Maui Educational Opportunity Center Assists Students with College Scholarship Opportunities

The Maui Educational Opportunity Center is assisting students with two upcoming scholarship opportunities available for college students offered through the University of Hawaiʻi: the Mānaiakalani for first-generation or low income college students, and Kūlia scholarships for those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19.

Mānaiakalani Scholarship

The Mānaiakalani Scholarship is ideal for first-generation college students or students who come from low-income backgrounds. Preference will be given to those who are of Native Hawaiian ancestry. The deadline for the application has been extended to July 30, 2021.

Applicants must be a Maui or Molokaʻi resident, planning to attend the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College for the fall 2021 semester, and be enrolled in a minimum of six credits )including a required cohort class).

For more information or assistance:

• Email [email protected] or phone 808-984-3421.
• Email [email protected] or phone 808-984-3286.
• Visit the scholarship website here.

Kūlia Scholarship

The Kūlia Scholarship is geared more towards those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19.

Applicants must be a Hawaiʻi resident, must have graduated high school prior to 2020, and must be admitted and enrolled as a UHCC student for the Fall of 2021.

The scholarship is for applicants who: are currently or have been furloughed or laid off from a job in Hawaiʻi because of COVID-19 impacts (since March 2020), or have documented furlough or lay off for Fall 2021 (Aug.-Dec. 2021).

Priority will be given to those who were full-time employees. Applicants must be either new to the UH system or last attended a UH campus prior to 2020.

The deadline to apply is Aug. 8, 2021.

For more information or assistance:

• Email [email protected] or call 808-984-3286.
• Further details are available online here.