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Local Entrepreneur Outlines Personal Path to Success
A local businessman and former basketball star for the BYU-Hawaii Seasiders
told students, faculty and staff at the Sept. 16 entrepreneurship lecture that
"persistence" and "focusing on the task on hand" are the keys to success in the
business world.
Alan Akina, born and raised on Oahu, now resides in Kahuku with his family and runs and operates three successful businesses from his own personal computer at home.
Akina explained that his interest in business sparked when he first came to BYU-Hawaii to study in 1991. At that time he had aspired to be a physical therapist and decided to major in biology. His desire to explore various business ventures however, superseded those plans. "My heart was always in business," he said.
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Alan Akina, born and raised on Oahu, now resides in Kahuku with his family and runs and operates three successful businesses from his own personal computer at home.
Akina explained that his interest in business sparked when he first came to BYU-Hawaii to study in 1991. At that time he had aspired to be a physical therapist and decided to major in biology. His desire to explore various business ventures however, superseded those plans. "My heart was always in business," he said.
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Seasider Tennis Teams Receive Recognition from State Governor
The BYU-Hawaii men's and women's tennis teams were honored by Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle last week Friday, in a brief ceremony at the Governor's office in the State Capitol Building. Both Seasider teams won the NCAA II national championship in May for the second consecutive year.
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BYU-Hawaii Administrator and Wife Outline Conversion Process and Effects
The Assistant to the President of BYU-Hawaii drew parallels yesterday between how people's lives in America were changed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and how lives are changed through the spiritual conversion process.
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Dr. Norm Evans named BYU-Hawaii Faculty of the Year
Dr. Norman W. Evans, a professor in English as an international language was named teacher of the year for 2003 by the BYU-Hawaii President's Council.
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President Shumway Speaks in First Devotional of the New School Year
BYU-Hawaii president Eric B. Shumway delivering the first devotional to start the 2003-04 school year, explained to students and faculty Thursday that "one of the greatest gifts in life and eternity is our precious agency, the right and privilege to choose."
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Tahitian Artist and Almnus Revisits Campus and PCC
A Tahitian artist whose creativity brought new life to the Polynesian
Cultural Center's Marquesan village over a decade ago while enrolled at
BYU-Hawaii recently returned to Laie to impress on his 11-year-old daughter that
she also needs to study here some day.
Eriki Marchand, who graduated from BYU-Hawaii with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1992, brought his daughter to Laie in early August because he wanted her "to feel the same spirit I did and some day follow my steps. I know the (PCC) and BYU-Hawaii have played a big part in my life."
"I also know David O. McKay's prophecy established this place," he said. "It's a blessing for all the people of the Pacific. I wanted my daughter to see this, and feel the spirit and mana ['spiritual essence'] of this place. I'd really like to make sure she will some day choose [to attend] BYU-Hawaii."
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Eriki Marchand, who graduated from BYU-Hawaii with a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1992, brought his daughter to Laie in early August because he wanted her "to feel the same spirit I did and some day follow my steps. I know the (PCC) and BYU-Hawaii have played a big part in my life."
"I also know David O. McKay's prophecy established this place," he said. "It's a blessing for all the people of the Pacific. I wanted my daughter to see this, and feel the spirit and mana ['spiritual essence'] of this place. I'd really like to make sure she will some day choose [to attend] BYU-Hawaii."
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BYU-Hawaii Holds First Ever Intercultural Leadership Conference
BYU-Hawaii commenced its first Intercultural Leadership conference, Aug. 8-9,
in an effort to give students an opportunity to develop and instill valuable
leadership principles within diverse environments.
This year's conference began with the hopes of it perpetuating as an annual event where a greater number of students can participate in the future, according to David Lucero, director of student activities and leadership development and also the organizer of the conference.
"This (conference) was a pilot to see what the future will hold," Lucero said. "Possibilities include gearing a conference more towards a certain type of student on campus like more of the new students not yet involved in leadership, having another conference for students who are in leadership positions and definitely one geared towards students who are graduating and ready to leave."
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This year's conference began with the hopes of it perpetuating as an annual event where a greater number of students can participate in the future, according to David Lucero, director of student activities and leadership development and also the organizer of the conference.
"This (conference) was a pilot to see what the future will hold," Lucero said. "Possibilities include gearing a conference more towards a certain type of student on campus like more of the new students not yet involved in leadership, having another conference for students who are in leadership positions and definitely one geared towards students who are graduating and ready to leave."
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Chieko Okazaki Outlines Eternal Perspectives of Daily Work
Former General Relief Society counselor Chieko Okazaki shared five principles that lend eternal perspective to our daily work efforts, in the final BYU-Hawaii devotional for the 2002-03 school year on Aug. 7.
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BYU-Hawaii Hosts International Conference on Scientific Calorimetry
BYU-Hawaii hosted a joint conference from July 27 to Aug. 1 of over 120 U.S. and international scientists and technicians interested in the latest developments in calorimetry.
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University Librarian Traces the Lord's Patterns of Promise
BYU-Hawaii Librarian Douglas Bates described how a scripture he learned in his youth contains "a pattern for our lives...with five parts and a promise" during a devotional address to students and faculty on July 24.
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