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Licensure testing for new nurses is pricey, but Wailea Community Association offers a hand.

New committee addresses students' insecurities for basic needs.

Hundreds join effort to raise funds toward scholarships and financial aid for 10-campus system.

Donors bolster UHERO's research capacity for COVID-19 economic recovery.

Creating an infrastructure for innovative experiential team-based learning experiences.

BOH establishes endowment scholarship for UH student-athletes. Historic venue unveiled as SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.

In celebration of Honolulu Community College’s 100th anniversary, the college is launching an effort to raise $100,000 by December 31. In addition, it will be offering free community webinars addressing Hawai‘i’s needs during the pandemic.

Inspired by the success of a $1.6 million donation that established the Barry and Virginia Weinman Fellowship to fund 10 medical students’ educations, renowned philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman recently donated $1.56 million to fund 10 full-tuition scholarships at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Eva Kaa, a graduate of UH Mānoa's School of Travel Industry Management, establishes the Eva Kaa Scholarship of Excellence with an estate gift to UH.  

Hawaiʻi construction company NAN, Inc. has donated $160,000 to fund the Nan, Inc. Scholarship in Engineering at the UH Mānoa College of Engineering.

UH Vice President of Advancement and UHF CEO Tim Dolan added, “We are so grateful for each of the 21,070 gifts. Donors have made a phenomenal difference in the lives of our students this year, funding COVID-19 related urgent needs, programs supporting high school students’ transition to college, and students from all backgrounds graduating with the degrees and certificates essential for our economic recovery.”

Textile and apparel company Esquel Group and its Vice Chairman Teresa Yang established a $500,000 Esquel-Yang Family Distinguished Professorship at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School) with matching funds from Jay H. Shidler.