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Contractors’ scholarships

Contractors’ scholarships

The Hawaii Island Contractors’ Association and its co-sponsors, Bank of Hawaii and HPM Building Supply recently awarded three $750 scholarships to second-year Hawaii Community College students.

Francis Dalere, a machine, welding and industrial mechanics technologies major.

Aljune Drequito, an architectural engineering cad technologies major.

Rachel Papalimu, a carpentry major.

For the past 17 years, HICA and its co-sponsors host an annual Scholarship Trolling Tournament to fund the scholarships for students entering their second year of college pursuing a degree in a construction-related field.

For more information about the HICA scholarship, call 935-1316.

Honor roll

Jennifer Taniguchi of Hilo was named to the spring dean’s list at Creighton University (Neb.) for the 2015-16 academic year.