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Raymond Baker's $50,000 gift will support grounds and living collections at Lyon Arboretum

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — As a Lyon Arboretum staff member for 38 years, Raymond Baker knows firsthand the tremendous impact funding in strategic areas can make. Upon retirement, he made a gift of $50,000 to establish the Raymond F. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Thanks to a $25,000 award from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers in the Botany Department and scientists with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center will advance our understanding of how changed land-use has impacted endangered green sea turtles. » More

Medical Technology Department resumes admitting baccalaureate degree program students

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Financial support from two of Hawaiʻi's largest clinical testing companies has helped save the state's only professional training program in the field of medical technology. » More

(Honolulu/Hilo, Hawaiʻi) — Wayne Y. and Laurie Hamano of Kailua, have created the Momoyo Hamano Endowed Excellence Scholarship at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo to honor Wayne's mother, Momoyo Hamano, who lives in Hilo. The Hamanos started this endowment with a $25,000 gift. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is pleased to announce that Mariko Miho has accepted a new position as the senior director of development for the University of Hawaiʻi — West Oʻahu. She will be working with UH West Oʻahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni to cultivate and steward individual major gift donors. » More

(Hilo, Hawaiʻi) — Shortly before stepping down on June 30, Chancellor Rose Tseng announced receipt of the largest bequest to UH Hilo in its history. A generous gift of $810,000 was made to the university from the estate of the late Howard and Yoneko Droste, longtime Hilo faculty members who taught at the campus for a combined total of 45 years. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — With a $100,000 gift, Monsanto Company has established the Monsanto Scholarship Fund in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Their goal is to support the education of students interested in the plant sciences, including plant biotechnology and biological engineering. » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Ulrike and Toufiq Siddiqi recently donated $60,000 to establish The Ulrike and Toufiq Siddiqi Student Travel Endowment at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business to enhance students’ education and understanding of South and Southeast Asia. The endowment will be used for airfare, meals, lodging, conference fees and research.

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Fred Mason Bullard, a world-renowned pioneer in the study of volcanology, general geology and geophysics, will be forever remembered through an endowed fellowship his daughter Thaïs Freda Bullard established in his name before she passed away last year.

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — The world just got a little closer to understanding and treating neurodegenerative disorders thanks to the Litchman family of Honolulu. With a gift of $150,000, Claire, Mark, Bambi and Marlene Litchman have started the Litchman Family Endowment for the Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Mental Illness. » More

Scholarships funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and American Association of Colleges of Nursing

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — UH Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH) announced today that it is one of 63 schools that will receive funding to award five scholarships from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleg » More

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) — Part-time Kailua residents Elizabeth and Dr. Richard Grossman, are funding the tuition for a full-time medical student, from start to finish, through their newly established Elizabeth and Richard Grossman Scholarship at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). » More