{"id":192977,"date":"2024-03-04T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T02:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192977"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T02:32:17","slug":"takemetomanoa-contest-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/04\/takemetomanoa-contest-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"#TakeMetoM\u0101noa contest kicks off with free year of tuition"},"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_40465\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sktpI-7lVw?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=\"UH&#039;s &#039;Take Me To Manoa&#039; scholarship contest kicks off. How to enter for a chance to win a free year\"  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 University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa in partnership with <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> News Now (<abbr>HNN<\/abbr>) kicked off the 6th annual scholarship contest #TakeMetoM&#257;noa on March 4, for all <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> high school seniors and transfer students. The winner receives one year of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa tuition paid for by contest sponsor <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Credit Union.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177877\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carly_miyamoto_scholarship_winner-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Scholarship winner\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carly_miyamoto_scholarship_winner-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carly_miyamoto_scholarship_winner-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Carly_miyamoto_scholarship_winner.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carly Miyamoto was the 2023 winner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Students submit a 60&#8211;second video of why <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is the right place for them and how the free tuition will impact their life. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/page\/take-me-to-manoa\/\">More details of the contest are available from <abbr>HNN<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The word has been getting around. We\u2019ve become one of the &lsquo;it&rsquo; schools,&rdquo; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Provost Michael Bruno said on the Sunrise morning show on <abbr>HNN<\/abbr>. &ldquo;The programs resonate with students. They\u2019re important. There are jobs here in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> for them, so we want the local kids to seriously consider coming. Right here at home you have one of the top universities in the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Federal Credit Union recognizes <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and higher education&#8217;s vital role in our community,&rdquo; said <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr> President and <abbr>CEO<\/abbr> Travis Bow. &ldquo;We were founded in 1955 by a team of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> staff and professors who recognized the importance of not-for-profit banking and &lsquo;people helping people&rsquo; philosophy, so we\u2019re always excited to be part of helping to lift the future of our <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Read about the previous winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/tmtm-video-winner-miyamoto\/\">Amid tears, cheers, <abbr title=\"Highschool\">HS<\/abbr> senior\u2019s video vision wins <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa tuition<\/a>, May 18, 2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/24\/wailuku-student-wins-free-tuition\/\">Wailuku student weaves storytelling, culture to win free tuition<\/a>, May 24, 2022<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/24\/maui-student-creates-way-to-free-tuition\/\">Maui student Hezekiah Kapuaala creates way to free tuition in #TakeMeToManoa contest<\/a>, May 24, 2021<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/05\/22\/student-scores-free-year-tuition\/\">&#699;Aiea student Kylie Charice Alarcon scores free year of tuition in #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 Megan Kaneshiro wins <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa tuition in #MakeManoaYours contest<\/a>, May 24, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prospective students are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/apply\/\">apply for fall 2024<\/a> and to confirm their enrollment by May 1, if they have already received an acceptance letter.<\/p>\n<p>Â鶹´«Ã½M&#257;noa 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 difference at home and worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can submit a 60&#8211;second video of why <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is the right place for them.<\/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":[1588,572,9,1009,56],"class_list":["post-192977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-takemetomanoa","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\/192977","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=192977"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193012,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192977\/revisions\/193012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}