BYU–Hawaii News

On December 7 and 8, 2012, the Brigham Young University–Hawaii Concert Choir and the Read Full Story

As part of the IT 224 class, BYU–Hawaii Information Technology students host a free computer diagnostic workshop for students and community. The workshop provides the opportunity for students and community members to bring in troubled electronics for IT students to examine them and help to resolve the problems. Read Full Story

On Wednesday, December 5th, 2012, at 6 PM, Brigham Young University–Hawaii will host its annual Christmas Lighting program in the Cannon Activities Center. The event will include special musical performances from Laie Elementary School’s students and faculty and brings the community together. Read Full Story

BYU–Hawaii held its annual Great Ideas Conference on November 28-29 with more than 60 students from all disciplines bringing their best business ideas forward. Each student has exactly 2 minutes to give an “elevator pitch” of their Great Idea to a panel of judges who ranked the ideas on criteria such as creativity, viability, and performance. Read Full Story

Fifth-ranked BYU–Hawaii women’s volleyball will play host to seven other contenders in the West Regional of the 2012 NCAA Division II National Tournament. The host location and teams were announced Sunday, November 18, on the NCAA Selection Show. The tournament matches will take place in BYU–Hawaii’s 4,500-seat Cannon Activities Center on the Laie, Hawaii, campus on November 29-December 1. Read Full Story

“Be prepared, you will be asked, ‘Are you a Mormon?’ How will you reply? Are you asleep or are you true blue through and through… This is the Lord’s kingdom. This is His work. And we are building for eternity.” This was the counsel of David A. Lewis, vice president of construction and facilities management at BYU–Hawaii, during his devotional address Tuesday, November 20, 2012. His talk, “Time to Build,” focused on structuring our lives in accordance with the Lord’s will in order to build eternal homes and families. Read Full Story

The Hypersquad Dance Company will be showcasing and performing various energetic hip hop routines on Wednesday, November 21, at 8 PM in the Cannon Activities Center. Based in Waipahu, the Hypersquad Dance Company was started in 1996. Read Full Story

Thursday’s Academic Forum presented the results of the recent Presidential election, and possible repercussions for the nation as a whole from political and economic standpoints. The purpose was not to debate winners or losers, but to explore tactics, possible outcomes, and consequences of the result. Read Full Story

Robert L. Millet, Professor of Religious Education at BYU, discussed the life and work of Joseph Smith in his devotional address, “Joseph Smith and Christ’s Eternal Gospel,” on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Millet opened by telling of the power and importance of the restoration of the Book of Mormon through the Prophet Joseph Smith. “The Choice Seer Joseph Smith taught us that God our Father has a plan for his children, a program established to maximize our growth and insure our happiness. And yet that fact alone—that there is some divine plan to life—is not as obvious from the Bible as from latter-day scripture. Knowing what we know, we are able to recognize divine design, but seldom can we turn to a specific Old or New Testament passage that speaks with clarity of a plan. How very different is the Book of Mormon!” Read Full Story

On November 8-10, BYU–Hawaii’s theatre department presented John Patrick’s The Curious Savage, a comedic play about the recently widowed Ethel P. Savage and her inheritance of ten million dollars. Savage, aided by a group of social misfits, misleads her selfish step children from the inheritance in order to ensure that the money is spent with integrity. With the help of a delirious mother, a compulsive liar, an ex-military pilot, a once statistician, and an extreme cynic, Savage is able to carry out her plans to establish a fund for others to achieve their dreams. Read Full Story