BYU–Hawaii News

"Brothers and sisters, single or married, as busy as you may be trying to make up time between ... assignments, even if sometimes we have the impression that we are sinking physically and spiritually, let's press forward keeping our eyes on eternity with His help," said Jean A. Tefan (pictured top), Adjunct Professor of Religion at BYU–Hawaii and a former member of the 8th Quorum of the Seventy, at a devotional given on December 1. Read Full Story

Amidst memorabilia in BYU–Hawaii archives is a picture of a South Pacific Islander (Samoan male) performing a hoop dance. The anomaly here is the performance of hoop dancing in BYU–Hawaii’s backyard in the early '70s—a dance which originated with the Navajo Native American tribe. Read Full Story

After hearing the comment, "He seems like such a fun, loving guy … I wonder what it we be like to just spend an afternoon with him," from a student, I decided to find out what it would really be like. Read Full Story

"We all know that not getting up at the appointed hour on your mission or being in violation of the dress code here at BYU–Hawaii is a minor transgression," began Craig Earnshaw at BYU–Hawaii's devotional on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at the Cannon Activities Center. "By itself, it will not impair our eternal salvation. But when we seek to minimize or dismiss such rules that we have agreed to of our own will and choice, when we seek to rationalize disobedience with one excuse or another, then we have started down a slope that may prove most slippery indeed." Read Full Story

On Saturday, October 24, 2009, more than 200 BYU–Hawaii students participated in a large-scale service project on the North Shore. The service was spearheaded by the BYU–Hawaii Student Association (BYUHSA) and the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding. Read Full Story

"Let us as Latter-day Saints reach out to others not of our faith. Let us never act in a spirit of arrogance or with a holier-than-thou attitude. Rather, may we show love and respect and helpfulness toward them," quoted Keith Lane, BYU–Hawaii Associate Professor of Religion, at the November 17, 2009, devotional at the Cannon Activities Center (see Gordon B. Hinckley, "A Time of New Beginnings," Ensign, May 2000, 87). Lane’s speech, "He Inviteth All to Come unto Him," touched on the fundamentals of tolerance toward other faiths. Read Full Story

"Whatever Heavenly Father tells you to do, do it. He will help you. Do it with the standpoint of fidelity to your god, spouse, children and you will change the world," said Mitch Davis, keynote speaker of the Leadership Summit Great Ideas Exchange that was held on November 6. Read Full Story

"C. S. Lewis observed that the devil 'always sends errors into the world in pairs--pairs of opposites. ... He relies on your extra dislike of the one error to draw you gradually into the opposite one. But do not let us be fooled. We have to keep our eyes on the goal and go straight through between both errors,' " stated Camille Fronk Olson, Joseph Smith Lecturer and Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture from Brigham Young University, at BYU–Hawaii's devotional on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Read Full Story

In an October address at BYU–Idaho, Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles hailed the bravery of Oyun Altangerel, a Mongolian woman who paved the way to religious freedom in her country. Her son, Odgerel Ochirjav, is also a pioneer of sorts. He was called to be the first stake president of Mongolia on June 7, 2009. Read Full Story

"Relationships are a very important part of our mortal life," taught Mary N. Cook, the First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at a BYU–Hawaii devotional on November 3, 2009. Read Full Story