No major university can grow and excel without a healthy mix of public and private funds. Private contributions leverage public funds and maximize taxpayer dollars. Through partnering with philanthropic investors, our university can sustain excellence and enhance the student experience, making our campuses learning destinations of choice.
Many of the donors who give major gifts to the University of Hawaiʻi do so to support a program, school, or area of study that they believe in. Without exception, their gift has a major impact on our students, faculty and campus community as a whole.
Recent Impact Stories
UH alumnus, economics professor and lifelong learner Ward Mardfin writes about his journey with UH and why he is giving back.
The Mini-Medical School on Healthy Aging prepares people for the second half of their lives. Read why Dr. Leong created an endowment to fund this innovative program.
Committed to Education, Social Justice and Equality: Margaret Ushijima had been counseling students on the importance of higher education for many years before retiring.
The Jonathan Merage Foundation is partnering with SOEST to explore how long-range lightning data can potentially improve storm forecasting.
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.
"We want to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, and we thought Windward was a great place to do it," said Randy Jaycox. "We believe strongly that education is the key for people to go places and do things."
In Associate Professor Jing Ai’s risk management class, students are taught to think of risks as a being closely linked to uncertainty. From market crashes to natural disasters, risk management or the process of identifying and assessing potential risks in order to minimize negative impact, plays a crucial role in a corporation’s decision making processes.
