{"id":100186,"date":"2019-07-19T16:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=100186"},"modified":"2019-07-26T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T01:50:35","slug":"students-raps-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/19\/students-raps-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Students win <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Regents, Presidential Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_28273\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrOPHB8MaNA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Students win 糖心Vlog官方 Regents, Presidential Scholarships\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Thirty promising high school and college students were honored on July 18, as the 2019 University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Regents and Presidential Scholars during an awards ceremony at the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Campus Center Ballroom. The scholarship program was created in 1987 and has attracted some of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>\u2019s best and brightest.<\/p>\n<h2>Regents Scholarships<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"student scholar\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-100199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/system-RAPS-2019-candid.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Regents Scholarships are awarded to 20 incoming freshmen attending <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The students receive four years of paid tuition for undergraduate studies, a stipend of $4,000 per year and a one-time $2,000 travel voucher. They also have the opportunity to participate in a number of activities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo; So with this program we also create activities for them throughout the year with their peers that we think will help them become more successful in college and also after they go out into the community,&rdquo; <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships were welcome news to the Tucker family. Two of the triplets received Regents Scholarships after graduating from Waipahu High School.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For us it\u2019s really a huge relief because we were considering going to <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> anyway. Having two scholarships really helps us to pursue our careers,&rdquo; <strong>Dylan Tucker<\/strong> said. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Linnea Tucker<\/strong> said she sees other advantages to remaining in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. &ldquo;For me, I like to think the networking is really nice,&rdquo; she said. While she is a declared nursing student, she has other plans as well. &ldquo;I want to have a future career in law and currently have an internship with Judge (Edward) Kubo. I hope to continue that as I attend <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Presidential Scholarships<\/h2>\n<p>The <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Presidential Scholarships go to 10 juniors attending a <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campus. Presidential scholars receive full tuition for two years of undergraduate study. The scholarships are awarded with preference for <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> community college students with high <abbr title=\"grade point average\">GPA<\/abbr>s transferring to a four-year <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regents Scholars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phillip Amona, Kamehameha Secondary Schools, Mechanical Engineering, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Alisha Churma, <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span> School, Communication, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Zyrill Dayne Dela Cruz, Waipahu High School, Chemistry-Biosciences, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Horita, Kalani High School, Dietetics, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Adam Hu, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Baptist Academy, Electrical Engineering, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Miles Jenkins, Kailua High School, Physics, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Michaela Kop, Moanalua High School, Cell and Molecular Biology, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Maruno, <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span> School, Mechanical Engineering, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Tiffany Ng, Sacred Hearts Academy, Biology, 糖心Vlog官方 M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Kengo Raganit, Waipahu High School, General-Undeclared Liberal Arts, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Shane Severino, <span aria-label=\"Iolani\">&#699;Iolani<\/span> School, Chemistry, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Cassidy Silva, Mililani High School, Biology, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Ashley Taylor, Kalani High School, Communication, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Tucker, Waipahu High School, Civil Engineering, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Linnea Tucker, Waipahu High School, Nursing, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Deborah Yuan, Kaiser High School, International Business, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Kayla Hirano, James B. Castle High School, Computer Engineering, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Mika Odaira, Wai\u0101kea High School, Business Administration, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Weiss, Kalaheo High School, Physics, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presidential Scholars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gabriel Allen, Biochemistry, <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Emily Bautista, Public Health, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Kiaria Nakamura, English, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo<\/li>\n<li>Shawnia Oliveros, Social Work, Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Dylan Pilger, Biochemistry, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Camryn Shiroma, Classics, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Marie Villareal, Public Administration, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Maui College, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Hanna Claerbout, Business, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Kasey Emoto, Biology, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<li>Celeste Guiles, Chemistry, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>, <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100196\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/System-RAPS-2019-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/System-RAPS-2019-group.jpg\" alt=\"scholarship winners\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/System-RAPS-2019-group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/System-RAPS-2019-group-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/System-RAPS-2019-group-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President David Lassner and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Board of Regents Chair Benjamin Kudo with the 2019 Regents and Presidential Scholarship winners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty promising high school and college students were recognized for outstanding academic achievement and are part of an effort to keep the state\u2019s best and brightest in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[72,894,572,660,71,14,9,947,59,56],"class_list":["post-100186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-board-of-regents","tag-regents-and-presidential-scholars","tag-scholarship","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100186"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100511,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100186\/revisions\/100511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}