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Friends of Senator Daniel Akaka from Hawai‘i and around the nation are commemorating the senator's outstanding life accomplishments by establishing the Senator Daniel K. Akaka Regents Scholarship Endowment. » More

The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has received a scholarship gift of $140,000 from Saltchuk Hawai‘i companies, including Aloha Air Cargo, Maui/Hawaii Petroleum, and Young Brothers, to help Neighbor Island students obtain an MBA. » More

HONOLULU — The University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly of Honolulu is honoring UH alumna, innovative researcher and UH educator Dr. Lani Stemmermann through a $204,000 pledge to create the Dr. Lani Stemmermann Endowed Fellowship. This endowment will support graduate students pursuing their Ph.D. degree in Botany, in the Department of Botany University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa College of Natural Sciences. » More

HAWAI‘I – The University of Hawai’i System of Higher Education has been selected by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to join a nationwide group of 12 higher education systems exploring higher education transformation at a large scale and solving common issues encountered during implementation. » More

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HONOLULU - Ray Griego, store manager for the downtown Honolulu Walmart scheduled to open in Summer 2014, joined Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Dr. Jill Omori, and medical students in Kakaako to see the Hawaii Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) project in action. » More

Kaua‘i and Oahu, Hawaiʻi – The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is happy to announce that Jennifer Burke has been promoted, and Rose Ramos-Benzel has joined the development team.

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When Victor and Margaret (Peggy) Pavel designated the University of Hawai‘i Foundation as the primary beneficiary of their estate, they wanted to keep their identity private and preferred no personal publicity for what would turn out to be the largest estate gift to UH in UH history. » More

The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship (PACE) today announced the launch of a
5-year initiative to raise $2.5 million for new programs and a larger, renovated location in the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The center will be open to all UH students.

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LĪHUʻE, Hawai'i—The E.H.W. Broadbent Foundation recently presented Kauaʻi Community College with a gift to fund scholarships for students enrolled in college through the Waiʻaleʻale Project.  The Foundation was established by direct descendants of E.H.W. Broadbent. Representing their family, Sam Pratt and Melinda Walker presented the college with the gift.

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Kahului, HI – Aspiring musicians at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College have a new student scholarship thanks to a small act of kindness by a Hawaiʻi music legend nearly 40 years ago. That’s when Dr. Laurel Lee Roberts, then a college student herself, sat on the beach outside the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki, to hear the beautiful operatic range of Emma Veary. » More

The scholarship supports undergraduate students pursuing a degree at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge who have a strong focus in their studies on Hawaiian dance or the combination of Hawaiian dance and music. » More