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Alakaʻina<\/span> partners and members of the UH<\/abbr> community celebrated the recent donation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation<\/a> is building upon and expanding its extensive philanthropic investments in University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> programs and students with four gifts totaling $660,000.<\/p>\n

This brings Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation\u2019s total giving to UH<\/abbr> over the years to nearly $1.8 million.<\/p>\n

The new gifts include funds for programs on Kauaʻi<\/span> that Alakaʻina<\/span> has supported in years past, the Kauaʻi<\/span> Community College<\/a> Digital Bus Program—which brings a mobile laboratory to public schools to stimulate students\u2019 interest in science and technology—and scholarships for Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students transferring to the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa College of Engineering<\/a>, as well as students enrolled in Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>\u2019s Electronics Technology<\/a> program.<\/p>\n

Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation is expanding its giving to support two additional programs that serve the Native Hawaiian community—the UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges\u2019 Online Associate in Arts Degree Program<\/a> and the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla<\/span> O Keʻelikōlani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Our mission is to ensure the young men and women of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> have the skills and competencies they need to be effective leaders in the community,” said Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation Executive Director Kimo Bacon. “One of the ways we support this mission is to preserve and support ʻōlelo<\/span> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, as the Hawaiian language is an official language recognized by the Constitution of the State of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. We also support our mission by developing innovative educational programs that combine leadership, science and technology, and environmental stewardship, and these UH<\/abbr> programs help to fulfill that goal.”<\/p>\n

A Native Hawaiian Organization<\/a>, the Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation disperses profits from its seven government service firms to nonprofit activities that benefit the Native Hawaiian community, primarily the youth of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Immense impact<\/h2>\n

“These diverse and strategic gifts will have immense impact across the state,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong>. “They will help us revitalize the Hawaiian language; help non-traditional students including working parents earn associate degrees entirely online; expand STEM<\/abbr> education on Kauaʻi<\/span>; and provide scholarships for students studying engineering and electronics technology. It\u2019s an incredible honor to partner with such generous donors who are so committed to improve the lives of Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> people through higher education.”<\/p>\n

“We are very grateful that Alakaʻina<\/span> is taking a system-wide approach to their giving,” said UH<\/abbr> Vice President of Advancement and UH<\/abbr> Foundation CEO<\/abbr> Tim Dolan<\/strong>. “Mahalo to Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation for their long-term vision and commitment to perpetuating Native Hawaiian culture, knowledge and values.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Alakaʻina<\/span> Foundation has given almost $1.8 million to support UH<\/abbr> students.<\/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":[179,415,316,64,572,313,71,319,14,9,947],"class_list":["post-162017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-electronics-technology","tag-ka-haka-ula-o-keelikolani","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-scholarship","tag-stem","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162017","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=162017"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171447,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162017\/revisions\/171447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}