  {"id":38567,"date":"2015-09-22T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T18:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=38567"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:20:26","slug":"25k-in-student-scholarships-awarded-by-uh-bookstore-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/09\/22\/25k-in-student-scholarships-awarded-by-uh-bookstore-system\/","title":{"rendered":"$25k in student scholarships awarded by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore System"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_38572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38572\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstore-leeward-scholarship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"362\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstore-leeward-scholarship.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstore-leeward-scholarship-260x152.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeward Community College student Sara Ng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\">For the first time, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookstore.hawaii.edu\/main\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> Bookstores<\/a> released $25,000 in scholarship funds to support students enrolled at any campus within the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> System.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore Scholarship received more than 2,900 eligible applicants through <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System financial aid. Winners were selected at random and awarded $1,000 toward part-time tuition or $2,000 for full-time tuition at their <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want our students to have everything they need for college life and more,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstores Director <strong>Tricia Ejima<\/strong>. &ldquo;With a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore Scholarship, we can make the complete college experience more possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In all, 13 students were selected to receive a 2015&#8211;16 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore Scholarship:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>John Katzeman<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eri Nomura<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nadezna Ortega<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zachary Price<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jayden-Rose Almeida<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mackenzie Evans<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deion James Agustin<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Riley Viernes<\/strong>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lily Udaundo<\/strong>, Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sara Ng<\/strong>, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ming Fang<\/strong>, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rheif Callahan<\/strong>, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Andrews<\/strong>, Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible scholarship recipients must have had a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and submitted a scholarship application through <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System financial aid by March 2, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>For more details about <abbr>UH<\/abbr> scholarships and deadlines, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/finaid\">www.hawaii.edu\/finaid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38569\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstores-windward-scholarship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstores-windward-scholarship.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/bookstores-windward-scholarship-260x161.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Andrews, left, receives his <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstore Scholarship from Windward Community College Bookstore Manager Debralee Goto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Bookstores donates $25,000 in scholarship funds to support students enrolled at any <abbr>UH<\/abbr> 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