{"id":99474,"date":"2019-07-05T12:45:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T22:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=99474"},"modified":"2022-02-16T10:25:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T20:25:08","slug":"maunakea-scholar-awarded-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/05\/maunakea-scholar-awarded-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Maunakea Scholar wins $10,000 M\u0101noa astronomy scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jean Claude “JC” Dumaslan, left, reacts to the surprise $10,000 scholarship award announcement, with Mary Beth Laychak, outreach manager at the Canada-France-Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Maunakea Scholar presenting his leading-edge research on a group of stars was surprised with a $10,000 scholarship to attend the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa in the fall. Jean Claude “JC<\/abbr>” Dumaslan, a recent Waipahu High School graduate, plans to pursue a degree in astronomy.<\/p>\n

“The Maunakea Scholars program was a step for me to be able to major in astronomy,” said Dumaslan. “I know it will help other people too, to give them that push to become whatever they want to be in the future. If things work out, I hope to someday work on Maunakea.”<\/p>\n

The $10,000 Hōkūala (rising star) Scholarship is the latest addition to the Maunakea Scholars program, awarded annually to one or more top performing seniors in the program who are going on to study astronomy in college. For students attending UH<\/abbr>, the scholarship award also includes an invaluable commitment of mentorship by a leader in Maunakea astronomy throughout each recipient\u2019s undergraduate education.<\/p>\n

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Hōkūala Scholarship winner Jean Claude “JC” Dumaslan, left, with Institute for Astronomy mentor Christian Flores.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I have reviewed hundreds of scholarship applications over the years and know the great impact scholarships like this can have on students,” said Doug Simons<\/strong>, executive director of the Canada-France-Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope<\/a>. “It\u2019s amazing to see how positively this can impact their lives.”<\/p>\n

Dumaslan received observation time at the Canada-France-Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope last year and will receive more time this summer at the NASA<\/abbr> Infrared Telescope Facility to continue his work\u2014research opportunities professional astronomers compete for worldwide. He is only the second double winner of Maunakea Scholars telescope time in the program\u2019s four-year history. Dumaslan studied the spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars and will enter UH<\/abbr> armed with observational data from two Maunakea Observatories, a rare and special position for a college freshman.<\/p>\n

“As soon as JC<\/abbr> received his first observations, he immediately realized that to continue on his project he needed more data in another wavelength of light,” said Mary Beth Laychak, outreach manager at the Canada-France-Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Telescope. “That leap to wanting to know more is what sets JC<\/abbr> apart and will serve him well in M\u0101noa\u2019s astronomy department.”<\/p>\n

Maunakea Scholars is a unique partnership between the State Department of Education, UH<\/abbr> and the Maunakea observatories.<\/p>\n

Read more UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories about the Maunakea Scholars.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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