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Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) donated $6,000 to fund scholarships at Windward Community College. The gift will be awarded to students during the 2016-2017 academic year. » More

Hawai'i Island - The family of Daniel and Lydia Makuakāne have made a pledge of $100,000 to establish the Daniel and Lydia Makuakāne Endowed Scholarship. The endowment honors their parents Daniel and Lydia Makuakāne for their contributions to the preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian language and cultural practices. The scholarship is intended to help increase the number and proficiency of Hawaiian speakers. It will support eligible undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Ka Haka 'Ula o Ke'elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language. » More

HONOLULU – The Andrew and Mary Weinberg Foundation has donated $150,000 to establish the Andrew and Mary Weinberg Cancer Immunotherapy Fund at the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center. This fund will support research-related activities in cancer immunotherapy including the recruitment of a lead researcher in cancer immunotherapy, research supplies and equipment, expenditures related to meetings and conferences, travel expenses for speakers and recruits, and outreach and education activities. » More

Randolph Moore, University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents chair, and his wife Dr. Lynne Johnson, have made a $500,000 gift to create the Randolph G. Moore and Lynne Johnson Endowed Fund for Music. This endowment will support the Music Department at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Arts and Humanities primarily in the area of Musicology.

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West O‘ahu – The Roy and Hilda Takeyama Foundation has made a $1 million commitment to support and advance the mission and priorities of the Academy for Creative Media that is housed at the UH West Oʻahu campus. Their gift will support Academy for Creative Media students with tuition, books, fees, travel, the purchase of computer hardware and software, student internships and special student scholarships that may be established. It will also be used to outfit the anticipated Academy for Creative Media building with state-of-the-art equipment. In recognition of this gift, two classroom laboratory spaces will be named after Roy and Hilda Takeyama. » More

HONOLULU – University of Hawai‘i President Dr. David Lassner has made a $76,000 gift to support the University of Hawai‘i System Information Technology Services. » More

HONOLULU, HI — The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has received a gift to create an endowed scholarship from N&K CPAs, Inc. The endowed scholarship will provide tuition assistance to the best and brightest Accounting students at the College in perpetuity. » More

HONOLULU – Honolulu Community College has received an anonymous $150,000 gift to support three popular workforce development programs. » More

USA Funds has awarded a $4.6 million grant to the University of Hawai‘i to help build Hawai‘i’s innovation economy workforce and stem the state’s “brain drain.” » More

HONOLULU – Dana and David Matlin have pledged $35,000 to create the Lillian S. Hatate Scholarship Endowment. David Matlin is currently the UH Mānoa Athletics Director. This scholarship will support full-time student-athletes participating in intercollegiate sports on any sports team at UH Mānoa who are pursuing a degree in Education. » More

After a highly competitive national search, the University of Hawai‘i Foundation is very pleased to announce that Rebecca Tseng Smith and Tom Smith Tseng will be joining the UH Foundation executive team Dec. 10. » More

Dr. Hany Guirguis and Adele Etinas, longtime supporters of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, have established the John M. & Mimi F. Pezzuto Excellence Scholarship Fund for student pharmacists in recognition of the Pezzuto’s significant contributions to the successful growth of the College. » More