Three Micronesian students in Hawaiʻi, Guam and Alaska were awarded the A+Jojo Scholarship award.
The annual scholarship, funded by the Oʻahu-based nonprofit We Are Oceania, is given to students from three Pacific countries in Micronesia, which include the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Each student is awarded about $1,500, according to Sheldon Riklon, president of the Dr. Joakim Peter Memorial Scholarship Board. He said the board went through more than 30 applicants from Micronesian students across the Pacific Ocean, the continental U.S. and Hawaiʻi…