This year's scholarship was held online.
Honoring Shidler's scholarship donors and recipients.
Keynote Speaker Candes Meijide Gentry
Candes Meijide Gentry, BS ’98, MBA ’04, is an accomplished athlete, performer, Miss Hawai‘i 1999 and world traveler. She is a realtor associate with Berkshire Hathaway and past president of Gentry Pacific, Ltd. She also served on several corporate boards at the Gentry Companies and the boards of the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii and Miss Hawaii Organization. A scholarship recipient herself, Candes is a Shidler College supporter, and she established the Candes Mejide Gentry Endowed Scholarship for aspiring entrepreneurs in 2007.
Community service is a guiding principle in Candes’ life and several local and national organizations have recognized her, including the American Heart Association’s Cor Vitae Heart Society and National Psoriasis Foundation. She has served as a volunteer and fundraiser for Diamond Head Theatre, Punahou School and Unity Preschool. Candes’ first cookbook, which is co-authored by her son is set to be released this December. She is also working on founding a nonprofit, Eat Pono, which focuses on the principles of source locally, eat nutritiously and live sustainably.
Candes’ onstage performances at Diamond Head Theatre have included productions of “GiGi,” “You Somebody,” “Follies,” “Gypsy;” and the “‘Ilima Awards” ceremonies. Under her label, CMG Records, Candes has recorded and produced nine musical albums, two of which were nominated for Hawaii Music Awards and one which won best Christmas Album. Candes has served as a spokesperson for several local sporting events including the Xterra Triathlon, International Triathlon Union and the Honolulu Triathlon. Her live performances include extensive convention work for MC&A Productions and singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the Great Aloha Run and the Honolulu Century Ride.
Candes is an accomplished athlete and she has competed in multiple world championship off-road triathlon events and the Kona Ironman. She has completed more than 20 marathons, including the Boston, Chicago and New York City Marathons. Candes is a three-time winner of the Honolulu Marathon Kama‘aina Award and multiple age group award winner at the Waikiki Rough Water, Double Rough Water and Xterra Trail Run World Championship events. She has also completed the 10,023-foot climb from Pā‘ia to the top of Haleakalā and crossed the ‘Au‘au Channel, swimming 13 miles from Maui to Lāna‘i in 2021.
Candes lives in Honolulu with her partner, Steve Shropshire and their 9-year-old son, Poet Hokule‘a.
Undergraduate Speaker Alyssa Mencel
Alyssa Mencel is a senior at the Shidler College of Business, pursuing her bachelor’s in marketing and management information systems. Upon graduating from Henry J. Kasier High School as class valedictorian, she was accepted into the Shidler Direct Admit Program, which admits high-achieving undergraduates as freshman into the college.
She is the 2021 recipient of the J. Edwin Whitlow Fund, Oscar and Rosetta Fish Fund for Excellence, Ralph C. Hook Endowment Fund, and is currently studying abroad at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark, as a 2021 recipient of the William R. Johnson, Jr. Study Abroad Scholarship. She has also been a past recipient of the James P.D. Thropp Scholarship, Ralph & Joyce Hook, Jr. Endowed Scholarship, and the Shidler College of Business Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship.
An active member of the Shidler community, she has participated in various internships and student clubs and organizations. In her junior year, she was selected to serve as a Shidler Global Leader, an invite-only program for high achieving, community-minded students. Additionally, she has served as student advisor at the Shidler Office of Internship and Career Development, as well as director of student development for Inter-Business Council (IBC), director of corporate relations and human resources for Business Executive Society of Tomorrow (BEST) and is a member of the Information Technology Management Association (ITMA). In 2020, she was named Outstanding Sophomore for the Shidler Business Night Award and is two-time participant of the Fujitsu-Jaims Case Competition.
Outside of Shidler, she has completed internships at DataHouse and Bank of Hawaii, focused on application operations and web development. In addition, she has served as interim youth director coordinating events for Calvary by the Sea. She enjoys hiking, yoga and drawing.
Graduate Speaker Christian Bowman
Christian Bowman is a full-time second year Global MBA student and recipient of both the Dennis Y.M. Ching Memorial Scholarship and the Shidler College of Business Visionary Distinguished Scholarship.
