{"id":174044,"date":"2023-03-14T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=174044"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T01:32:49","slug":"2023-take-me-to-manoa-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/14\/2023-take-me-to-manoa-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective students encouraged to enter #TakeMeToManoa 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_49605\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MKouQGobg_Q?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=\"Take Me To M\u0101noa contest winner\"  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>The 2023 &#35;TakeMeToManoa scholarship contest has opened for all <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high school seniors and transfer students. The winner receives a year of free tuition at one of the best universities in the world, the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The social media contest hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/\">Hawaii News Now<\/a> runs from March 13 to April 9. To enter, upload a 60-second video explaining why <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is the right university for you and the impact a year of free tuition, courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfcu.com\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union<\/a>, will have on your life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/page\/university-of-hawaii-take-me-to-manoa-tuition-giveaway\/\">More details are available at the contest website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 &#35;TakeMeToManoa winner, Kamehameha Schools Maui graduate <strong>Nanea Ah You<\/strong>, focused her video entry on how the scholarship would help further her dreams as a k\u0101naka <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> storyteller and filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/24\/wailuku-student-wins-free-tuition\/\">Read more about Ah You.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are so grateful for the opportunity this partnership with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union and Hawaii News Now presents for the next generation of Rainbow Warriors,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>. &ldquo;We look forward to supporting our new students and can\u2019t wait to provide them with a world-class education that will open doors to meaningful, impactful careers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about previous scholarship recipients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/24\/maui-student-creates-way-to-free-tuition\/\">Maui student <strong>Hezekiah Kapuaala<\/strong> creates way to free tuition in &#35;TakeMeToManoa contest<\/a>, May 24, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/22\/student-scores-free-year-tuition\/\"><span aria-label=\"Aiea\">&#699;Aiea<\/span> student <strong>Kylie Charice Alarcon<\/strong> scores free year of tuition in &#35;MakeManoaYours contest<\/a>, May 22, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/24\/student-surprised-with-free-tuition\/\">Kaiser student <strong>Megan Kaneshiro<\/strong> wins Â鶹´«Ã½M\u0101noa tuition in &#35;MakeManoaYours contest<\/a>, May 24, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prospective students are encouraged to apply for fall 2023 and to confirm their enrollment by May 1, if they have already received an acceptance letter.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa offers a choice of 98 majors, 88 graduate majors, 52 doctoral degrees and five first professional degrees. The campus is a globally recognized center of learning and research, is consistently ranked among the top 2% of universities in the world, and aims to create a stronger, sustainable future and make a worldwide difference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_159641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159641\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-admissions-hezekiah-1.jpg\" alt=\"Kapuaala family\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-142285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-admissions-hezekiah-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-admissions-hezekiah-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/manoa-admissions-hezekiah-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-159641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2021 &#35;TakeMeToManoa contest winner Hezekiah Kapuaala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The contest, hosted by Hawaii News Now and sponsored by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union, is accepting video submissions until April 9.<\/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":[1588,757,1466,572,9,1009,56],"class_list":["post-174044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-takemetomanoa","tag-admissions","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-scholarship","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\/174044","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=174044"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174061,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174044\/revisions\/174061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}