Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 11, 1 November 2006 — Scholarship interest [ARTICLE]

Scholarship interest

More than 600 people applied for OHA's higher education scholarship program by the recent Oct. 16 deadline, making it one of the most inquired-about scholarships that Hawai'i Community Foundation administers. Judy 01iveira, HCF's senior scholarship officer, said that her staff received more 30 calls per day from people wanting more information about the program. "We were sitting here thinking, 'wow, what are we going to do with all of these people?"' she said. "The volume of calls was so huge - it was great." The OHA Board appropriated $225,000 for higher education scholarships for the 20062007 academic year. HCF will contact the selected scholarship recipients after Thanksgiving.