After being cast on the television show Lost, Bowman wanted to learn everything he could about the Entertainment industry. He moved to the mainland and earned his Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin while simultaneously developing a commercial media production company. He also won the Longhorn Creators Foundation award through Mathew McConaughey’s ‘Script to Screen’ course for designing an Honors II class at UT threading the siloed colleges of Marketing, Advertising, Film and Theater.
After his father had a heart attack in Hale’iwa, Christian sold his company and moved back home to Hawaii to help care for him. It was during this time that Christian decided to pursue his MBA at the University of Hawaii with the goal of integrating enterprise media solutions in various organizations using his past experiences in film production.
Christian is currently developing an In-House Media Production team at the Bank of Hawaii. He also continues to work in the entertainment industry as an actor, producer and director, most recently playing the character of Steven Davis on Magnum PI.
Recipient List
Accounting Student Educational Support Fund
Mary Butac, Shainna Estepa, Karly Torii, Alyssa Tugaoen
AFWA - Lotus Yee Cheigh - K.J. Luke Endowed Scholarship
Nanako Nishiyama
Association of Government Accountants of Hawai`i Endowed Scholarship Fund
Karly Torii
Edward & Orpah Barnet Scholarship Fund in TIM
Bryan McAniff
Business Solution Technologies Scholarship for Excellence
Hiu Chung Jo Lau, Fanglin Xu
Robin K. Campaniano Endowed Scholarship
Zachary Matsudo
Roland Casamina and House of Finance, Inc. Endowed Scholarship
Jimwell Baja, Chelsea Tajon
T.C. & Angeli Chan Endowed Scholarship Fund
Yamin Zhao
Chew Jay Family Endowed Scholarship Fund
Stefani Sakamoto
Stanley and Sandy Lee Chin Endowed Scholarship Fund
Sharon Diep
Carolyn L. Ching Endowed Scholarship
Earvin Joven
Dennis Y.M. Ching Memorial/First Interstate Banking and Finance Program
Devon Baldwin, Nathan Bek, Christian Bowman, Darshit Dave, Alec Lazor, Giovani Martin, Josselin Pagan Tupas, Andrew Paul, Colin Rabanal, Kaela Teilhaber, Jinny Wang, Deran Yamada
Mary Cho Lee Scholarship Fund at Shidler College of Business
Gabrielle De Anda, Lauren Enanoria
City Mill Company, Ltd. / Chung Kun Ai Foundation Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
Kaitlyn Victorino
Bob and Edwina Clarke Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
Ruby Aliason, Nolan Olivier
CW Associates, CPAs Endowed Scholarship Fund
Aaran Maldonado
DB Kim jun ki Cultural Foundation & DB Insurance Scholarship at the Shidler College of Business
Mark Ushiroda
Deloitte & Touche Scholarship Endowment Fund
Risa Oue
Robert L. Dove, Jr. Endowed Scholarship for Insurance Excellence – Sponsored by HEMIC
Erick Huang, Jennifer Kojima, Michelle Yim
Mark B. Dunkerley Endowed Scholarship Fund
Sofia Acosta
Darleen Morioka Dyer Scholarship Endowment
Alyssa Kawamura, Haley Kunimura
Endowed Scholarship Fund for Beta Alpha Psi
Earvin Joven
Ernst & Young LLP Accounting Scholarship
Victoria Kashiwai
Vance Fawcett Scholarship
Haley Kunimura, Natalie Kwon, Emily Martinez
Financial Executives International – Hawai`i Chapter Endowed Scholarship
Giovani Martin
First Insurance Company of Hawaii Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
Marcus Mau
The Oscar and Rosetta Fish Fund for Excellence
Jeryll Bernardo, Kelli Chinen, Ila Ferris, Jacob Graham, Sydni Kim, Natalie Kwon, Marcus Mau, Alyssa Mencel, Kaylee Miki, Jenna Muraoka, Stefani Sakamoto, Mark Ushiroda
