Grants and salutes
Advertiser Staff
Full scholarship available
The Hawai'i Department of Education has announced that a Farrington High School graduate has financed a full, four-year college scholarship program for Hawai'i public school students.
The Sir Deryck and Lady Maughan Scholarship is to be awarded annually to a public school graduate who will study at Stanford University. To be eligible for the scholarship, the student must be accepted by the university and qualified to receive financial aid.
DOE spokesman Greg Knudsen said the scholarship is worth nearly $40,000 per year per student.
Lady Maughan is the former Va Hannemann, sister to former City Council member Mufi Hannemann. She graduated from Farrington High School before going on to Stanford.
She is married to Deryck Maughan, an international businessman who was knighted last year in London, Knudsen said. The two live in New York.
"This is all about giving back to Hawai'i, and an expression of gratitude to the public schools I attended," Va Maughan said.
Neal Okabayashi of the Hawai'i chapter of the Stanford Alumni Association said 30 to 40 Hawai'i high school graduates are accepted by Stanford each year.
PACT receives $75,000 grant
Parents and Children Together (PACT) has received a $75,000 grant from the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund, a component fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation, on behalf of the Hawaii Coalition for Dads. PACT president and CEO Ruthann Quitiquit said the money will be used to help fathers become more involved with their children.
"With these funds, the coalition will be able to offer consultation and training to organizations on involving dads in their services, pilot a 'nurturing fathers' program in the prison system, help dads access resources through AUW 211, raise community awareness on the importance of fathers and the support they need, and increase Hawai'i's voice for fathers by expanding the coalition to the Neighbor Islands," Quitiquit said.
Grant to benefit Maui campus
Doris Todd Memorial Christian School has received a grant of $240,000 from the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation of Honolulu to help build four classrooms at its Pa'ia, Maui, campus.
Three HPU alumni receive awards
Hawai'i Pacific University will honor three alumni May 2 at its annual Paul C.T. Loo Distinguished Alumni Awards:
Greg Cabanting, a 1997 graduate and the director of marketing for Anheuser-Busch Hawai'i, will receive the Alumni Volunteer of the Year Award.
Kristina Ebenius, a 1998 graduate and account executive for Edelman PR Worldwide, will receive the Young Alumni Award.
Jason C.H. Lee, a 1995 graduate and entrepreneur, will receive the Alumni Service Award.
Kailua man is fellow finalist
Kailua resident Robert Lietzke is one of 108 regional finalists nationwide for the White House Fellows Program, which was founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson to offer exceptional people work in the highest levels of federal government. If Lietzke is selected after an interview process, he will be among 11 to 19 candidates to be appointed by President George W. Bush to a one-year term as a White House fellow.
Lietzke is a senior associate for Booz Allen Hamilton, an international management consulting firm.
