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MEDIA RELEASE The UH Foundation is honored to announce that thanks to donors’ generosity, $98,583,866 was raised in fiscal year 2014 to support University of Hawaii students, faculty, research and programs on all ten UH campuses. Highlights: • This record-breaking achievement was thanks in large part to the Simons Foundation and its $40 million award […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Dr. Ronald Taniguchi and his wife, Alice, have made a $25,000 pledge to fund an endowed scholarship to support third and fourth year students at the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Recipients will be high school graduates from the neighbor islands of Kauai, Molokai and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A Japanese businessman with strong ties to Hawaii Island has pledged $60,000 to create two funds to benefit the UH Hilo Vulcans Athletics Program. Hikozaemon Takahashi’s gift will support student athletes and the Vulcans coaching staff. How his gift will benefit UH Hilo Athletics: * The Hikozaemon Takahashi Coaches Fund for Excellence supports […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Foundation announces the promotion of two development professionals. KC Collins, CFRE, has been promoted to executive director of development, regional and community colleges. Most recently she served as the director of development, regional and community colleges at the UH Foundation. In this new role, Collins will continue to provide […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Nico Leilani Verissimo has been promoted to University of Hawaii Foundation director of alumni engagement for Hawaii Island. She has been with the Foundation since 2004, most recently serving as the associate director of development for the Imiloa Astronomy Center/UH Foundation. In the newly created position of director of alumni engagement for Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Foundation has announced the appointment of four new members to the board of trustees: Alan Arakawa, T. Michael May, Lawrence J. Taff and Richard Wacker. * Alan Arakawa is senior vice president, planning at A&B Properties, Inc. Prior to joining A&B, he served as president of Waiawa Ridge Development […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Foundation and the University of Hawaii Alumni Association (UHAA) have announced Janet Yoshida Bullard has been promoted to vice president of marketing and communications – alumni and donor relations for the UH Foundation. In this new leadership position, Bullard will manage the alumni and donor relations teams, communications and […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Foundation has announced Greg Willems has joined the executive team as the vice president of development. Under the direction of the president, Willems will oversee the fundraising and development operations at the UH Foundation. He will also be responsible for leading the planning and implementation of the next comprehensive […]

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“A Celebration of Academic Excellence and Philanthropy”

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MEDIA RELEASE 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 Hawaii at Manoa. Their goal is to support the education of students interested in the plant sciences, including plant biotechnology and biological engineering. The scholarship award can […]

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