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
For those in higher education, the opportunities for advancement are fairly limited in Hawai‘i as compared to other states. Anything that helps reward these folks for the work they do, every little bit helps,” said Dr. Kormondy.
UH alum Tom Kitaguchi uses creativity and charisma to bring ‘Bows fans together to build alumni pride and support the team.
Scholarship recipient, free diving enthusiast and student call center team member Shannon Yoshikawa has personally helped raise $100,000 to benefit other UH students like herself.
In 2010 Barry and Virginia Weinman created a fund that makes it possible for the UH Cancer Center to invite global leaders in cancer research to Hawaiʻi. This year, 2013 Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine Randy W. Schekman received the Weinman Award.
Alison and Vincent Shigekuni are passionate about our environment and bees! Since the UH Hilo adopt-a-beehive program launched, they have supported a beehive named in honor of Alison’s parents. Now they have created a scholarship.
Vincent Linares, UH Maui College emeritus professor, opens up about art, education and the power of giving in this Q&A.
Hannah Fukushima is able to stay in Hawai‘i and pursue her dreams of working with children thanks to scholarships.
Kofi Annan said, ‘Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.’ Simply stated, if students cannot make meaning of the content they are reading, they lose hope. Meet the Hubert V. Everly Endowed Scholar in Education who is building hope.
To start his gems trading business, Paul S. Honda had to sell a seven strand pearl necklace his mother gave him. Read about his fascinating, challenging journey to success, and the international opportunities he funded for community college students.
