Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarship:

Criteria:

Hannah Lou Bennett Memorial Scholarship

• Enrolled full-time (12 credits or more) as undergraduate in the Early Childhood Education program at HCC for 2013-2014
• Satisfactory academic progress
• Some degree of financial need, not as determined by federal guidelines

EHW Broadbent Foundation Scholarship

• Be enrolled at least part-time (6 credits) as an undergraduate at HCC for 2013-2014
• Must be graduates of a Hawaii High School enrolled in one of the following vocational programs at HCC: Automotive Technology, Carpentry Technology, Diesel Mechanic Technology, Welding Technology
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.0 or higher in previous year of either high school or community college
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily as determined by federal guidelines

The Henry & Dorothy Castle Memorial Early Childhood Education Scholarship

• Be enrolled at least part-time (6 credits) as an undergraduate Seeking an AS degree in Early Childhood Education at HCC for 2013-2014
• Some degree of financial need, not as determined by federal guidelines

The Commercial Art Scholarship

• Full-time (12 credits or more) undergraduate student(s) majoring in Commercial Art at Honolulu Community College and/or student(s) with an Associate Degree from HCC who will be majoring in Commercial Art at UH Manoa for 2013-2014
• Scholastic achievement

Construction Management Association of America, Hawaii Chapter Scholarship Fund

• Enrolled full-time as undergraduate student pursuing a degree in construction management at Honolulu Community College
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.5
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily determined by federal guidelines
• Faculty advisor recommendation
• State of his/her academic objectives as they relate to the construction management profession

Cosmetology Program Endowment

• Second semester students enrolled full-time (12 credits or more) in the Cosmetology program at HCC for 2013-2014
• Some degree of financial need
• Scholastic achievement

Diesel Mechanics Technology Scholarship

Students new to the Diesel Mechanics Program must:

• Be a high school graduating senior planning to attend HCC for 2013-2014 in Diesel Mechanics or be a new or continuing HCC student with no more than 4 credits of DISL
• Curriculum or new HCC student who has taken no DISL courses
• Declare Diesel Mechanics as major
• Enroll at least 12 credits per semester
• Have a satisfactory high school academic record (cumulative M.P.A. 2.5 or better) or college academic record (cumulative G.P.A. 2.0 or better)
• Continuing Diesel Mechanics Students must:
• Be a HCC student who has completed 12-24 program specific credits (DISL courses).
• Declare Diesel Mechanics as major
• Enroll in at least 12 credits per semester
• Have a satisfactory college academic record (Minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 in major; 2.5 overall)

Early Child Care Assistance Program

• Hawaii resident
• Continuing or resuming status at HCC for 2013-2014;
• resuming students shall have a break of no more than one academic year
• Good financial standing with the University of Hawaii
• Good academic standing with priority given to students with higher GPAs
• Financial need with priority given to students who have been denied assistance from external sources of child care assistance
• Children who have been accepted for enrollment at the Children's Center

Honolulu CC Fire Science Program Scholarship

• Students taking six or more credits who are accepting majors in the Fire Science program and have completed at least six credit hours of Fire Science course work
• Degree of financial need
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a 3.0 GPA

Feng Yi Fong Scholarship Fund for Career & Technical Education

• Recipients shall have a minimum GPA of 2.0; it is the intent of the donor to support students who are not academically in the top tier of the class
• Preference shall be given to single parents
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily determined by federal guidelines
• With all criteria being equal, the student(s) who demonstrate the most financial need shall be awarded the scholarship
• Recipients must be enrolled part-time (min 6 credits) or full-time (min 12 credits) as undergraduate students pursuing a degree or certificate in the Career and Technical Education programs of student at Honolulu CC

HCC General Scholarship Fund

• Recipients must be enrolled full-time or part-time as undergraduates at Honolulu Community College
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.0
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily determined by federal guidelines

Honolulu CC Student Aid Fund

• Must be enrolled at least part-time (6 credits) as undergraduates at HCC for 2013-2014
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.0
• Some degree of financial need, not as determined by Federal guidelines

