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HAWAI‘I – The University of Hawai‘i Foundation is happy to announce the appointment of five community leaders to the board of trustees. They are Mike Hirai, Bob Hiam (returning board member), Mary Sellers (returning board member), Stanford Carr (returning board member) and Bill Grayson. Current board member T. Michael May has been elected to serve as board chair. » More

Kahului, HI—June 22, 2015—Today the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College announced the first awardees of the Chancellor’s Legacy Scholarship, Jerome Texeria and Malia Ah Nee. Both UHMC students received $5,000 scholarships funded through an endowment that honors the legacy of Dr. Clyde Sakamoto, who retired as Chancellor after serving the UH System for 41 years. » More

American Culinary Federation Kona Kohala Chefs Association donated $245,000 to support the culinary program at Hawai‘i Community College – Pālamanui campus. » More

HAWAI‘I ISLAND – Thanks to an anonymous donor, West Hawai‘i Island students pursuing marine sciences at the new Hawai'i Community College » More

Four local girls honor relatives who survived breast cancer, and become the youngest known donors to the UH Cancer Center. » More

HONOLULU - The University of Hawai‘i Foundation is excited to announce that philanthropists Lester and Marian Kaneta have pledged $1 million for a challenge grant to help raise funds to sustain the Lunalilo Scholars Program at Kapi‘olani Community College, and double the number of students enrolled in this successful program. The Lunalilo Scholars Program at Kapi‘olani Community College uniquely serves and supports financially at-risk students. » More

HONOLULU – Community leaders and friends of the University of Hawai‘i came together today for the blessing and dedication of The Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex at UH Mānoa. Thanks to a $5 million gift from The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation and a public-private partnership that included support from the state and university, UH Mānoa’s only on-campus, all-purpose track and field, football, soccer and recreational facility has been transformed into a dynamic center for student activity. » More

Makana Aloha Foundation made a $10,000 gift to fund a scholarship for a full-time student pursuing an associate’s degree in the Culinary Arts program at UH Maui College. It is the campus’ largest ever scholarship gift. » More

The UH Foundation is happy to announce that Tara Loty and Donna Gutierrez have joined its alumni relations team, and Roxanne Kam has been promoted. » More

The future of a lucky music student at UH Maui College will glow a little brighter thanks to a $3,000 contribution by the Hula Honeys. » More

HONOLULU – UH Institute for Astronomy (IfA) researcher R. Brent Tully made world news when he identified the full extent of our home supercluster of 100 thousand galaxies and named it Laniakea. The recipient of numerous prestigious astronomical awards, he has chosen to build on IfA’s global prominence by using $264,000 of his prize money to establish the R. Brent Tully Distinguished Visitors Endowed Fund for the Institute for Astronomy. » More

Retired UH Mānoa professor Dr. Jim Carpenter and wife Jeanne have created scholarships to help students learn to help animals. » More