{"id":139337,"date":"2021-04-13T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T02:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=139337"},"modified":"2021-04-22T10:32:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:32:13","slug":"scholarships-help-new-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/13\/scholarships-help-new-students\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.3<abbr title=\"million\">M<\/abbr> in scholarships help new students thrive at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"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\/2021\/04\/manoa-admissions-scholar.jpg\" alt=\"scholar to scholar screenshot\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-139335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/manoa-admissions-scholar.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/manoa-admissions-scholar-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/manoa-admissions-scholar-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> offers several prominent scholarship opportunities, totaling more than $1.3 million each year to incoming and transfer students to help finance their education. Administered through the <a href=\"http:\/\/takemetomanoa.org\/\">Office of Admissions<\/a>, these highly sought after scholarships provide significant financial support to high-achieving freshmen and transfer students for their exemplary academic, extracurricular and community contributions. <\/p>\n<p>With the new student in mind, the New Warrior Scholarships (<abbr>NWS<\/abbr>) are comprised of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/student-affairs\/regents-and-presidential-scholars-program\/\">Regents<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Provost Achievement (formerly Chancellor&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>M\u0101noa Excellence<\/li>\n<li>M\u0101noa International Excellence<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/student-affairs\/regents-and-presidential-scholars-program\/\">Presidential<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Office of Admissions hosted its annual Scholar-to-Scholar recognition event on April 10, 2021, welcoming nearly 100 newly awarded <abbr>NWS<\/abbr> recipients for the incoming class of 2021. Scholars were celebrated for their academic\/community achievements and connected with other incoming scholars from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, the continental <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> and various countries around the world. Current scholars were also in attendance to offer knowledge, experience, guidance, encouragement and the support of one another. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Scholar-to-Scholar event successfully allows students to interact and build connections, set a platform for fellowship, and gain an in-depth understanding of the student lifestyle on campus,&rdquo; commented <strong>Justin Lau<\/strong>, scholarship coordinator and M\u0101noa Scholars Club (<abbr>MSC<\/abbr>) advisor. &ldquo;We look forward to connecting with these scholars and welcoming them to the M\u0101noa campus in the fall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lilian Marie Shibata<\/strong>, Provost Achievement Scholar said, &ldquo;I received the news that I was a scholarship recipient a little while after a family member was diagnosed with cancer. Not only did receiving this scholarship help with the financial aspect of college, but it was a bright and proud moment for my whole family to celebrate. Through this scholarship and the M\u0101noa Scholars Club I have been given the opportunity to make the most of my college experience. I have made new friends, connections and memories that will stay with me through college and beyond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Helping new students succeed<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>MSC<\/abbr>, a Registered Independent Organization, was founded and initiated by the Office of Admissions for recipients of the New Warrior Scholarships. &ldquo;During the height of the global pandemic, our scholarship students found a way to create a community amongst one another and created the M\u0101noa Scholars Club,&rdquo; said Lau.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>MSC<\/abbr> has become a student organization for members to meet regularly to perform charitable works for the university and local community. Students collaborate as a club to plan, participate, and serve in workshops and social events to give back to the community. <abbr>MSC<\/abbr> has successfully partnered and executed many community service projects.<\/p>\n<p>The New Warrior Scholarships are more than just a financial benefit for students. These scholarships provide opportunities for students to make positive impacts in society, focus on personal growth and discovery, as well as encourage students to carve their own paths towards their educational and career goals beyond their time at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Despite the absence of test scores this year as it was not a requirement, our pool of scholarships recipients demonstrated a high level of scholastic aptitude and performance. Awardees of these scholarships have extensive opportunities to become integral members of the university by serving as inspiring club leaders, successful undergraduate researchers and lifelong learners,&rdquo; said <strong>Ryan Yamaguchi<\/strong>, interim assistant vice chancellor for enrollment management and director of admissions. <\/p>\n<p>This work is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=25\">Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), two of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020.<\/p>\n<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_67636\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mO2XLAEoYKQ?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=\"Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa Rainbow Warrior - Alex Tyau | The University of Hawai&#039;i at M\u0101noa (2:32)\"  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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Admissions hosted its annual Scholar-to-Scholar recognition event on April 10, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[757,962,678,1466,1467,894,572,9,56],"class_list":["post-139337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-admissions","tag-enrollment","tag-financial-aid","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-regents-and-presidential-scholars","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-manoa","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\/139337","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=139337"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139999,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139337\/revisions\/139999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}