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.
Kara Nelson, a UH Hilo senior double majoring in English and communication, is the first recipient of the Matthew Somchai Therrien Memorial Award.
Mr. Isle set up the Tully J. Isle Endowed scholarship to encourage and assist students studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics at UH Mānoa. He also established the fund in memory of his father Charles, his mother Lucille and his brother James.
Dr. Anthony Otsuka, a faculty member from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy is honoring his own heritage in Hawai‘i as well as helping students with a scholarship.
