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.
Local business leaders Wesley and Phyllis Segawa are honoring Wesley's parents Herbert and Kay Segawa for their many years of giving back to the Hawaiʻi Island community.
For 12 years, the Hawai‘i High School Summer Auto Academy at Honolulu Community College has been giving high school students interested in the automotive industry the unique opportunity to hit the road to college running.
When Matt Struba recalls his first few weeks at the UHF Student Calling Center, he remembers that the transition took getting used to. Previously a welder, Matt had been doing construction and other hard labor jobs before coming to the calling center in 2014. But two years later and $100,000 worth of funds raised, Matt feels right at home.
