{"id":58669,"date":"2017-04-11T15:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T01:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=58669"},"modified":"2021-10-08T09:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:41:52","slug":"kalaeloa-funds-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/11\/kalaeloa-funds-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"$100K from Kalaeloa Partners funds scholarships at Leeward CC"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_58679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58679\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Leeward-kalaeloapartners-scholarship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"373\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Leeward-kalaeloapartners-scholarship.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Leeward-kalaeloapartners-scholarship-260x156.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, Ruedi Tobler, <abbr>KC<\/abbr> Collins, Bili K. Hofheimer and Manny Cabral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> students will soon benefit from more scholarships thanks to a $100,000 gift from Kalaeloa Partners, <abbr title=\"Limited Partnership\">LP<\/abbr>. The Kalaeloa Partners Scholarship, established in 2012 with a $100,000 gift from Kalaeloa Partners, <abbr>LP<\/abbr> assists\u00a0part-time and full-time students who have graduated from either Kapolei High School, Campbell High School, N&#257;n&#257;kuli High School, Waipahu High School or Wai&#699;anae High School. Since 2012, 80 student awards have been disbursed.<\/p>\n<p>With this new gift, Kalaeloa Partners has donated $245,000 in total to support <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> students and programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Impact of Kalaeloa Partners&#8217; philanthropy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since 2012, 80 student awards have been disbursed<\/li>\n<li>Student award recipients are reaching their academic goals and have earned:<br \/>\n&#8226;&nbsp;15 certificate degrees<br \/>\n&#8226;&nbsp;41 associate degrees<br \/>\n&#8226;&nbsp;5 baccalaureate degrees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;Kalaeloa Partners is making this new gift in recognition of the dedication, passion for people and leadership skills Leeward Community College Chancellor <strong>Manny Cabral<\/strong> has demonstrated over the years. With him at the helm, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> has become an integral part of the west coast community,&rdquo; said Ruedi Tobler, general manager Kalaeloa Partners <abbr>LP<\/abbr>. &ldquo;Our appreciation for Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> extends beyond the fantastic annual culinary experience L&#699;ulu provides under the able leadership of <strong>Tommylynn Benavente<\/strong>. We are grateful for the many opportunities it provides for so many students, who otherwise could not fulfill their dream of a higher education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Established 26 years ago, Kalaeloa Partners <abbr>LP<\/abbr> is a community focused electrical energy provider for the island of <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>. Their Kalaeloa Cogeneration Plant is the most efficient power plant on the island, and supplies 20 percent of the electricity needs of the island.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We encourage all students to set their goals based on a heartfelt passion and to consider the usefulness of their higher education in providing for their families and becoming contributors to society. Once a goal is set, I have found that hard work, life circumstances, sacrifice, hardship and finances must never be a reason to abandon such a noble goal,&rdquo; said Tobler.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are thrilled to accept this continuing generous gift by Kalaeloa Partners to help our students with much-needed scholarship opportunities,&rdquo; said <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/manuel-cabral\/\">Manny Cabral<\/a><\/strong>, Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> chancellor. &ldquo;Since its inception five years ago, 80 awards have been made to students who reside in Leeward <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> and attend classes at our Pearl City and Wai&#699;anae campuses. We are grateful to Ruedi Tobler and the Kalaeloa Partners &#699;ohana for believing in the mission of the college and providing scholarship funds for a significant number of deserving students. On behalf of all those who will benefit, I express my mahalo nui loa.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Get involved<\/h2>\n<p>For more information on how to provide support to Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr>, please <a href=\"mailto:kc.collins@uhfoundation.org\">email<\/a> <abbr>KC<\/abbr> Collins or call at (808) 956-3458. <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.uhfoundation.org\/give-now?school_code=LCC\">Donations can also be made online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The scholarship is a new gift in recognition of Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>&#8217;s dedication, leadership, and passion for people within the west coast community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,572,71,319],"class_list":["post-58669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-scholarship","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669","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=58669"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149417,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58669\/revisions\/149417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}