{"id":121597,"date":"2020-06-26T14:12:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T00:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=121597"},"modified":"2020-06-29T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T23:49:35","slug":"new-waialeale-project-endowments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/26\/new-waialeale-project-endowments\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaua\u2018i <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> students benefit from new Wai\u2018ale\u2018ale Project endowments"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_121594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121594\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-weil.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-weil.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-weil-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-weil-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front row: Chancellor Joseph Daisy and Roberta Weil; Middle row: Rose Ramos-Benzel, Leticia Saio, Momi Kaahanui, Joana Rodriguez; Back Row: Ticannaf Ruby-Ano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two endowments have been established in support of the groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/hawaii.edu\/waialeale-project\/\"><span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a>. This life changing program has served almost 800 students since it started in 2010. Dr. Roberta Weil and the LaFrance Foundation have established the innovative program\u2019s first endowments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As endowments, these scholarships will perpetuate the special legacy of their namesakes for generations and help shape the futures of many families working hard to get the education they need to forge a stable future,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> Chancellor <strong>Joseph Daisy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project seeks out non-college-bound students through community partners and referrers. In addition to scholarships and academic support, <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> provides a supportive learning environment with peer mentors to help participants succeed, creating a multi-generational movement.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/waialeale-project\/\">Read more <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories on the <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project has achieved the following successes since its inception in 2010:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Served 781 students, ages 18&#8211;66.<\/li>\n<li>273 students have earned bachelor and associate degrees and\/or certifications.<\/li>\n<li>391 degrees\/certificates have been awarded.<\/li>\n<li>60 percent of students in <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> return for the second year, while 44 percent of the non-<span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> student body returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Weil <span aria-label=\"Ohana\">&#699;Ohana<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Scholarship Endowment<\/h2>\n<p>Roberta Weil established the Weil <span aria-label=\"Ohana\">&#699;Ohana<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Scholarship Endowment. Supporting non-traditional students has been one of her lifelong passions. After starting a family, she enrolled in community college in her late twenties where she was the oldest student in her class. Managing family and school responsibilities was challenging but she took one class at a time, ultimately earning an associate\u2019s degree, a bachelor\u2019s in American studies, and her master\u2019s in education. She was awarded her <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> in higher education when she was 50 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Weil\u2019s career included teaching in an elementary school; working with young men in a youth prison; and serving as assistant dean of community services at Coastline Community College in Southern California. She later served as the director of admissions and academic affairs for graduate students at University of California at San Diego. Once retired, Weil and her late husband Paul moved to <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After marriage and children, I returned to college and was one of the earliest nontraditional students at Rio Hondo Community College,&rdquo; Weil said. &ldquo;The <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> project allows me to help other nontraditional students succeed in college. These students face many more hardships than I did, and I hope this endowment will enable them to fulfill their dreams and educational successes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>LaFrance Kapaka-Arboleda<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121593\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-la-france.jpg\" alt=\"La France Kapaka Arboleda\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-la-france.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-la-france-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/kauai-waialeale-la-france-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaFrance Kapaka-Arboleda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anela Kapaka-Rhoades established a foundation to honor the memory of her mother LaFrance Kapaka-Arboleda and to help <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s youth access higher education. Kapaka-Arboleda of Anahola, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> was a respected cultural resource and very active in the Hawaiian community. She was a champion of the underprivileged and served on numerous nonprofit and government boards and commissions addressing issues from affordable housing, economic development, restoration of cultural sites and land preservation.<\/p>\n<p>Kapaka-Rhoades pledged $42,000 to establish the LaFrance Foundation <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Endowed Scholarship. &ldquo;My mother was a courageous visionary who championed causes that she believed would benefit all the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The <span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project represents what she stood for. She vowed to take care of our children on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>. She was an amazing woman who believed in the Hawaiian people, and she wanted nothing but the best for them. This scholarship is my way of keeping her legacy alive.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/donors-fund-2-endowments\">For more go to the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Foundation website.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/08\/12\/waialeale-project-celebrates-10-years\/\"><span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project celebrates 10 years of transforming lives at <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a>, August 12, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/21\/waialeale-project-changes-hundreds-of-lives\/\"><span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project changes hundreds of lives at <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a>, July 21, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/12\/thomas-iannucci-first-waialeale-graduate\/\"><span aria-label=\"Waialeale\">Wai&#699;ale&#699;ale<\/span> Project celebrates its first graduate<\/a>, January 12, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groundbreaking program has served almost 800 non-college-bound students.<\/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":[64,572,71,319,482],"class_list":["post-121597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-waialeale-project","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121597","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=121597"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121710,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121597\/revisions\/121710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}