or two years of study at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, a $25,000 annual stipend, and roundtrip airfare from Japan to Honolulu.
