The first permanently endowed scholarship was created at the UH Foundation in 1976. Since then, the tradition of providing opportunities through private gifts has grown to help more than 3,000 students each year.
Scholarships, awards, grants and fellowships offer students the opportunity to pursue their educational goals at Hawai‘i’s only public system of higher education. The impact of a scholarship has an effect felt far beyond the student helped.
When you provide a scholarship for a student, you do more than help them financially — you impart a lesson of generosity and concern for others that they incorporate into their own lives. By investing in a student, you improve their life, their family's, and our community.
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Scholarships making an impact
The students I taught and the people I met in 35 years at UH Mānoa were high quality, and I wanted to support the college when I’m gone. Anderson reminded me that the university has been very good to
me. To both of us.
The event was an opportunity for the six first-year medical students to meet the island’s health care partners.
Abe was honored at this year’s annual College of Engineering banquet with the Dean’s Award of Excellence for alumni for the impact he has made not only on the engineering profession, but also for his support of the college and for educating Hawaii’s future engineers.
Students from UH Mānoa's College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) were able to seize on opportunities to enrich their college experiences because of the Elizabeth Spann Student Enrichment Fund.
The Bonner Program aims for meaningful, lasting impact on students and the planet. Students’ learning and networking lead to improved academic performance as well as careers and lives of engagement.
ROTC cadets take military science courses alongside their majors at the university. The goal is preparation to be army officers and to train for small unit and organization-level leadership.
"Your gift has also affected my family, and they would like to extend their thank you. I am the oldest of four children, and my younger sister and I are both currently attending college. My parents have supported my sister and I in our decision to pursue further education. They have already made so many sacrifices and I appreciate a gift such as yours in alleviating some of them."
– Ruth Transfiguration; Alec and Kay Keith Scholarship Fund; Nursing, Natural Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, UH Hilo
"Receiving this scholarship helps me to reduce my financial burdens and makes it possible for me to pursue higher education. ...It gives me hope to be a better teacher, a better person, and a better mother. Please know that your gift will not only benefit me, it will reach all the people I hope to one day make a difference with, such as my son, my family, and my future students."
– Natalie Liu; College of Education Alumni Association Scholarship Fund; Educational Technology, College of Education, UH Mānoa
"The Osher Reentry Scholarship at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for returning adult students is a very important part of my continuing success and development. Without the financial support, I would not be able to continue my academic goals. It is such an honor to be ... awarded as an Osher Reentry Scholar."
– Darylwin K. Emmsley; Osher Reentry Scholarship at UH Mānoa; Family Resources, CTAHR