Peter Fithian Endowed Scholarship at the University of Hawai`i School of Travel Industry Management
Chloe Tiengerd, Alicia Tobey
Eddie Flores, Jr. & Elaine Flores Endowed Scholarship
Kylie Beagles, Miranda Bohac, Rylee Bono, Andrea Darnbrough, Arianna Franklin, Kyle Harmon, Eugene He, Julyssa Hernandez, Jonathan Hicks, Hunter Higgins, Maya Kawano, Emma Kelly, Emma Kim, Kevin Kobuke, Curtis Kwok, Zeb Lakey, Tsz Kin Lam, Melanie Lu, John Mucciarone, Kailee Nakaishi, Noelle Nakaoka, Mckinley Rainey, Brandon Ramos, Stephanie santos, Logan Sharp, Claire Sugawa, Ashley Terrell, Dylan Tran, Alyssa Williams, Amanda Yip
John Stewart Foote Scholarship Fund
Taylour Faasua
Freeman Foundation Asian Study Abroad Program
Nickolas Ashikawa, Jeryll Bernardo, Justina Bui, Kelli Chinen, Dongeun Choi, Sharon Diep, Alissa Higaki, Sydni Kim, Natalie Kwon, Giovani Martin, Elijah-Anakin Shintaku, Michelle Tan, Michelle Yim
Fujii and Rodriguez Endowed Scholarship Fund
Geralynne Amasol, Shainna Estepa, Zachary Kamiyama, Keith Rondal, Jordynneelynlesly Stevens
Chuck Yim Gee Asia Pacific TIM Scholarship Endowment
Eun bi Kim, Madoka Saegusa, Hana Tsuchiya
Candes Meijide Gentry Endowed Scholarship Fund
Laura Thomas
James A. Hassett/Ernst & Young Endowed Scholarship for Accounting Excellence
Qiao Jing Qiu
Edwin M. Hastings Memorial Scholarship
Sofia Acosta, Kyla Agapay, Tiffany-Alana Agustin, Nicole Andrada, Kimberly Ariola, Keith Asuncion, Marc Bautista, Jacqueline Callejo, Michael Chang, Andrea Falealili, Kaira Fuller, Cole Hogland, Megan Kaneshiro, Moana Kuba, Jade Li, Lawrence Lin, Bryan McAniff, Jasmine Nguyen, Joanne Ordinado, Samuel Selbe, Qijun Shen, Kilala Shigihara, Sanoe Songsong, Hana Tsuchiya, Austin Wong, Jingyu Wu, Zijian Wu
Hau Hee & J.M. Chew Family Endowed Scholarship
Shea Suzumoto
Hawaii Accounting Education Foundation Scholarship Fund
Gianne Canonizado
Hawaii Association of Public Accountants O`ahu Chapter Endowed Scholarship
Malia Olsen
Hawaii Business Magazine Endowed Scholarship
Mackenzie Plunkett
Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants Scholarship
Ye Jin Lee
Hawaiiana Management Company Dick Gourley Scholarship Fund
Justin Lisoway
Clifford & Blanche Hee Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Thomas and Michael Hee
Angeline Agag, Mikah Agcaoili, Jadan De Lima, Lauren Gilliland, Kaihehau Goo, Carlyn Kagamida, Zenan Li, Kai Lin, Angel Luong, Giovanni Luu, Jessica Matsuda, Asa Viela
H.I.S. Hawaii TIM Scholarship Endowment
Austin Wong
Ralph C. Hook Endowment Fund
Alyssa Mencel
Ralph and Joyce Hook, Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund
Raina Casamina, Sharon Diep
Clinton K. Inouye Scholarship
Kyla Agapay
Institute of Internal Auditors – Hawai`i Chapter Scholarship
Junliang Pang, Alyssa Tugaoen
Kevin Iwamoto Scholarship Endowment
Ethan Tong
Iwasaki Scholarships Foundation, Inc. Endowed Scholarship
Jiwoo Han, Rachel Hwang
JTB Goodwill Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Jiwoo Han
Eva Kaa Scholarship for Excellence
Kirby Clark, Moana Kuba
Tadami and Kimei Kamitaki Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Keri Yokoyama
Leonard and Rebecca Kamp Executive MBA Endowed Scholarship
Tina Kayne, David Nguyen, Shannon Terayama
Randy Karns Memorial Scholarship Endowment in Accountancy
Dane Takeshita
Kaua'i Alumni Business Scholarship
Kimberly Matutina
Hichiro & Lily Kobayashi Travel Industry Scholarship
Jacqueline Callejo
Kook Min Hur Scholarship