Hawaii Veterans Memorial Fund

• Full-time undergraduate student (12 credits or more) enrolled within the University of Hawaii system for 2013-2014
• Hawaii resident
• One letter of recommendation from a non-related individual
• Demonstrate financial need
• Have the following minimum academic record:
  • University freshmen & sophomores 2.5 cumulative GPA
  • University juniors & seniors 2.75 cumulative GPA
  • Community college students 2.0 cumulative GPA

Charles Hemenway Scholarship

• High school GPA of 2.0
• Demonstrated good citizenship supported by letters of recommendation and the student's own written statement of community service
• Limited to students classified as resident (excludes nonresident, military-exempt, foreign-exempt, faculty exempt, and student exchange tuition status
• Satisfactory academic progress

Grace R. Ihara Memorial Merit Scholarship

• Active and participating member of HCC's Phi Theta Kappa chapter (exception: Apprenticeship Program students)
• Demonstrated community service (on or off campus)
• Minimum 3.3 or higher cumulative GPA
• Currently enrolled at HCC for 2013-2014 and have completed at least two semesters of college
• Apprenticeship Program credit classes seeking their Applied Trade degree students: Must be enrolled in credit classes seeking their Applied Trade degree
• Completed high percentage of HCC college classes attempted
• Write a one page essay on your personal background and academic/career plans
• Enrolled in a minimum of 6 or more credits

Industry Planning Council (IPC) Scholarship Fund

• Students must be enrolled full-time in Automotive Mechanics Technology at Honolulu Community College and be making normal progress in the major program courses
• Students must have completed the first semester major coursework for Automotive Mechanics Technology
• Students must have a minimum of a C (2.0) average in all major course work completed
• Student must not currently be a recipient of a T-TEP, CAP or HADA Scholarship

Robert Toshimi Kato Memorial Scholarship Fund for Commercial Arts

• Recipients must be enrolled at least full-time (12 credits or more) as second-year undergraduate student(s) majoring in Commercial Art at Honolulu Community College
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.0
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily determined by federal guidelines

Nancy Carmeth Kessinger Scholarship Fund

• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.0. Satisfactory progress in the major is necessary to continue support for the student
• Some degree of financial need, not necessarily determined by federal guidelines
• Single parent with at least one child
• Recipients must be enrolled either full-time or part-time as an undergraduate who qualifies to enroll as a major in a Career and Technical Education degree or certificate program at Honolulu CC

The Ngo Wong Loo & Man Kwong Loo Memorial Scholarship

• Must be a Hawaii resident of good moral character
• Enrolled full-time (12 credits or more) at HCC for 2013- 2014
• Minimum high school GPA of C+
• Quality of student's written statement explaining why student thinks he or she should receive the scholarship

Loui "Tools of the Trade" Scholarship

• Must be at least part-time (6 credits), undergraduate students enrolled in a technical or trades program for HCC 2013-2014
• Financial need; eligibility shall be determined by FAFSA
• Consideration shall be given to students who have additional need through hardship situations as determined by the Financial Aid office at HCC

Phyllis Loveless Scholarship Fund

• Must be at least part-time (6 credits) or full-time (12 credits) as undergraduate students pursuing a degree or certificate in the Early Childhood Education program at Honolulu CC for 2013-2014
• Some degree of financial aid, not necessarily as determined by federal guidelines
• Preference shall be given to students who reside or employed in the Kalihi-Palama area
• Satisfactory academic progress demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.5

Michael T. Rota Award for Student Excellence Fund

• Must be enrolled full-time or part-time as undergraduate students pursuing degree or certificate in liberal arts or career technical program at Honolulu CC
• Funds may be used to award students who participates and successfully complete student-based competitions organized and led by Honolulu CC

The Student Opportunity Fund at the University of Hawaii Foundation

• Must be at least part-time (6 credits) in a program at HCC for 2013-2014
• Hawaii high school graduate
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a minimum GPA of 2.5
• Some degree of financial need

The Cheryl Ann Wingfield Memorial Scholarship Fund

• Must be at least part-time (6 credits) in the Aeronautics Maintenance Technology Program at HCC for 2013-2014
• Preference given to female applicants
• Some degree of financial need
• Academic merit as demonstrated by a GPA of 2.5