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American AgCredit’s $2M gift grows Hawai‘i’s farmers

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Gift supports GoFarm Hawai‘i, one of the largest and most successful beginning farmer development programs in the nation.

Wailea Community Association helps Maui's newest nurses

2020 UH Maui nursing grads

Licensure testing for new nurses is pricey, but Wailea Community Association offers a hand.

Building a clearinghouse of resources for basic student needs

UH students endure insecurity in food and other needs

New committee addresses students' insecurities for basic needs.

First UH Giving Tuesday raises $73,177

Giving Tuesday a huge success thanks to you

Hundreds join effort to raise funds toward scholarships and financial aid for 10-campus system.

$1.2M for UHERO COVID-19 economic recovery research

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Donors bolster UHERO's research capacity for COVID-19 economic recovery.

$1M gift from HMSA Foundation expands interprofessional education at UH

Hawaii Interprofessional Team collaboration simulation

Creating an infrastructure for innovative experiential team-based learning experiences.

Bank of Hawaii steps up with $5M athletics sponsorship

SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center

BOH establishes endowment scholarship for UH student-athletes. Historic venue unveiled as SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

Celebrating Honolulu CC’s 100th anniversary with fundraising effort, community webinars

Faculty, staff and students at a Campus Beautification Centennial Event held in March 2020

In celebration of Honolulu Community College’s 100th anniversary, the college is launching an effort to raise $100,000 by December 31. In addition, it will be offering free community webinars addressing Hawai‘i’s needs during the pandemic.

Weinman's donate $1.56M to help tackle Hawai‘i’s doctor shortage

The Weinmans opened their home to seven Weinman Fellows and their families so they could meet each other and welcome Dr. Jerris Hedges as JABSOM dean on April 18, 2008.

Inspired by the success of a $1.6 million donation that established the Barry and Virginia Weinman Fellowship to fund 10 medical students’ educations, renowned philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman recently donated $1.56 million to fund 10 full-tuition scholarships at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

UH alumna establishes estate gift to support Mānoa travel school

Eva Kaa, a graduate of UH Mānoa's School of Travel Industry Management, establishes the Eva Kaa Scholarship of Excellence with an estate gift to UH.  

NAN Inc. donates $160,000 to support Hawaiʻi’s future engineers

Engineering Students working on a project

Hawaiʻi construction company NAN, Inc. has donated $160,000 to fund the Nan, Inc. Scholarship in Engineering at the UH Mānoa College of Engineering.

Gifts in 2020 totaled $84.7M in support for UH students, programs and research

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UH Vice President of Advancement and UHF CEO Tim Dolan added, “We are so grateful for each of the 21,070 gifts. Donors have made a phenomenal difference in the lives of our students this year, funding COVID-19 related urgent needs, programs supporting high school students’ transition to college, and students from all backgrounds graduating with the degrees and certificates essential for our economic recovery.”

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