Sydni Kim, Natalie Kwon
KPMG LLP Scholarship for Accounting Excellence
Sydni Kim, Christopher Liu
Nolan & Jane Kramer Scholarship in Travel Industry Management
Laurynn Armstrong, Jasmine Nguyen
Azamat Kumykov Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
Kelli Chinen
Lam Family Endowed Scholarship
Lok Tong Lei, Yawen Li, Qingxin Yuan
Daniel B.T. & Evelyn Y.Q. Lau Shidler Graduate Fellowship Endowment
Kaela Teilhaber
Jeffrey Daniel and Susan Tilden Lau Scholarship
Anthony Chang
Terry Lee Scholarship for Excellence
Cienna Abara, KC Bell, Sherise Chan, Brandon Chin, Carolei Edra, Trinity Halemano-Reed, Kaya Ishimine, Samyrna Jones, Tyler Kato, Reese Kisaba, Jack Kobayashi, Melanie Lu, Rachel Lu, Taylor Oda, Daniella Pasion, Aubrey Skedeleski, Shayla Spotkaeff, Kehvee Teshima, Eugene Todd
Leonard and Rebecca Kamp Executive MBA Scholarship
Tina Kayne, David Nguyen, Shannon Terayama
Robert H.Y. Leong & Company Endowed Scholarship
Eric Choy, Hai Ying Li, Biyu Lin, Kimberly Yim
May and Richard Leung Endowed Scholarship Fund
Kun Li, Baifeng Wang
J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Scholarship Fund
Sara Nishiie
Masters of Accounting Endowed Scholarship Fund
Christopher Kobayashi
Todd Kiyo Matsuda Endowed Scholarship
Deran Yamada
Maui Alumni Business Scholarship
Lilyan Gat, Hunter Higgins
The Marian Miccio Memorial Scholarship Fund
Antonio Luna
Dr. Irene Takei Miura Scholarship Endowment in Business
Kaylee Miki
Grace Mizuko Miyawaki Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Jitsuo and Sawa Doi Miyawaki
Jasci Ligsay
William J. Mullahey Scholarship Fund
Abaigael Sigman
Jack and Zelie Myers Endowed Scholarship Fund
Karly Torii
N&K CPAs, Inc. Endowed Scholarship for Accounting Excellence
Nanako Nishiyama
Thomas E. Nichols and Debra S. Nichols Endowed Scholarship
Lilyan Gat
Mavis Nikaido MHRM Scholarship
Lisa Knutson, Christine Shimomura, Serena Speer
Hideo Noguchi International Scholarship Fund in the Center for Japanese Global Investment & Finance
Jeryll John Bernardo
Ohana Foster Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund
D’Angelo Beltrame
The Hisaji Onoye Endowed Scholarship Fund
Marcus Bui, Ciarra Cabo, Kylee Dean-Kobatake
C. Dudley Pratt, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
Joseph Mccool
The Martin Pray-IHRG Industry Scholarship Fund in the School of Travel Industry Management
Malia Braaten, Moana Kuba, Austin Wong
Sales & Marketing Executives Honolulu Memorial Scholarship in Honor of Stephanie Lee Uyeda
Abigail Badua, Angelika Galanza
Ed & Katie Schell Scholarship at the Shidler College of Business
Mary Butac
Shidler College of Business Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund
Angeline Agag, Raina Casamina, Jillian Felipe, Sarah Fusato, Sydney Griffiths, Mika Hada, Kiryn Komata, Catherine Mount, Kelly Nitta, Sydney Sakanoi, Andrew Taguchi, Haley Torres, Sabrina Weaver
Shidler College of Business Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund
Clement Li, Marisa Pangan-Hosokawa, Joseph Petty
Shidler College of Business Endowed Scholarship for Future Leaders
Dongeun Choi, Rosalyn Kagimoto
Shidler College of Business Visionary Distinguished Scholarship
Christian Bowman, Brett Choy, Luke Kimura, Joseph Mccool, Josselin Pagan Tupas, Andrew Paul, Terrilynn Smith, Victoria Wheeler, Renyao Zhang
SKAL International Hawaii Scholarship
Moana Kuba
John & Lorraine Stringfellow Scholarship
Angelika Galanza, Alyssa Kawamura, Hannah Sabey, Michelle Tan
Manuel R. Sylvester Endowed Scholarship for Accounting Excellence
