{"id":48144,"date":"2016-07-26T08:34:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T18:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=48144"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:57:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T22:57:03","slug":"kamehameha-and-uh-launch-four-year-scholarship-program-for-native-hawaiian-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/07\/26\/kamehameha-and-uh-launch-four-year-scholarship-program-for-native-hawaiian-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamehameha and UH<\/abbr> launch four-year scholarship program for Native Hawaiian students"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Maenette Benham, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Â鶹´«Ã½nui\u0101kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge dean; Joy Kono, Kamehameha Schools senior director for education support services; Judy Oliveira, UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> vice chancellor for student affairs; Noeau Machado, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa sophomore; Kahiau Machado, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa sophomore; Emma Klein, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa freshman; Holo Hoʻopai<\/span>, UH<\/abbr> Hilo special assistant to the chancellor; Brian Bissen, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa sophomore; David Lassner, UH<\/abbr> president; Don Straney, UH<\/abbr> Hilo chancellor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kamehameha Schools<\/a> and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> have launched Makalapua Naʻauao<\/span>, a unique four-year pilot scholarship program that aims to increase the four-year graduation rate of Native Hawaiian students by providing necessary funding as well as intensive student support services.<\/p>\n

“The Makalapua Naʻauao<\/span> financial aid pilot program is an innovative, life-changing opportunity for our ʻōpio<\/span> to successfully complete their college education,” said Jack Wong, Kamehameha Schools CEO<\/abbr>. “This key partnership exemplifies and personifies what can happen when meaningful collaboration happens between two organizations who are committed to the success of learners throughout Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

Kamehameha presented UH<\/abbr> with a $1.18 million check in July 2016, the first of four donations, to fund the Makalapua Naʻauao<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“This generous gift is a great example of Kamehameha Schools support of our shared commitment to advancing Native Hawaiian student success,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/a><\/strong>. “The pilot project we are launching emerged from our institutional Hui Hoʻopili ʻĀina<\/span> partnership and will provide financial aid and student support services to help participating students on a path to graduate in four years.”<\/p>\n

Along with improving Native Hawaiian student success, the Hui Hoʻopili ʻĀina<\/span> partnership between the two educational institutions also aims to revitalize Hawaiian knowledge and language and create a sustainable Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n