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
Jane Traynor is a PhD candidate in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in Asian theater.
Retired UH professor John B. Hall continues to give back to the university through hiking classes and a special donation to Hawai‘i CC.
Long before the principles of mathematics were written in textbooks, they were practiced by Polynesian voyagers through intimate knowledge of the natural world. Patterns of waves and currents, birds’ flight behavior, and the movement of stars in the sky presented mathematical problems enabling them to cross the ocean with precision and aloha.
The Good Jobs Hawaiʻi program was initially seeded with a grant from the federal government and further supported by Ascendium’s gift.
The Endowed Emeritus Professor K.K. Seo Asian Field Study Scholarship will ensure more students can gain real-world experience in Asia.
I aspire to providing compassionate care and support for cancer patients, a commitment that grows stronger with each step I take in my education.
