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Over 1,500 friends and fans joined Dave Shoji, the second-winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history, and other Hawai‘i stars for the Dave Shoji Aloha Ball Retirement Celebration. » More

Founder of L&L Drive-Inn/L&L Hawaiian Barbecue and local real estate investor, Eddie Flores, Jr., and his wife Elaine made a $1 million gift to the Shidler College of Business at UH Mānoa. The $1 million will endow a new Eddie and Elaine Flores, Jr. » More

The University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges’ Sector Mapping Tool was awarded the 2017 Bernice Joseph Award by the Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders

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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy received a $7,000 check from retail pharmacy Walgreens to fund a diversity initiative. An additional $5,000 will go toward scholarships to students in the PharmD professional program. » More

Building on Representative Clifton Tsuji’s legacy of giving back to the Hawai‘i Island community, 159 friends, supporters and family members raised $81,000 to fund endowed scholarships for Hawai‘i CC and UH Hilo students pursuing degrees in agriculture. » More

Two female executives who led their university foundations to record growth and national prominence are the 2017 recipients of the CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Awards. Lynette Marshall, president and CEO, of the University of Iowa Foundation, and Donna Vuchinich, president and CEO, of the University of Hawaii Foundation, were formally recognized for their contributions at the 25th annual CASE Conference for Institutionally Related Foundations, March 29-31 in Austin, Texas. » More

The legacy of the late educator and government planner Ilima Pi‘ianai‘a is being celebrated through the establishment of a new endowment at the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo. » More

Many of Hawai‘i’s families face serious oral health challenges due to a range of issues including the high cost of living, no statewide fluoridation system, no school sealant program, and a lack of oral health education. The Pew Center on the States reviews and assesses states’ performance in a variety of domains. Its reports on oral health have consistently rated Hawai‘i an “F.” » More

To help address the growing crisis of affordable housing in Hawaiʻi, the Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation (HCRC) has donated $790,000 to establish the HCRC Distinguished Professorship in Affordable Housing. This endowment supports the establishment of a professorship in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the University of Hawai‘i Economic Research Organization (UHERO) in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. » More

Each semester, the endowment will fund a scholarship of $500 to several students enrolled in one of the college’s degree programs who have been accepted into an internship program. » More

Pali Momi Medical Center, a member of the Hawai‘i Pacific Health family of medical centers, has donated seven automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, to the University of Hawai‘i Athletics Department. » More

The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) recently awarded $6,000 to fund Environmental Studies scholarships at Windward Community College. » More