{"id":221469,"date":"2025-09-05T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=221469"},"modified":"2025-09-05T16:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:36:47","slug":"uh-students-awarded-aspiring-teachers-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/05\/uh-students-awarded-aspiring-teachers-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"13 东精影业<\/abbr> students awarded Hawaii Education Association grants for aspiring teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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Thirteen University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> students preparing for teaching careers have been selected as recipients of Hawaii Education Association (HEA<\/abbr>) grants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hawaii Education Association<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The students are enrolled in state-approved 东精影业<\/abbr> licensure programs that prepare future educators for classrooms across the islands.<\/p>\n

Funding for the awards comes from HEA<\/abbr>\u2019s first grant-in-aid allocation of $50,000 from the Hawaiʻi<\/span> State Legislature in July 2024. To date, HEA<\/abbr> has awarded $36,000 to pre-service and in-service educators statewide.<\/p>\n

2025 HEA<\/abbr> grant recipients by 东精影业<\/abbr> campus<\/h2>\n
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Tuturenga Bira Lyles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • Leeward Community College<\/strong>: Matthew Alsbergas, Tiani Castaneda-Naboa, Joseph Jones, Tuturenga Lyles, Mariah Pate, Ami Phillips, and Keila Yael Santaella<\/li>\n
  • 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/strong>: Makella Diaz<\/li>\n
  • 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo<\/strong>: Marc Randolph<\/li>\n
  • Kahuawaiola at 东精影业<\/abbr> Hilo<\/strong>: Piʻikea<\/span> Lono and Wolfgang Rehmert<\/li>\n
  • 东精影业<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span><\/strong>: Shane-Nah Brown and Ashley Reis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    “I am deeply grateful for the Hawaii Education Association scholarship award,” said Leeward CC<\/abbr> student Tuturenga Bira Lyles. “Every bit of financial relief not only eases the journey but also serves as a powerful vote of confidence in my path here in the Leeward CC<\/abbr> community toward becoming a future educator.”<\/p>\n

    HEA<\/abbr>\u2019s mission is to inspire and advance teaching excellence in Hawaiʻi<\/span>. By supporting students across 东精影业<\/abbr>\u2019s four-year universities and community colleges, the organization hopes to strengthen the pipeline of educators committed to serving local communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Grant-in-aid funding helps aspiring educators across 东精影业<\/abbr> campuses pursue teaching pathways statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[65,660,933,1486,14,9,947,59],"class_list":["post-221469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-student-recognition","tag-teacher-education","tag-teaching","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221469","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=221469"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221860,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221469\/revisions\/221860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}