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June 23, 2006

College of Education/University Laboratory School Fire Recovery Fund Receives $35,440 in Donations

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(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received $35,440 in donations for the College of Education/University Laboratory School's Fire Recovery Fund as of the morning of Friday, June 23.

June 16, 2006

College of Education/University Laboratory School Fire Recovery Fund Receives $15,965 in Donations to Date

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(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation has received $15,965 in donations for the College of Education/University Laboratory School Fire Recovery Fund as of Friday afternoon. Donations include a $10,000 check from Altres that was received Friday.

February 16, 2006

Private Support for University of Hawaiʻi Surpasses $100 Million

More than 26,000 Alumni Have Donated to Their Alma Mater

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - Donna Vuchinich, President of the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, announced today the Foundation has raised more than $100 million in private support for the 10 campuses of the UH System.

January 3, 2006

UH Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Awards Recipients Announced

Seven Alumni Honored for 2006

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The University of Hawai‘i and the University of Hawai‘i Alumni Association (UHAA) announces the recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA).

December 2, 2005

OHA Approves Grant to UH Mānoa's William S. Richardson School of Law

$29,065 Grant to Support Native Hawaiʻian Students with Admissions Prep Classes & Tutoring for Firstt-Year Students

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - The Office of Hawaiʻian Affairs (OHA) approved funding a $29,065 grant to the William S.

November 14, 2005

McInerny Foundation Partners with the UH Foundation to Increase Alumni Giving

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.

October 27, 2005

UH Foundation Adds Five Staff to its Development Operations

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.

October 17, 2005

Theatre, Dance and Music Students & Programs at UHM Benefit from Four Endowments Established by Dr. Roger Long

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.

October 14, 2005

UH Alumni Association Appoints Five New Board Members

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.

September 30, 2005

American Lung Association of Hawaiʻi Donates $2.5 Million to UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine

$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

July 3, 2005

$1.625 Million Committed to Establishing The Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals at UH Mānoa

Most Successful Volunteer Campaign for an Endowed Chair at UH

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - 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.

May 18, 2005

W.M. Keck Foundation Gives $1.5 Million for New Cosmochemistry Lab at UH

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.