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Dorvin and Betty Leis Donate $1 Million to Maui Community College
Gift is largest in Maui campus’ history
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents (BOR) voted today to accept the largest gift ever to Maui Community College (MCC) - a $1 million commitment from husband and wife Dorvin and Betty Leis to advance sustainability initiatives at the campus.
Korea Foundation Makes $1 Million Gift to the Center for Korean Studies
Donation starts the Center’s first faculty endowment, will aid in recruiting for humanities, social sciences, and language-literature
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - Republic of Korea Consul General Dae Hyun Kang presented a $250,000 check today to University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Interim Chancellor Denise Konan as the first installment on a $1 million pledge by the Korea Fo
ʻAhahui Koa Ānuenue Launches New Website to Support University of Hawaiʻi Athletics
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - ʻAhahui Koa Ānuenue (AKA), the nonprofit fundraising partner of the iversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics Department (UHAD), has gone online with a new website (www.koaanuenue.org) in order to help bolster its support of UH men's and women's student-athletes.
Jay H. Shidler Donates $25 Million to University of Hawaiʻi College of Business Administration
Largest gift ever will transform business program
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents today voted to accept a $25 million donation from Jay H. Shidler and, in recognition of this historic and transformational gift, name the University of Hawaiʻi College of Business Administration after him.
William and Sylvia Sue Johnson Give $1 Million to UH Mānoa College of Business
Gift Establishes Two Endowed Professorships
(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The Board of Regents today approved the establishment of two professorships: the William R. Johnson, Jr., Distinguished Professorship and the W. Ruel Johnson Distinguished Professorship at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa College of Business, each endowed at $500,000.
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