{"id":204632,"date":"2024-10-03T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=204632"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T00:15:21","slug":"115m-for-uh-students-programs-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/03\/115m-for-uh-students-programs-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"$115<abbr>M<\/abbr> raised for University of Hawai\u02bbi students, programs and research"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 5<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/maui-student-grnc.jpg\" alt=\"U H Maui students walking on campus\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/maui-student-grnc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/maui-student-grnc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/maui-student-grnc-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Foundation last fiscal year (July 1, 2023&#8211;June 30, 2024) raised $115 million, exceeding by 15% the annual goal for raising funds to support the 10 campuses of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> System.<\/p>\n<p>The final tally for the 2024 fiscal year totaled $115.2 million from 18,862 donors. It is the fourth consecutive year that funds raised for <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> have exceeded $100 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/publications\/annual-report-2024\">View the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation <abbr>FY<\/abbr>24 Annual Report.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_198046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198046\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maui-nursing-kam-scholars-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling students wearing scrubs\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maui-nursing-kam-scholars-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maui-nursing-kam-scholars-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/maui-nursing-kam-scholars.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nursing students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The total was an 11% increase for a fiscal year that included the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Foundation<\/a>\u2019s launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/4uh4hi\">For <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> \u2022 For <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/a>, the public phase of the most ambitious comprehensive fundraising campaign in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s history, to raise $1 billion for current and future students, faculty and researchers at all 10 <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Giving in <abbr>FY<\/abbr>24 included nearly $10 million for programs to benefit relief and recovery from the August 2023 wildfires on Maui, including $1 million from the Stupski Foundation that issued immediate cash payments to <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> students within a week of the fires.<\/p>\n<p>The giving also included several sizable gifts to unique and innovative programs, including:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_184707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184707\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/manoa-shidler-uh-foundation-walter-dods-students-in-complex-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"dozens of people smile for a photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-184707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/manoa-shidler-uh-foundation-walter-dods-students-in-complex-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/manoa-shidler-uh-foundation-walter-dods-students-in-complex-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/manoa-shidler-uh-foundation-walter-dods-students-in-complex.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-184707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>RISE<\/abbr> students gather in August during an opening reception<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 million from Walter Dods, Jr., for the Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs innovation center and student dormitory that opened in August 2023 and was renamed the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center in his honor.<\/li>\n<li>$3.76 million from John C. Couch to establish the first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) that will train physicians to treat liver diseases, including cancer, in the islands.<\/li>\n<li>$3.5 million to <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa from the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation to fund the music department\u2019s first-ever endowed chair for its innovative ethnomusicology program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;It is incredible to see the broad support for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>, and the cumulative impact of each gift, growing stronger each year, especially following the launch of our historic $1 billion campaign,&rdquo; said Tim Dolan, vice president of advancement at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> and <abbr>CEO<\/abbr> of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation. &ldquo;We are forever grateful for our alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends who believe in the mission of supporting our state university system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The number of gifts rose 3.6% to 24,560, with many of those made by individuals and families in memory of loved ones, including faculty members or their spouses.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni and other individuals also committed substantial gifts to <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> for scholarships, faculty, research, facilities and programming for students, including a $2 million gift to create full-ride scholarships for nursing students at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College and a scholarship for students enrolled in the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Shidler College of Business master in accounting program, with a preference for students who identify as <abbr>LGBTQ+<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Another year of growing and substantial support reinforces the validity of the audacious $1 billion fundraising goal we embraced for public higher education in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; said <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> President David Lassner. &ldquo;It\u2019s an endorsement in our students, faculty and researchers and the critical role for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> in building a better future for everyone in the islands. Every philanthropic dollar represents a vote of confidence in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s university, and we are deeply grateful to every donor who believes in our mission, our people and our plan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-foundation-uh-giving-day-2024-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"2 people waving shaka with Giving Day words over picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-194876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-foundation-uh-giving-day-2024-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-foundation-uh-giving-day-2024-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/uh-foundation-uh-giving-day-2024-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The total included $30.5 million for student scholarships and other aid, $41.9 million for faculty and academic support and research and $593,538 raised during the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/uh-foundation-raises-593538-first-ever-uh-giving-day\">first-ever Giving Day in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The generous philanthropy of our donors in support of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> is making a bigger impact every year and is a terrific investment in the future of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>,&rdquo; said Rich Wacker, chair of the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Foundation Board of Trustees. &ldquo;We thank every donor for joining us on this mission to elevate <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> to our highest potential.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Student Success<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$1 million from the Stupski Foundation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/stupski-foundation-donates-1m-support-uh-students-impacted-maui-fires\">a fund to provide immediate cash relief<\/a> for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> students impacted by the Maui fires.