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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, August 22, 2002

Grants and scholarships

Advertiser Staff

Priory receives $8,000 grant

St. Andrew's Priory School has received an $8,000 grant from The McInerny Foundation.

"The McInerny Foundation's generous tuition grant will help St. Andrew's Priory School continue its mission of providing girls with a quality education," said Caroline Ward Oda, St. Andrew's head of school.

Founded by Queen Emma Kaleleonalahi of Hawai'i and Mother Sellon of the Anglican Church as an Episcopal school for Girls, St. Andrew's has been in operation in the Islands for 135 years.


USC student gets scholarship

Chantel Chang has received a $1,500 scholarship from USA Funds. A Punahou School graduate, she is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California.


Alu Like gets $2.75M grant

Alu Like has been selected to receive a grant of $2.75 million under the Native Hawaiian Vocational Education Program for the period Aug. 1, 2002, through July 31, 2003. It is anticipated that the grant will continue for five years.

The program serves Native Hawaiians through 12 vocational programs at the secondary, postsecondary and adult levels. Examples of the types of programs sponsored are agriculture and aquaculture programs, CAD/CAM and Web design and computer technology for high school-age students. There are also vocational counseling internships and cooperative postsecondary education opportunities, as well as computer training, training for health technology careers and high technology specialty training at the adult level. The high technology specialty training is provided in conjunction with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

Alu Like has assisted Native Hawaiians in their efforts to achieve social and economic self-sufficiency since 1975.


Radford grad in scholar program

Michael Tenney, a 2002 graduate of Radford High School and a freshman this fall at Oklahoma State University, has been selected for the prestigious Academic Scholars Program. Recipients receive $5,500 per academic year plus a tuition waiver at OSU. The award is for four years. Nonresident recipients receive a waiver of the nonresident portion of their tuition.


UH student named scholar

Gavin Masuda has been named the 2002 Albert J. Simone Scholar by the University of Hawai'i-Manoa Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity Office.

Masuda is a business major who hopes to become a CPA and open his own firm after completing his degree. He was recently elected director of marketing for the Business Executive Society of Tomorrow, is a member of Alpha Beta Chi, and serves as student ambassador for the Office of School and College Services.

Masuda is a Punahou School graduate and recipient of the 2002 Presidential Scholarship.


Conference attendee back

Kellan Kubo of Honolulu recently attended the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C.

Kubo had the opportunity to interact with a panel of well-known journalists including Nancy Ambrose, formerly of CNN, Michael Cottman of The Washington Post, Jonathan Karl of CNN and Toni Locy of USA Today.