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Media Advisory

July 17, 1997

Contact: Donnë Florence (808) 956-5941

Regents & Presidential Scholars Honored Tonight

When:

Tonight, July 17, 5:30 p.m.

Where:

UH ManoaCampus Center Ballroom

Who:

The thirty honorees and the schools they are coming from are listed on the next page.

What:

Banquet honors 20 Regents Scholars, outstanding Hawai'i high school graduates bound for one of the UH campuses, and 10 Presidential Scholars, recognized for outstanding achievement in their first two years as undergraduates. The scholars will receive tuition waivers and other assistance to continue their education at the University of Hawai'i.

The Regents Scholarship and the Presidential Scholarship were established in 1987 to help recruit and retain the "best and brightest" of Hawai'i's students to study at the University of Hawai'i. The scholarships are among the most prestigious academic honors awarded in Hawai'i. The program is a cooperative effort of the Offices of Senior Vice President and Manoa Executive Vice Chancellor Carol Eastman and Vice President for Student Affairs Doris Ching.

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