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More than $426,000 Raised from Alumni in Support of Various UH Programs

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The McInerny Foundation has partnered with the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation in a matching grant program to encourage giving to the University of Hawaiʻi by its alumni. » More

Additions are Four Development Officers and a Director of Donor Relations

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation announces the addition of four new development officers to its fundraising team: Luella Costales, UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Sue Martin, UH Mānoa John A. » More

Emeritus Professor and Alumnus Bequest Gift to Support Theatre, Dance and Music Programs at UH Mānoa’s College of Arts and Humanities

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻii) - Dr. Roger A. » More

Board Membership Now Totals 30

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Alumni Association (UHAA) recently added five new board members, bringing their volunteer board membership to 30. » More

$1.5M to be combined with $500,000 from the Leahi Fund To Establish Two Endowed Chairs in Respiratory Health; Association also Donates $1M to Fund Respiratory Research

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The American Lung Association of Hawaiʻi (ALAH) has donated $1.5 million and the Leahi Fund, administered by the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, designated $500,000 to the University » More

Most Successful Volunteer Campaign for an Endowed Chair at UH

Volunteer leadership in partnership with the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has launched the most successful campaign initiative ever undertaken at the Foundation to raise funds to establish an endowed chair The Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals. » More

Grant to Create World’s Most Advanced Lab Researching Star and Planet Formation and Evolution

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received a $1.5 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to support the creation of a new cosmochemistry laboratory whose center piece will be a state-of-the-art ion microprobe. » More

Endowment Gift to Provide Financial Support for Undergraduate Economic Students

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The Chris Grootaert Endowed Scholarship Fund has been established at the Department of Economics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a $62,000 pledge to the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. The fund was established by Dr. » More

Funds Raised During Reunion Dinner of 130 Alumni in Hong Kong

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - More than 130 University of Hawaiʻi alumni gathered for a reunion dinner in Hong Kong during which more than 30,000HD (approximately $4,000) was donated in support of flood relief efforts for Hamilton Library at UH Mānoa.

Gift to Fund Post-Production Editing Suite and Student Internships and Awards

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received a $100,000 gift from Roy and Hilda Takeyama, former UH Board of Regent and alumna, respectively, for the UH Academy for Creative Media (ACM). » More

Web Site Tool Designed to Connect more than 250,000 Alumni Worldwide with Each Other and Their University

Fellowship Award from San Diego-based Company Adds to Industrial Affiliate Program

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering has received a gift of $25,000 from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to support graduate student fellowships.