New benefits available for UHAA members

To increase the value of membership in the University of Hawaiʻi Alumni Association, UHAA has arranged additional member benefits with the following partners:

• Hawaiʻi Self Storage— 40% off storage rentals
• ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi—10% off all levels of membership
• Hawaiian Airlines—5% discount on web fares between Hawaiʻi and the U.S. mainland plus a waiver on baggage fees for the first two normal-sized checked baggage; must book on affiliate site with affiliate code.

Official proof of UHAA membership and use of promotional codes may be required. Other restrictions may apply.

Download a complete list of benefits or join UHAA or renew your membership. For more information, contact the Alumni Relations Office at (808) 956-2586 or toll free at 1-877-UH-ALUMS (1-877-842-5867).

Students win cash for describing what they will miss about UH

From left, Mitch Kaʻaialiʻi, Sherwin Acidera, Virginia Hinshaw

To recognize student creativity and promote campus life and school pride, UHAA recently awarded two $500 grants to winners of the 2009 UHAA Student Grant Competition.

UH Mānoa freshman Sherwin Acidera won for his video titled “Diversity.” Honolulu Community College carpentry students Alvin Unciano, Richard Emoto, Ikaika Ariola and Dustin Labasan won for “HCC Carpentry Movie”.

UH students from all 10 campuses were invited to submit a video based on the theme “What I will always remember about my days on campus” to one of two UHAA YouTube channels—one for UH Mānoa students and the other for students from the other nine campuses.

Submissions were evaluated by a selection committee on best interpretation of the theme, creativity, originality and content.

Distinguished Alumni Award recipients honored at benefit

From left, Dee Jay Mailer, Sabrina McKenna, James and Lois Horton, David and Wendie McClain, Chiyome Fukino, UHAA President Mitchell Kaʻaialiʻi, Daniel Lau

More than 600 UH alumni and friends gathered May 7 at the Sheraton Waikīkī to honor the recipients of the 2009 UH Distinguished Alumni Awards, the UH Founders Alumni Association Lifetime Achievement Award, and the UHAA President’s Award.

The event and silent auction raised money to benefit UHAA and its scholarship fund.

View photos from the event.

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