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Kanazawa Institute of Technology Donates One Million Yen to UH Mānoa Library Flood Relief Fund at UH Foundation

(Honolulu, Hawaiʻi) - Members of the visiting delegation from the Kanazawa Institute of Technology (KIT) in Japan recently presented a gift of one million yen (approximately US$10,000) in support of flood relief efforts for Hamilton Library. KIT and UH Mānoa have benefited from a 22-year academic partnership which involves the College of Engineering, the UH Library and Outreach College. The donation was made in-person by Dr. Kakugyo S. Chiku, director of the KIT Library Center, and Mr. Koshiro Moroya, assistant director of KIT Library Center, to Interim President David McClain, and other UH officials.

Since 1982, KIT has sent 20-25 of its students from Japan every summer for intensive English language training at UH Mānoa's Outreach College. Throughout the years, the partnership has also included academic exchanges with the College of Engineering and an exchange of materials between the UH Library and the KIT Library Center.

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The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation is an independent, university-related, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise private funds according to priorities determined by the academic leadership of the University of Hawaiʻi and approved by the Board of Regents. Founded in 1955, the Foundation provides a full range of fund raising and alumni relations services for all 10 UH campuses. For more information on the Foundation, visit www.uhf.hawaii.edu.