12 students get Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce scholarships

The scholarships will be officially announced at the Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce’s Gintong Pamana Leadership & Scholarship Awards Banquet on June 17.

MAUI, Hawaii — The Maui Filipino Chamber of Commerce Foundation will award scholarships to 12 graduating high school seniors and one Maui Culinary Academy student, reports the Hawaii Filipino Chronicle.

Melen Agcolicol, Foundation president, says the recipients are shining examples of Maui’s future.

“Each of the scholars excelled academically, received numerous awards and are very active in the community,” Agcolicol says. “We congratulate them and look forward to their continued success.”

The Foundation was able to increase the scholarship amounts due in part to the success of its annual Scholarship Golf Tournament under the direction of chairman Bill Ruidas and numerous community partners.

Receiving a $2,000 scholarship from the Foundation and the Renato & Maria A.F. Etrata Foundation was top scholar Joanne Patricia Valvarez Engracio of Maui High School, daughter of Nicanor and Lourdes Engracio. She will attend the University of San Francisco and major in international business.

Maui Culinary Academy student Mary Ann Ubaldo, a 2013 graduate of Maui High School, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Foundation. Ubaldo has attended the Academy since the Fall 2013 semester.

Ten other recipients received $1,000 each.

The scholarship recipients will be officially announced at the Gintong Pamana Leadership & Scholarship Awards Banquet scheduled for June 17, 2015 at Café O Lei at The Dunes Maui Lani.

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