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2024 ARTEFFECT Awards Announced
August 01, 2024
International 2024 ARTEFFECT Competition Awards Over $26,000 to Talented Students - 20 middle and high school students recognized for visual art projects celebrating Unsung Heroes from history

Hilo Hometown Hero Rory Inouye Scores $25,000 National Milken Educator Award
April 09, 2024
Milken Educator Awards Founder Lowell Milken, alongside Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and State Superintendent Keith Hayashi, presents "Oscar of Teaching".

Surprise! Honolulu Teacher Leader Jade Pham Receives National Milken Educator Award and $25,000 Cash Prize
April 08, 2024
Milken Educator Awards Founder Lowell Milken, joined by Gov. Josh Green, Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and State Superintendent Keith Hayashi, presents "Oscar of Teaching".

In The News

Hawaiʻi educators recognized with $25K Milken Award

April 10, 2024
Hawaiʻi Public Radio
Honolulu HI

Hilo math teacher Rory Inouye wins $25,000 National Milken Educator Award

April 09, 2024
Island News - Allen Media Broadcasting
Honolulu, HI

Articles

Lowell Milken Reflects on 40th Anniversary of the Milken Family Foundation
January 28, 2022

NIET 2020 Chairman's Letter: Lowell Milken on 20 Years of Educator Excellence
December 03, 2020
2020 marks 20 years of advancing the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching’s mission of building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.

Interview with 2020 ArtEffect Project Grand Prize Winner: Charles Rounds III
May 29, 2020
Charles Rounds III, a senior at Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex in Jackson, Mississippi, won the $6,000 grand prize in the ArtEffect Project, a student art competition sponsored by the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes. Charles’s “Saved by Science” depicts Dr. Eugene Lazowski, who saved thousands of Polish Jews during World War II by injecting them with a harmless bacteria that caused them to test positive for typhus. We spoke with Charles about his winning work, making art during the COVID-19 pandemic and how he plans to use his artistic talents to revitalize his community.