<\/li>\n<li>$100,000 from Shidler College of Business alumnus Tom Wellman to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/impact\/students\/shidler-alums-scholarship-creates-inclusivity-accounting-grad-students\">Wellman Endowed Scholarship in Accountancy<\/a> for students enrolled in Shidler\u2019s master in accounting program, with a preference for students who identify as <abbr>LGBTQ+<\/abbr>. It is the second endowed scholarship with a preference for <abbr>LGBTQ+<\/abbr> students at any <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campus and the first for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/li>\n<li>$100,000 from the <abbr>HPM<\/abbr> Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/hpm-foundation-pledges-100k-college-scholarships-uh-system-students-statewide\">to provide college scholarships<\/a> for students enrolled at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> campuses across the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research That Matters<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$3.76 million from John C. Couch to establish the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/376m-gift-establishes-jabsoms-first-fellowship-tackle-liver-disease\">first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program<\/a> at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine that will train physicians to treat liver diseases, including cancer, in the islands.<\/li>\n<li>$1 million from <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> alumnus and philanthropist businessman Jay H. Shidler to the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center to start the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/shidler-gives-1m-launch-uh-cancer-center-directors-innovation-fund\">Director\u2019s Innovation Fund<\/a>, to allow <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Cancer Center Director Naoto T. Ueno to advance his vision for the lifesaving research being done at the center. Shidler also gave the Cancer Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/shidler-gives-100000-uh-cancer-center-community-outreach\">$100,000 to help the center increase public awareness<\/a> of its work as it moves to its next phase as an advanced research and patient care facility with the opening next year of its Early Phase Clinical Research Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kuleana to Native Hawaiians &#38; <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$700,000 from <span aria-label=\"Alakaina\">Alaka&#699;ina<\/span> Foundation for programs and scholarships that support Native Hawaiian students at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Community Colleges, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kauai.hawaii.edu\/cogs\">Cognition Learning Center<\/a> at <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College.<\/li>\n<li>$650,000 from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Pacific Foundation to support the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Thompson School of Social Work &#38; Public Health, the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence Support Endowment at JABSOM, I Hoa Na <span aria-label=\"Moolelo\">Mo&#699;olelo<\/span> at the <span aria-label=\"Hawaiinuiakea\">Hawai&#699;inui&#257;kea<\/span> School of Hawaiian Knowledge and the <span aria-label=\"Hoopuliko\">Ho&#699;opuliko<\/span> Kumu Hou Education Pathway program at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>$160,000 from Alaka\u02bbina Foundation and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Pacific Foundation for the Kauka Noa Emmett Auwae Aluli Memorial Scholarship at the <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sustainability &#38; Conservation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$540,000 from <span aria-label=\"Alakaina\">Alaka&#699;ina<\/span> Foundation to create partnerships for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>, Leeward Community College and Windward Community College with community groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/alakaina-foundation-funds-uh-programs-partnerships-sustainability\">to promote sustainability<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>$100,000 from the Edmund C. Olson Trust 2 to the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo\u2019s College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/edmund-c-olson-trust-2-funds-scholarships-uh-hilo-ag-forestry-students\">Edmund C. Olson Trust 2 Scholarship<\/a>, with a preference for students from the <span aria-label=\"Kau\">Ka&#699;&#363;<\/span> District on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Innovation &#38; Entrepreneurship<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 million from Walter Dods, Jr. for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/walter-dods-jr-makes-5m-donation-rise-center\">Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs<\/a> at <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, which was renamed the Walter Dods, Jr. RISE Center in his honor.<\/li>\n<li>$3.5 million to <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa from the Barbara Barnard Smith Foundation to fund the music department\u2019s first-ever endowed chair. The newly established <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/record-donation-35m-made-uh-manoa-music-department\">Professor Barbara Barnard Smith Endowed Chair<\/a> supports the university\u2019s desire and commitment to revitalize its innovative ethnomusicology program, which educates students in world music with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Building <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s Workforce<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 million from Marc and Lynne Benioff in support of the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/helping-hundreds-healthcare-professionals-stay-hawaii\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program<\/a> (HELP) to help retain health professionals on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island.<\/li>\n<li>$2 million gift from the Gilbert and Aileen Chuck Foundation to create the Kam Scholars Program for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/news\/2m-gift-uh-maui-college-creates-full-scholarships-nursing-students\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> Maui College nursing program<\/a>, full scholarships for the top-ranked students in the associate of science in nursing program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Engaging Our Community<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>$1.1 million from Rie Wong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/impact\/students\/1m-gift-uh-athletics-supports-hawaii-student-athletes-any-sport\">to establish the Edwin &#38; Rie Wong Endowment Fund<\/a> to provide academic and student support for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student-athletes who are graduates of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> high schools. The endowment is open to men and women student-athletes in any sport and extends to helping them with the costs of attending summer school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Where the money goes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Student aid and special programs were top beneficiaries for the fiscal year, with $30.6 million going to student aid and $37.4 million going to special programs, an increase of 59% from the previous year for the two categories combined.<\/li>\n<li>Student aid awards grew 16.4% to $19.7 million, while the number of students receiving aid grew 3.1%.<\/li>\n<li>Within the student aid category, $26.1 million went to student scholarships, awards, fellowships and grants, while $4.5 million went to support general student aid and services.<\/li>\n<li>Research received $13.7 million, while chairs and professorships received $6.5 million, three times the previous year\u2019s total of $2.1 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Strength of alumni giving<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alumni giving rose to $30.9 million, 25.1% more than $24.7 million the previous year, while the number of alumni who gave rose 6.3% to 11,324, from 10,656 the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>Giving from parents and students totaled $323,176 while giving by friends of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> rose to $31.1 million and gifts from faculty and staff totaled $9.6 million.<\/li>\n<li>The amount received from corporations and foundations remained steady at $40 million, but the number of organizations giving rose 23.2% to 1,120, from 909 in the previous year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the fourth consecutive year that funds raised for <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> have exceeded $100 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,61,62,63,64,65,71,319,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-204632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-alumni","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-foundation","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204632"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208735,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204632\/revisions\/208735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}