UH student scholarship recipients meet donors who made college dreams a reality

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UH Scholarship Celebration

Scholarship recipients at UH Scholarship Celebration

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WHO:  Donors and student scholarship recipients celebrated the gift of education.

Last year, the University of Hawai‘i Foundation distributed more than $11.6 million in student aid to 3,863 students statewide. 

WHAT:  University of Hawai‘i Scholarship Celebration  

WHEN:  March 11, 2020, 5:30–7:30 p.m.

WHERE:  Stan Sheriff Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

WHY:  Students enjoyed having the opportunity to personally thank the generous people who have invested in their success, and donors were delighted to meet the people whose futures they are impacting.

MORE ABOUT YOLANDA DOMINGO:

Scholarship recipient, proud UH alumna and respected child welfare social worker Yolanda Domingo moved attendees when she shared how scholarships changed her life and helped her rise above life’s challenges.

Domingo’s challenges included raising her family while fighting cancer and receiving a heart transplant.

She earned a liberal arts degree from Leeward Community College, a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from UH West O‘ahu and a master of social work from UH Mānoa.

Domingo received the following scholarships:

• Charles R. Hemenway Scholarship – Leeward Community College

• Charles R. Hemenway Scholarship – UH West O‘ahu

• Sally Kanehe Lampson Scholarship Fund

• School of Social Work Alumni & Friends Association Fund

VIDEO:

BROLL:

2 shots Yolanda Domingo speaking

6 shots of event

3 shots welcoming to event

6 shots donors meeting with students

1 shot Yolanda Domingo speaking at 2010 UH West O‘ahu commencement

SOUND:

Yolanda Domingo, multiple scholarship recipient and social worker (fought cancer and received a heart transplant while she earned degrees from Leeward CC, UH West O‘ahu and UH Mānoa)

(:18) "To all the donors, from where I am today and how I started. Totally, totally, my life would not be at where I am today, if not for the scholarships that I was given. So I am just thankful, every day."

(:22) "For me it just made a huge difference.  I wasnʻt working at the time. I just got a heart transplant. It was like six months after my transplant and I decided to go school. So, I had nothing, like I didnʻt even have a computer. So supplies, even buying books, scholarships helped with books."