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University of Hawai‘i RISE Project Receives $500k Donation from Hawaiian Electric, American Savings Bank
November 8, 2021

Fellows mentioned in this story:
AJ Halagao, Cohort II
Ann Teranishi, Cohort VII

From Pacific Inno:

Hawaiian Electric Industries and American Savings Bank have each donated $250,000 to the University of Hawai‘i Foundation for Residences for Innovative Student Entrepreneurs, or RISE, a live-learn-work community for future entrepreneurs.

The innovation and entrepreneurship center, which is being built on the site of the former Atherton YMCA, will be operated by the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship, or PACE, at UH Manoa’s Shidler College of Business. Last month, Sandra Fujiyama was named as the new executive director of PACE, where she will direct entrepreneurial programming at RISE, according to previous reporting by Pacific Business News.

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