Some Hawaii Island students were recognized as one of 22 Paubox Kahikina STEM Scholarship recipients at a luncheon last month in Honolulu.
Some Hawaii Island students were recognized as one of 22 Paubox Kahikina STEM Scholarship recipients at a luncheon last month in Honolulu.
Kapaeola Aki and Montana Lagat are graduates of Kamehameha Schools Hawaii, and Kyrie Bartolome is a graduate of Waiakea High School.
Aki is attending Brigham Young University-Hawaii, Lagat is attending Stanford University, and Bartolome is attending the Oregon Institute of Technology.
Aki and Lagat were selected with eight other Native Hawaiians studying STEM in college and will be receiving $1,000 per year until graduation. Bartolome is part of the 2021 class.
This scholarship is the only one of its kind, and since its inception, Paubox has awarded $39,000 to 22 recipients.
Paubox, a HIPAA-compliant email company, launched the scholarship in 2019 to encourage Native Hawaiian students to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math).
“We know the big ideas behind the scholarship are financial aid and access,” Paubox founder and CEO Hoala Greevy said in a press release. “Big ideas are trends that do not change over time. In other words, our scholarship recipients will always have a need for financial assistance and access to our professional network. We therefore know it’s perpetually a good use of time and resources to focus on these big ideas.”
Applications for the 2023 Paubox Kahikina Scholarship are currently being accepted. For more information, visit https://scholarsapp.com/scholarship/kahikina-scholarship. Essay, letter of recommendation and transcript will be due by May 31.
