Programs/Interships
Updated 1/7/2011
University of Hawaii at Hilo Upward Bound Program
* Upward Bound is a federally funded program that prepares high school students to enter and succeed in college. Throughout the year, students receive instruction and encouragement to develop their academic and personal skills. Students also receive help developing their college and career plans and participate in exciting cultural activities and experiences. During the summer, qualified students can life, five or six weeks, and learn on the University of Hawaii at Hilo Campus.
* Qualifications-Students must: be a U.S. citizen, national permanent resident of the U.S., show the potential and motivation to be successful in education beyond high school, be of low income according to guidelines established by the federal government, student's parents must not have earned a recognized bachelor's degree.
* Please see Mr Carpenter for a "Pre-application" to determine if you are eligible for the Upward Bound Program.
Hawaii Youth Conservation Corps Summer Program
* Hands-on experience aimed at educating Hawaii's youth on the many conservation issues that threaten Hawaii's unique environment.
* An opportunity to work alongside premiere conservations.
* HYCC members have been part of the difference by participating in a wide variety of conservation activities, including: trail management and erosion control, restoring rare and endangered native plants to the wild, eradicating non-native, invasive species, studying human impacts on all aspects of all our ecosystems, learning from government officials how legislative process impacts conservation land and ocean resources, learning about Hawaii's cultural relationship to the environment.
* Applications are due February 28, 2011. Applications are available either online or with Mr. Carpenter.
The Kohala Center
The Kohala Center offers a number of residential engineering and environmental science programs for high school students. Please see the Kohala Center website for additional information and application forms.
* Programs have various application deadlines (Jan. 2011-Mar. 2011). Please see website for more info.
Re: Hawaii Future Physicians Symposium and Scholarship
Dear Student:
I am pleased to extend an invitation to the students of your school to attend the Hawaii Future Physicians Symposium. This symposium will feature a discussion by several of Hawaii’s foremost physicians who will discuss the joys and challenges of their particular medical specialty.
Location: John A. Burns School Of Medicine
Auditorium
651 Ilalo Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Date & Time: October 2, 2010
8:00am to 12:00pm
or call
808.735.1935 to register
(please include your full name, the name of the school you attend, your graduation year, your phone number and your e-mail address when registering)
Registration Deadline: September 23, 2010
*Seating Is Limited*
Each student will receive a certification of attendance.
In addition, all attending students will have the opportunity to be the recipient of a $500 scholarship that will be awarded! *Student must be present to win*
This symposium and scholarship are sponsored by John Olkowski, MD and EyeSight Hawaii Vision Institute; www.EyeSightHawaii.com
If you have any additional questions, please e-mail me at heidi@eyesighthawaii.com or call me at 735-1935. (For neighbor islands, you can call toll free 1-877-735-1935.)
Best wishes,
Heidi M. Davis
Director of Corporate & Community Relations
EyeSight Hawaii Vision Institute
Past opportunities which may become available again at about the same time of year this year.
The summer intership program welcomes high school juniors to experience and enjoy a higher level of learning through participation in ongoing engineering research projects. A faculty mentor and graduate students or researchers will be assigned to each intern to ensure a productive and fulfilling experience. At the closure of the intership program, all participating interns are required to participate in an event to showcase to faculty members, student mentors. parents, teachers, counselors and fellow interns what they have achieved and the knowledge they have gained.
The application and all required documents must be postmarked no later than Friday, March 12, 2010. Applications received with a postmark later than the given date will automatically be rejected.
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