BYU–Hawaii News

On Sunday, March 27, the BYU–Hawaii men’s basketball team was welcomed home by cheering friends and family. Despite the results of the game, the team held their heads high in gratitude for having the great opportunity to represent their ohana, BYU–Hawaii. The final score was 68 – 71, Bellarmine University. Coach Ken Wagner was particularly proud of his team: “When the time called for it, they did the best they could. They were unselfish, and they played as a team.” The Seasiders made history as they became the first BYU–Hawaii team to play in the National Championship game. Read Full Story

Modern education has so many aspects entailed in it– lecture, theory, research, homework, tests, quizzes, and much more. Arguably though, the most important aspect of education is practical application –finding ways to put the knowledge gained into action. That is just what the students in Dr. Helena Hannonen’s Business Management 310 class are experiencing: the chance to use the skills learned in the course outside the classroom. Read Full Story

The BYU–Hawaii History Department has been the host of the Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize for 18 years. The prize is given during the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society Regional Conference in honor of the emeritus professor of history, Kenneth W. Baldridge, who taught at BYU–Hawaii from the 1960’s to 1993. Nominees for the award are submitted to BYU–Hawaii faculty judges and administrators and the winner is announced during the regional conference, hosted by the University of Hawaii–Manoa. The judges choose the historian with the best book published. Read Full Story

“There are few other activities we can engage in that will bring greater benefits to us than the daily, consistent study of the scriptures,” said Elder Michael John U. Teh of the First Quorum of the Seventy in his address to the BYU–Hawaii ohana on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Read Full Story

The Final Four NCAA Division II men's basketball game between the BYU–Hawaii Seasiders and West Liberty University of West Virginia was televised to a national audience on CBS College Sports on Thursday, March 24. The Seasiders played an amazing game full of great rebounds, energy, and team work. After the game, Marcus Whippy commented, "Coach Wagner set the plan and the team did a great job executing it," upsetting the top-ranked and undefeated West Liberty. The final score was 110-101, with the Seasiders on top. BYU–Hawaii reached the Final Four game after beating Bloomfield College in an Elite Eight game on Wednesday, March 23. Read Full Story

The entire BYU–Hawaii ohana has felt the effects of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and is united in their efforts to assist in any way possible to relieve the suffering of both the individuals in Japan and also the members of the university ohana who have been impacted by these disasters. “Our hearts go out to our Japanese students,” says Debbie Hippolite Wright, vice president for student development & services. “Our prayers and love are with them and we as a university ohana are doing everything possible to ensure that they are taken care of.” Read Full Story

Joining a youth community basketball team isn’t such a strange thing to do – unless walking into your teammate’s neighborhood means that you get pelted with rocks or urine-filled balloons. Your parents would probably be supportive of you joining the team – unless you had already lost them to AIDS. Basketball doesn’t usually connote the words peace or health – unless you play for PeacePlayers International. To individuals separated from their families, community members, or fellow countrymen by race, disease, religion, or politics, a dream of creating “peace internationally” is just that – a dream. That is why BYU–Hawaii was a perfect gathering place for PeacePlayers International managing directors and volunteers from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, and the United States in February 2011. Read Full Story

The BYU–Hawaii SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team won in the regional competition on Wednesday, March 16, in Honolulu and will be representing the campus in the National SIFE Expo in May. An annual series of regional and national competitions provides a forum for all SIFE teams to present the results of their projects, and to be evaluated by business leaders serving as judges. National champion teams advance to the prestigious SIFE World Cup. BYU–Hawaii has participated in the national competition each year since being organized 13 years ago and was in the top 10 in the U.S. the past two years. Read Full Story

“The only real training for leadership is leadership." This quote by English author Antony Jay can be found not only in words on the new Haumana Adventures website, but also in the development of the students who have initiated this new campus rental service. Many students have had the idea to start a rental service on campus, but one thing that makes BYU–Hawaii students Abram Wimmer, Felix Callejas, Adam Fox, and Jake Hansen unique is that their ideas have become more than just a brainstorm. Partnered with the Student Leadership & Honor staff and the Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship, the student team is utilizing and building their entrepreneurship and leadership skills with their fellow students in mind. Read Full Story

On Tuesday, March 9, 2011, a forum was held in the Aloha Center discussing the topic of “Sustainability.” The forum featured three guest speakers: David Keala from Food Services, Theresa Holmes from Sustain BYU–Hawaii, and Carol Feenga from the Kokua Hawai'i Foundation. Each of the speakers called for a better and more sustainable BYU–Hawaii. Read Full Story