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Contact: Donne Florence, 956-7522	Air Date: August 4, 1998

Presidential Scholars keep Hawaii's best and brightest at home   Entering juniors who do well in college can compete for a pretigious scholarship program at the University of Hawaii. The Presidential Scholarship, earmarked for students midway through their baccalaureate studies, was established in 1987 to help recruit and retain the "best and brightest" of Hawaii's students to study at the University of Hawaii. A sampling of this year's winners include Shane Inoue, who plans to enroll in a dual master's and doctoral program at UH's John A. Burns School of Medicine. He plans to do medical research on diseaes of minority groups in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim. Kaiulani Murphy is pursuing a bachelor's and master's degree in Hawaiian Studies and plans to return to her hometown of Waimea as a teacher. Allen Salavea returned to college after being passed over for a promotion by a construction firm. He completed an associate's degree in carpentry at Hawaii Community College and plans to pursue master's and doctoral degrees in computer science. This is the University Report, I'm Tracy Orillo-Donovan.

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