More scholarships available for furloughed, unemployed residents

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Roblynn Wailana Desalia-Duarte and son Makamae are both Kūlia Scholarship recipients.

Kūlia Scholarship recipient Roblynn Wailana Desalia-Duarte studying.

Kūlia Scholarship recipient Cody Matsukawa

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WHO: Residents currently furloughed or laid off from a Hawai‘i-based job because of COVID-19 impacts.  

 WHAT: Applications for the University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges Kūlia Scholarship for spring 2021. In this second round, a limited number of up to $400 Kūlia scholarships for tuition and fees will be awarded.

WHEN:  Residents must apply to a UH Community College by December 29. Go to http://uhcc.hawaii.edu/kulia/ for more information and to apply.

HOW: The scholarship is designed to help recipients strive to complete a college degree and pursue new directions. 

WHY: The University of Hawai‘i is helping the state’s financially hurting residents in multiple ways by providing higher education and training opportunities to build better lives.

MORE FACTS:

• An associate’s degree from a UH Community College provides opportunities for different kinds of employment, advancement and more resiliency during tough times. 
• An associate’s degree also makes an average difference of $360,000 over a lifetime of living and working in Hawaiʻi compared to a high school diploma, according to a 2016 UHERO report.
• While the Kūlia Scholarship for spring 2021 is only available to students who have never attended a UH campus, applicants may be eligible for other financial aid through programs such as Round two, Stronger you. 

VIDEO:

BROLL: (44 seconds)

0:00-0:08 - Kūlia Scholarship recipient Roblynn Wailana Dasalia-Duarte’s halau performing on Kaua‘i

0:08-0:26 -Stills of Roblynn Wailana Dasalia-Duarte with her family

0:26-0:44 - Stills of scholarship recipient Cody Matsukawa’s former retail job

SOUND:

Roblynn Wailana Dasalia-Duarte, Kūlia Scholarship recipient, 47 (15 seconds)

“After I graduate then I want to look into getting my bachelor’s and I want to go, I want to have that doctor in front of my name.” 

Cody Matsukawa, Kūlia Scholarship recipient, 35 (9 seconds)

“So for me the importance of having an education, having a degree, being able to differentiate myself from the other candidates that are out there is really important.”