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David Rainey Named Co-Valedictorian of BYU-Hawaii's June 2007 Graduating Class
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 22 June 2007
David Rainey, has been named co-valedictorian with Grace Tin Yan Lee, for BYU-Hawaii’s June 2007 graduating class. Rainey is graduating with majors in Biology (Pre-Med) and Music (cello), and minors in Biochemistry and Mathematics. Although Rainey was born in Hailey, Idaho, as a child he also lived in South Korea, Utah, and California, before returning to Boise, Idaho, where his parents, Steven and Young Ju Rainey, currently reside.
“I’ve had wonderful opportunities to serve in the Church at BYU-Hawaii,” said Rainey. “I’ve also learned so much from the multi-cultural diversity on this campus.”
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David Rainey, has been named co-valedictorian with Grace Tin Yan Lee, for BYU-Hawaii’s June 2007 graduating class. Rainey is graduating with majors in Biology (Pre-Med) and Music (cello), and minors in Biochemistry and Mathematics. Although Rainey was born in Hailey, Idaho, as a child he also lived in South Korea, Utah, and California, before returning to Boise, Idaho, where his parents, Steven and Young Ju Rainey, currently reside.
“I’ve had wonderful opportunities to serve in the Church at BYU-Hawaii,” said Rainey. “I’ve also learned so much from the multi-cultural diversity on this campus.”
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"I Am a Child of God" Topic of Beus Devotional
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 14 June 2007
Yifen Beus, professor of International Cultural Studies at Brigham Young University Hawaii, spoke at the weekly devotional, Thursday, 14 June. Sister Beus was introduced by colleague, Cynthia Compton, as someone who loves languages and international cooking. A native of Taiwan, she was converted and baptized into the LDS Church while studying at Brigham Young University in Provo. “Cheerful dignity describes Yifen Beus,” said Sister Compton.
That quality was evident as Sister Beus shared her thoughts about the relationship of God to his children, and the relationship we should have with each other because he is our father. (Watch video clip. )
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Yifen Beus, professor of International Cultural Studies at Brigham Young University Hawaii, spoke at the weekly devotional, Thursday, 14 June. Sister Beus was introduced by colleague, Cynthia Compton, as someone who loves languages and international cooking. A native of Taiwan, she was converted and baptized into the LDS Church while studying at Brigham Young University in Provo. “Cheerful dignity describes Yifen Beus,” said Sister Compton.
That quality was evident as Sister Beus shared her thoughts about the relationship of God to his children, and the relationship we should have with each other because he is our father. (Watch video clip. )
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BYU-Hawaii Student Wins Elite Foreign-Study Scholarship
Dan Baird, a junior accounting major from Garden Grove, California, recently won a prestigious one-year National Security Educational Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarship that will enable him to study at the University of Bacau in northeastern Romania. He is believed to be the first BYU-Hawaii student to win this scholarship and the first American to study at the University of Bacau.
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BYU-Hawaii SIFE Team Finishes in Top 60 at Dallas Nationals
Ten BYU-Hawaii Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) members recently returned from Dallas, Texas, where they were able to secure a top-60 finish in the competition held during the organization's National Exposition. This places the BYUH SIFE group in the top 6% of all SIFE teams nationally.
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BYU-Hawaii Delegation Visits Shaanxi Normal University
Swany (Li Si Yuan), China Correspondent
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June 2007 Valedictorian a Student from Hong Kong
Grace Tin Yan Lee, an English major from Hong Kong who completed her undergraduate studies here in three years, is BYU-Hawaii's June 2007 valedictorian.
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President Hinckley to Announce New BYUH President
President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce the new president-designate of Brigham Young University Hawaii during a special live, two-way video teleconference originating in Salt Lake City, Utah, that will be shown in the Cannon Activities Center on Tuesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. All faculty, staff and students are invited.
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Urumqi Officials Praise BYU-Hawaii Choir
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Government and Xinjiang University officials praised the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir and new-found friends bid a touching farewell after the group's second and final performance in this far-western city where approximately half of the people are ethnic Uyghurs of Turkic heritage.
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First Rotuman Symposium is Held at BYU-Hawaii
“The first thing most people want to know is, where in the world is Rotuma?“ explained Dr. Hiagi M Wesley, the BYU-Hawaii symposium organizer. “That’s why we titled this event, “Rotuma in the Pacific,” he continued, “at least they know Rotuma is in the Pacific region of the world.” Dr. Wesley, a native Rotuman, said Rotuma is an island located about 500 miles from Fiji.
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Audience To Do Good and Serve Others
Professor Ellen Bunker told the BYU-Hawaii devotional audience that her life demonstrates the truth of President Ezra Taft Benson’s admonition that “God can make a lot more out of our lives than we can.”
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