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New scholarship honors trustee
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Kalamalama staff
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Hawai‘i Pacific University has established a new scholarship
for incoming freshmen and transfer students who are actively
involved in their religious communities. Beginning fall 2003,
the Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Butterworth Scholarship, a 100 percent
tuition-only scholarship, renewable until completion of a bachelor’s
degree, will be awarded to four new students each year.
This scholarship is established to honor Dr. and Mrs. Frank
E. Butterworth for their dedication to higher education in Hawai‘i
and for their support and
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Dr. and Mrs. Frank
E. Butterworth
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A long-time HPU trustee, Butterworth retired in 1973 as the superintendent
for the United Methodist Churches in Hawai‘i. Since that time,
Butterworth and his wife, Irene, have dedicated their lives to
raising money to fund the college education of students from the
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To be eligible, applicants must be current members of any organized
religion or faith in Hawai‘i or in the Pacific Islands, actively
involved in his or her religious community, nominated by the
leadership representing his or her religious organization, and
be an accepted entering freshman at HPU with a 3.5 high school
GPA or a transfer student (24 college credits) with a 3.0 GPA.
All religious faiths and/or denominations are invited to nominate
one student each year who has applied and been formally accepted
for admission to Hawai‘i Pacific University. For more information
about this scholarship, contact the Office of Scholarships and
Honors Program at 543-8029. Deadline for submission of nomination
for the fall 2003 semester is Feb.15.
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