{"id":55710,"date":"2017-02-01T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=55710"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T23:36:35","slug":"uhfcu-scholarship-opens-to-undergraduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/01\/uhfcu-scholarship-opens-to-undergraduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Hawai\u02bbi Federal Credit Union scholarship opens to undergraduate students"},"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><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/system-uhfcu-scholarships-2017\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/system-uhfcu-scholarships-2017.jpg\" alt=\"University of Hawaii Federal Credit Union scholarship promotional graphic\" width=\"620\" height=\"209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/system-uhfcu-scholarships-2017.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/system-uhfcu-scholarships-2017-260x88.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfcu.com\/?CABINET=Main&#038;DRAWER=Products%20and%20Services&#038;FOLDER=Home&#038;SUBFOLDER=Home\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Federal Credit Union<\/a> announced the continuation of the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii Federal Credit Union\">UHFCU<\/abbr> Scholarship Program. The scholarship program creates a lasting legacy, potentially benefiting generations of students as well as the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> System. In 2017, <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr> will grant a total of $10,000 in scholarships to five deserving students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfcu.com\/Resources\/PDFs\/UHFCUScholarshipApplication.pdf\">Download the scholarship application<\/a>. <small>(<abbr>PDF<\/abbr>)<\/small><\/p>\n<h2>General information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The scholarships are established by the Board of Directors of <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<li>$10,000 total&#8212;Made up of five $2,000 scholarships.<\/li>\n<li>Three of the scholarships are reserved for incoming freshmen. Two of the scholarships are for continuing undergraduate students.<\/li>\n<li>Funds may be used for tuition, fees, books, supplies, room, board, transportation, etc.&#8212;essentially, the costs of attending a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>February 1: The application process begins.<\/li>\n<li>April 17: Deadline to submit applications.<\/li>\n<li>May&#8211;June: Screening and scoring; finalists determined.<\/li>\n<li>July&#8211;August: Notification of award recipients; distribution of funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Applicants must:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a member of <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr> or a family member thereof;<\/li>\n<li>Have applied or been accepted to a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System campus as an undergraduate student, or be currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution on a full-time basis with intent to enroll in a <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System campus as an undergraduate student; and<\/li>\n<li>If awarded, become a member of <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the <abbr>UHFCU<\/abbr> Scholarship Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfcu.com\/?Cabinet=Main&#038;Drawer=UHFCU+Advantages&#038;Folder=Specials&#038;SubFolder=UHFCU+Scholarships&#038;page_name=UHFCU+Scholarships\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Â鶹´«Ã½Federal Credit Union offers $10,000 in scholarships for undergraduates in the Â鶹´«Ã½System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,71,14,9,60,947,59,1009,66],"class_list":["post-55710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-university-of-hawaii-federal-credit-union","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55710","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=55710"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79112,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55710\/revisions\/79112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}