Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 2, 1 Pepeluali 1996 — Pursuing higher education: Plan now for scholarship assistance [ARTICLE]

Pursuing higher education: Plan now for scholarship assistance

Apply now for these scholarships and awards, most deadlines by March 1 . Edward Pavson & Berniee Pi'ilani Irwin SchoIarship: Amount dependent on need. Awards between $500 and $2,000 for Hawai'i resident, college student. Contact Lynn Montague Haff at 537-6333. Emnia K. \fossman Scholarship: Amounts vary. For Hawaiian and part Hawaiian students attending UH-Mānoa as an undergraduate. Call 956-7251. Edith Kanaka'ole Scholarship: Up to $2,000 for students enrolied at Hawai'i Community Col!ege or UH-Hilo. Contact Edward Kanahele, P.O. Box 5134, Hilo, HI 96720. Kai'ulani Home for Girls Trust Scholarship: Betwecn $200 and $1,800 to female Hawai'i residcnts, Hawaiians preferred, enrolled as full-timc students in need of financial aid. Contact Lynn Montague Haff at 537-6333. Ida M. Pope Memorial Scholarship: Female Hawai'i residents, Hawaiians preferred, enrolled as graduate or undergraduate student. Amount varies. Contact Geraldinc Johansen at 842-8216. Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate Einaneial Aid Programs: Be a classified student in a degree-seeking program and enrolled fulltime in an accredited two or four-year post-high school institution, primarily within Hawai'i. Demonstrate Enaneial need and satisfy academic requirements. For students of Hawaiian ancestry. Call 842-8216 for full listing of programs available and specific requirements. Priority deadline for applications is March 1 . Keppler Award: Amounts vary. For Hawai'i resident with exemplar scholastic record, planning to attend or attending UH-Mānoa as an upperclassman or graduate majoring in Hawaiian studies. Contact Pinaneial Aid Services at 956-7251. Marie E. Schleichert Annual College of Agriculture Scholarship: $100 undergraduate scholarships for students of Hawaiian ancestry accepted to UH-Hilo, College of Agriculture, intent on saving the land and sea. Call 933-3323. Blossom Kalama Evans Memorial Scholarship Fund: Ranging between $400 and $1,000. Must be Hawai'i resident planning to attend workshop or class on Hawaiian language, culture or arts, or majoring in Hawaiian studies or languages at any accredited co!lege/university in Hawai'i with preference give to those of Hawaiian ancestry. For those enrolled as an upperclassman

or a graduate student majoring in Hawaiian studies. Must also demonstrate financial need. Contact Lynn Montaguc Haff at 537-6333. Office of Hawaiian Affairs: Amounts vary for full-time student of Hawaiian ancestry enrolled in an accredited two or four-year degree program or vocational program in an accredited institution. Applicant should demonstrate academic potential and progress and verify that applicant is not a previous recipient of any post-high school financial aid program administered by KS/BE. Contact Kamehameha Schools Post High Financial Aid Program. Mark OHA in red on top right corder, and mail your completed application to Kamehameha Schools, whieh will process and review fornts for us. Call KS/BE at 842-8216. Thomas E. Cook Memorial Scholarship for the Humanities: $500 scholarship for a Big Island resident possessing a strong academic record majoring in Humanities, enrolled as an undergraduate, who is also of Hawaiian ancestry. Call 933-3323 for application. Prince Kūhiō Hawaiian Civic Club Scholarship: Amounts vary. Scholastic record important, funds for undergraduate and graduate students. Contact Kalherine Sai at P.O. Box 240132, Honolulu, HI 96824-0132. Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program: For Hawaiian students, residents of the state, enrolled or accepted at an accredited Hawai'i or Mainland heahh professions training program, with specialties in allopathic/astcopathic physician, physician assistant, elinieal psychologist, nurse, midwifery, psychiatry or public heakh, master of socia! work, masters degree with a specialty in heahh education, nutrition, maternal child heahh or heahh administration, dentist, dental hygienist. For application eall 842-8562. Deadline April 15. Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu Scholarship: Amount varies. For undergraduates and graduate students of Hawaiian ancestry with strong scholastic record, applicants may apply through the KS/BE Financial Aid Program by calling 842-8216 and specifying the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu Scholarship. Deadline May 1. Abraham Pi'ianai'a Graduate Scholarship: Amount $1,000 for graduate and undergraduate students of Hawaiian ancestry accepted to the UHMānoa majoring in Hawaiian studies. Contact Dr. Kiyoshi Ikeda at 965-8487. Deadline, June 15.