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.
Perseverance and the utmost confidence to succeed were the core values in my life decisions and professional goals, which I imparted to my students.
During World War II, the 121 private Japanese language schools in Hawai‘i were mandated to disband. Robert Kiyoichi Murakami resisted losing his school’s property. He organized the Hawai‘i Veterans Memorial Fund to which he invited the schools to donate their assets. Since then, HVMF has assisted thousands of Hawai‘i students of diverse ethnicities to attend college.
After she retired, a friend suggested that she continue her service to students by funding a scholarship. With the help of UH Foundation, she established the Violet S. Sato Endowed Scholarship Trust in 2006.