Yiyun Xu
The Marge Sylvester Scholarship Fund
Rebby Miranda, Michelle Yim
The Matt & Erin Takamine Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
Heesun Choi
James P.D. Thropp Scholarship for the Shidler College of Business
Yosef Ben Gershom, Megan Blazak, Mikaela Bolling, Matthew Maloney, Marcus Mau, Jenna Muraoka, Brialyn Onodera, Allegra Petras, Shelly Preza, Sophia Saindon-Davies, Cassandra Smith, Travis Winters
TIM International Alumni Scholarship Endowment
Joanne Ordinado
Howard and Vivian Todo Scholarship Fund
Vincent Wang
Elena L. H. Tom Scholarship Endowment at the UH Manoa School of Travel Industry Management
Kiralee Tanaka
Betty and Allan Totoki Family Endowed Scholarship
Devin Li, Cobalt Zucker
Travel Industry Management Student Aid Fund
Taylor Alania, Heaven Bartolome, Sheeree Caragdag, Amaya Dumlao, Kanon Gomi, Adelina Gonzalez, Eric Heinonen, Hitomi Kawahara, Shio Kondo, Alec Lau, Samantha Lynch, Yuzu Muranaka, Moeka Okamoto, Kiara Omi, Ngoc Chau Otsuka, Wing Yan Poon, Gabriel Porras, Hailey Silva, Shiho Tanifuji, Ting Xue, Miku Yamase
Travel Weekly Educational Opportunity Fund
Michael Chang, Paige Coppedge
Keith Vieira Endowment for Kama'aina Student Scholarship
Emily Martinez
Frank Watase Scholarship Fund
Kyleen Pascual
Jhamandas Watumull Business Scholarship
Shafkat Anowar
J. Edwin Whitlow Fund
Justina Bui, Kelli Chinen, Sydni Kim, Alyssa Mencel, Jathryn Racasa
J. Watumull Merit Scholarship Fund
Kyle Conner, Erich Krueger
SKAL International Hawaii - W. James Whyte Scholarship
Zijian Wu
William R. Johnson, Jr. Study Abroad Endowment
Kelsey Arreza, Ila Ferris, Alyssa Mencel, Mark Ushiroda
Patrick T.W. and Carol U. Wong Endowed Scholarshp
Brittany Matthews
Eiro and Alice Yamada Endowed Scholarship
Janelle Espiritu
Mark J.C. Yee and Victor A. Kawainui Endowed Scholarship
Xiazhi Wang
Scholarships Currently Not Awarded
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car Shidler Scholarship Fund
- Enterprise Rent-A-Car TIM Scholarship Fund
- Financial Planning Association of Hawaii Scholarship
- Freeman Foundation Asian Fellowship Program
- Hawaii Moving Forward Endowed Scholarship
- Eva Kaa Scholarship for Excellence
- Barbara McKeever Scholarship Fund
- Northwestern Mutual Hawaii Endowed Scholarship for Excellence
- People’s Republic of China Professional Training Program
- Frank Watase Scholarship Fund
- Manuel L. August, Jr. Scholarship for Excellence
- BEST Alumni Endowed Scholarship
- John H. Bing, Jr. Endowed Scholarship for the Shidler College of Business
- John H. Bing, Jr. Endowed Scholarship for the School of Travel Industry Management
- John and Mary Lou Brogan Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. N. H. Paul Chung Scholarship Endowment
- Florence Hutson Driskel Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Claire S. Durham Endowed Scholarship for International Excellence
- EMBA Alumni Scholarship Fund
- Ralph S. Inouye Co., LTD Endowment in Honor of Professor K.K. Seo
- Moses M. Lo and Sheila M. D. Lo Endowed Scholarship
- James P. McKeever Endowed Scholarship Fund
- MIS Career Choice Scholarship
- Michael & Judy Pietsch Endowed Study Abroad Scholarship
- The Wolf and Diane Reitsperger Endowed Merit Scholarship Fund
- Ulrike and Toufiq Siddiqi Student Travel Endowment
- TIM Student Educational Opportunity Fund
- The Mike and Deborah Washofsky Endowed Graduate Executive Education Scholarship
- Reginald Worthley and Eve Shere Endowed Scholarship for Excellence