{"id":119180,"date":"2020-05-22T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=119180"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:31:46","slug":"student-scores-free-year-tuition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/22\/student-scores-free-year-tuition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbAiea student scores free year of tuition in #MakeManoaYours contest"},"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><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_38563\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P-58K0WAGeM?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"\u02bbAiea student scores free year of tuition in #MakeManoaYours contest\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>In a time when many high school seniors are navigating uncertainty, one thing <span aria-label=\"Aiea\">&#699;Aiea<\/span> High School senior and valedictorian <strong>Kylie Charice Alarcon<\/strong> knows for sure is that she is committed to pursuing her higher education at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> this fall. <\/p>\n<p>In a social distance drive thru event capping off her unpredictable senior year, Alarcon not only picked up her diploma on May 21, but also received a giant check for a year of free tuition at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfcu.com\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union<\/a> (<abbr title=\"Â鶹´«Ã½Federal Credit Union\">UHFCU<\/abbr>). Alarcon, donned in her white and green cap and gown, was shocked to learn she was named the winner of a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa social media contest she entered hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/\">Hawaii News Now<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119196\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-admissions-kylie-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"girl\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-admissions-kylie-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-admissions-kylie-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-admissions-kylie.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kylie Alarcon celebrates winning a a year of free tuition at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Manoa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr> Vice President-Member Experience Stacey Robinol presented Alarcon with the large check along with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am very surprised! I was telling my parents when we came in &lsquo;This is so embarrassing because we are here so early!&rsquo; So it\u2019s a nice surprise,&rdquo; remarked Alarcon. &ldquo;It\u2019s always been my dream to go to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa because of course I\u2019m going to be at home, but also because everybody shares aloha there. I\u2019ve been to M\u0101noa so many times and I enjoy just being on campus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are thrilled to have an outstanding student like Kylie join us. I know she\u2019s very excited and her family is very excited,&rdquo; said Bruno. &ldquo;Particularly at this time, to have more of our students stay at home, come to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, one of the world\u2019s greatest research universities and learn with us, is just really inspiring.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are honored to support Kylie, who is already an exceptional student and community member, as she moves on to the next level in her education, particularly during this challenging time,&rdquo; said Robinol. &ldquo;We received a number of outstanding submissions, which were inspiring to all of us. As a credit union founded to serve the education community, we wish Kylie the best of luck in her college career and look forward to her further blossoming into one of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s next generation of leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The online contest, which was open to incoming fall 2020 freshmen, asked entrants to upload a photo or video that reflected how they made the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa &ldquo;yours.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>A new chapter<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s always been my dream to go to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa because of course I\u2019m going to be at home, but also because everybody shares aloha there.<br \/>&#8212;Alarcon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/389607574\">Alarcon\u2019s video entry<\/a> focused on how her goals and vision for her future coincides with <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s motto, &ldquo;Above all nations is humanity.&rdquo; Her enthusiasm to embark on a new chapter at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is fueled by her motivation to continue on her journey of self-discovery and greater purpose knowing that her talent, passion and community service will be embraced and cultivated at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right now with this pandemic going on, it\u2019s unfortunate I didn\u2019t get to experience my last few months in high school, but I\u2019m really looking forward to college and making new friends, becoming more independent and majoring in psychology,&rdquo; said Alarcon.<\/p>\n<p>Alarcon received a lot of interest from mainland schools but was only interested in attending <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, her father said.<\/p>\n<p>So Kylie will be able to keep her green and white colors of <span aria-label=\"Aiea\">&#699;Aiea<\/span> for the green and white of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa where she will pursue a degree in psychology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/389607574\" title=\"vimeo video player\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylie Charice Alarcon&#8217;s entry expressed how her talent, passion community service will be cultivated at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,12],"tags":[1588,757,660,9,1009,56],"class_list":["post-119180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-video","tag-takemetomanoa","tag-admissions","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-manoa","tag-university-of-hawaii-federal-credit-union","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119180","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=119180"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119205,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119180\/revisions\/119205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}