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
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.
Hapa-haole Hawaiian music connoisseurs Nancy Gustafsson-Rittenband and her husband Victor Rittenband wrote songs that encouraged listeners to think of Hawaiian music on a deeper level.
For 97-year-old Jitsumi Yamakawa, watching University of Hawai‘i sports is more than pastime; it’s an integral part of his daily routine. Everything from football to golf, live broadcast to 20-year-old game, Yamakawa (also known as “Uncle Joe”) tunes in to all things UH sports.
New lab facilities at UH Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum will help expand efforts to store, propagate and eventually restore many of Hawai‘i’s endangered native plant species
Aloha Shoyu is helping Hawaii’s health care future by funding scholarships for pharmacy students.
