2017 Dorrance Scholarship recipients
“The Dorrance Scholarship has become a model for providing educational opportunities to first-generation college students.” — Chancellor Straney.
Ten high school seniors from Hawaiʻi Island who are enrolling this fall at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo have each been awarded a Dorrance Scholarship.
“The Dorrance Scholarship has become a model for providing educational opportunities to first-generation college students,” says Don Straney, UH Hilo chancellor. “(The Dorrances’) gift helps us to address that need, which is a core part of UH Hilo’s mission.”
The 2017 Dorrance Scholarship recipients and their high schools are:
- Jeffrey Cushing, Kealakehe High School.
- Stephanie Lewis, Kohala High School.
- Jaylyn Mahoe-Subica, Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School.
- Nicole Garza, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi.
- Kamamaluwaiwai Wichimai, Kamehameha Schools-Hawaiʻi.
- Chayna Yoshida, Keaʻau High School.
- Joy Boswell, Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts and Science.
- Emme Furuya, Hilo High School.
- Tharin Lewi-Ohashi, Konawaena High School.
- Alanna Pabre, Konawaena High School.
The Dorrance Scholarship was established by Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance at the Arizona Community Foundation in June 1999. The innovative, four-year, need-based award provides local students who are the first in their family to attend college, up to $10,000 a year in direct financial assistance. Recipients will also participate in a custom-designed summer bridge program, international travel, conservation experience, an entrepreneurship program and employment preparation, bringing the total estimated value of each award to more than $90,000.
The Dorrance Foundation began offering up to 10 scholarships a year to Hawaiʻi Island high school graduates attending UH Hilo in 2012. The latest awards bring the total number of recipients to 59.
