{"id":117671,"date":"2020-05-07T10:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=117671"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:17:10","slug":"apart-but-together-manoa-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/07\/apart-but-together-manoa-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Contests bring <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students together during time apart"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-campus-gnrc-trees-676.jpg\" alt=\"Tree lined walkway\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-115245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-campus-gnrc-trees-676.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-campus-gnrc-trees-676-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-campus-gnrc-trees-676-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Campus life has been quite different this semester, but despite the empty classrooms and quiet campus grounds, the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa spirit is louder than ever. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is calling upon its 17,000 students to draw even closer.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Office of Admissions, along with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Media and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Bookstore, have partnered to roll out two contests &ldquo;Apart but Together&rdquo; geared specifically for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students and graduating seniors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/UHM-TogetherGraphic.jpg\" alt=\"graphic\" width=\"300\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-117655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/UHM-TogetherGraphic.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/UHM-TogetherGraphic-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/UHM-TogetherGraphic-111x130.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Contest #1<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to all <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students<\/li>\n<li>Enter to win a $500 scholarship<\/li>\n<li>Share photos or short video clips of study sessions, study breaks, mementos, food, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> gear, routines, new hobbies, a Zoom call or anything that reminds and connects you to campus, answering the question &lsquo;how have you brought M\u0101noa home?&rsquo;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manoanow.org\/together\">Submit online<\/a> and tag #WarriorsFromHome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contest #2<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to spring semester graduating seniors only<\/li>\n<li>Enter to win an <abbr>UHM<\/abbr>-azing swag bag + $50 bookstore gift card<\/li>\n<li>Share with photos or short video clips of your senior-selfie, words of encouragement to fellow classmates, anything that inspires and celebrates you, the graduating class of 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/manoanow.org\/together\">Submit online<\/a> and tag #ManoaMemories<\/li>\n<li>Submissions will be featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/manoanow.org\">M\u0101noa Now<\/a> and those submitted prior to May 15 may appear in the Ka Leo O <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> May 19, 2020, print issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;We are excited to collaborate with both <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Media and the bookstore,&rdquo; commented <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Enrollment Marketing Manager <strong>Jennel Sesoko<\/strong>. &ldquo;Creating opportunities such as this maintains a strong connection to our campus&#8212;not only for our students, but our campus community as a whole. Whether a first-year student or a senior graduating, we want to recognize our students and their <abbr>UHM<\/abbr>-azing Rainbow Warrior spirit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Director of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Media <strong>Sandy Matsui<\/strong> said, &ldquo;Although we may be physically apart via social distancing, M\u0101noa Now and the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student media programs want to celebrate the graduating class of 2020 together.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manoanow.org\/together\">All entries can be submitted online.<\/a> Students must submit their entries no later than 11:59 p.m. on May 31, 2020.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students and graduating seniors have the opportunity to share how they have maintained their connection to campus during the spring semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[757,1411,1416,217,460,9],"class_list":["post-117671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-admissions","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-ka-leo","tag-uh-bookstore","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117671"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121947,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117671\/revisions\/121947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}