Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 12, Number 1, 1 January 1995 — Hawaiians win academic awards [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hawaiians win academic awards

Hawaiians here and on the Mainland have been reaping academic awards of late. George Washington University medical student Kealani Kanehe Holloway

has received the William a n d Charlotte C a d b u r y Award from N a t i o n a 1 M e d i c a 1 Fellowships,

lnc. The honor, whieh includes a cash award, recognizes outstanding academie achievement, leadership and community service and is presented annually to a medical student who is a member of an underrepre-

sented minority. Kamehameha Schools senior Kahikina de Silva has received the 1995 Achievement Award in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. More than 3,500 students were judged on

samples of their best prose or verse and on impromptu themes written under supervision; only 682 w r i t e r s

received the award. The winners' names are published in a booklet sent to directors of admission at 3,000 colleges.

Holloway

de Silva