{"id":30465,"date":"2014-12-23T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=30465"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T01:18:40","slug":"leeward-students-awarded-grainger-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/23\/leeward-students-awarded-grainger-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeward students awarded Grainger scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
\"\"
Vincent Niotta and Ryan Abella, center, with Grainger and Leeward Communtiy College representatives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

Two of Leeward Community College’s automotive technology <\/a>majors were selected for Grainger’s Tools for Tomorrow® scholarship program. Vincent Niotta<\/strong> and Ryan Abella<\/strong> each received a $2,000 scholarship to assist with completion of their academic studies.<\/p>\n

Grainger<\/a>, a local distributor of products used to maintain, repair or operate facilities, offers the scholarship for tuition and books to 250 outstanding students each year who are earning associate’s degrees or certificates in skilled trade and public safety programs at 125 community colleges across the country. Niotta and Abella are the only students in the state to be selected.<\/p>\n

Grainger is proud to partner with community colleges and help students get the education and resources they need to successfully join the workforce. Students also receive a customized Westward® toolkit upon graduation to jump start their career.<\/p>\n

“We are especially grateful to Grainger for their strong commitment to our career and technical programs,” said Leeward CC<\/abbr> Chancellor Manny Cabral<\/strong>. “These scholarship awards meet a critical need for our students as the price of books and tools continue to increase. It’s an honor to have the our automotive students represent the state of Hawaiʻi<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

—By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leeward CC<\/abbr> automotive technology majors Vincent Niotta and Ryan Abella receive $2,000 scholarships from Grainger’s Tools for Tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[70,65,572,660],"class_list":["post-30465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-automotive-technology","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-scholarship","tag-student-recognition","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t