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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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Hawai‘i – 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

Center to be positioned as critical link between
UH innovation commercialization and economic stimulation for Hawai‘i

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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

HONOLULU -Dr. Christiaan “Chris” Grootaert, former lead economist in the social development department based at the World Bank’s D.C. office, has pledged $250,000 (with an outright gift coupled with his estate gift) to establish the Karen Elaine Chandler Endowed Hawai‘inuiākea Scholarship Fund for Hawaiian Studies, Dance, and Music. 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

HONOLULU – Hy’s Steak House has donated $10,000 to support the Kapi‘olani Community College Culinary program. This American Culinary Federation-accredited program continues its strong tradition and leadership in providing Hawai‘i and the world with skilled culinarians knowledgeable in Asian and Western cuisines, and state-of-the-art pastry arts. In 2009, a student team representing KCC Culinary Arts won the American Culinary Federation’s National Student Culinary Competition, earning it the title of the “Best in the Nation.” In July 2012, the program was provided with the maximum 7 year re-accreditation from its external accrediting body, the American Culinary Federation Educational Foundation (ACFEF) and honored with Exemplary Program status. » More

WINDWARD CC - The Lani-Kailua Outdoor Circle (LKOC) recently donated $6,000 to fund scholarships at Windward Community College. This gift will be awarded to students during the 2014-2015 academic year. » More

HONOLULU – Veteran University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa plant breeder and corn expert Dr. James Brewbaker has established an endowed fellowship with outright and estate gifts totaling $1 million. The James L. Brewbaker endowed fellowship will assist full-time graduate students who are studying plant breeding in the Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences at the UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR). » More

HONOLULU, HI — The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa has received a $250,000 gift from PwC US of Los Angeles, California, to establish a faculty fellowship endowment at the School of Accountancy. The “PricewaterhouseCoopers – Los Angeles Faculty Fellowship Endowment” will help the College in its effort to recruit and retain top accounting faculty and support its overall mission to achieve excellence in teaching and research. » More

HILO - Dr. Ronald Taniguchi and his wife, Alice, have made a $25,000 pledge to fund an endowed scholarship to support third and fourth year students at the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Recipients will be high school graduates from the neighbor islands of Kaua‘i, Moloka‘i and Lana‘i, and have demonstrated leadership skills and a commitment to community service. » More