The Â鶹´«Ã½ Island New Knowledge Fund has awarded college scholarships totaling $1,050,000 to 116 Â鶹´«Ã½ Island students over the past 4 years and an additional $2 plus million to STEM pursuits.
Vera Hanaoka, a PhD student in Japanese language and linguistics at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹, was selected as the Kobe College Corporation Japan Education Exchange Graduate Fellow for 2018–19.
Kathryn Strong was awarded a $2,000 scholarship, and Amanda Alvarado, Kaylee DeCambra, Liesl Nayeli and Kaimalie Zirker each received $1,000 scholarships.
Three Korean Language Flagship Center students have won Boren Scholarships to complete their capstone program at Korea University in Seoul.
Legislation signed in June 2018 adds $700,000 for ¡°last-dollar¡± scholarships at seven UH Community Colleges statewide for the upcoming school year.
The Clifford and Blanche Hee Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Thomas and Michael Hee was established in 2002.
Daniel Lunnom, Batina Grossett and David Russell each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Alan Wong's Adopt¨Ca¨CBeehive program.
The flash fiction writer is a 2016 graduate of Keaʻau High School and intends to become a high school English teacher.
ASB established the scholarship at UH in 1978 and has awarded it to Â鶹´«Ã½ students 55 times in the last 40 years.
Stephen C. Green is appreciative of UH Regents and Presidential scholarships that help students, like his daughter Daisy, soar academically in Â鶹´«Ã½ and beyond.