BYU–Hawaii News

In his first faculty meeting since becoming Vice President of Academic Affairs at BYU-Hawaii, Dr. Max L. Checketts [pictured at left] listed three objectives he would like to work on with the teachers: Admitting more students who are better prepared when they arrive on campus, using more technology to appropriately help those students, and increasing the "traction" for teaching and learning. Read Full Story

James W. Ritchie [pictured at left], a member of the BYU-Hawaii/Polynesian Cultural Center Presidents' Leadership Council, has volunteered to serve as the new director for The Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship. Read Full Story

Over the course of the summer, around 250 Asian students will take English as a Second Language (ESL) workshop classes offered by the BYU-Hawaii Center for the Improvement of Teaching and Outreach (CITO). The students, ages 12 to 18, come mainly from China, Japan and Korea for one to two weeks to learn English and explore the island of Oahu, including Pearl Harbor and the beach. CITO is currently looking for help from the community to help with the most unique part of the ESL program: host families. Read Full Story

President Steven C. Wheelwright of BYU-Hawaii provided students with the three ingredients that make up the Lord's "Recipe for Success" during his May 6 in devotional the Cannon Activities Center. Read Full Story

As BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright draws near the completion of his first year of service, a faculty member in the May 2008 question-and-answer forum asked what "report card" grade he would give himself for his accomplishments at the university to this point. Read Full Story

In their monthly question-and-answer forum on May 5, BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and other members of the President's Council discussed, among other issues, whether budget tightening would affect faculty professional development, the roles of faculty research and scholarship, and the status of reorganizing the administration . Read Full Story

Ryan Anderson | University Advancement | 6 May 2008

Millions of people around the world will gather to participate in the first-ever Pangea Day international film festival broadcast, an event centered on bringing people of all cultures and civilizations into a spirit of peace and brotherhood. BYU-Hawaii will host Oahu’s only public viewing of the event on Saturday, May 10 in the McKay Auditorium at 7:30 a.m.

According to the event’s website, www.PangeaDay.org, the broadcast will include 24 short films — submitted by individuals from over 100 countries, and motivational speakers such as Queen Noor of Jordan, Christiane Amanpour of CNN and Bob Geldof, a musician and activist, as well as an Iranian rock band called Hypernova, among others.


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Jerold and Jo Ann Ottley are outstanding examples of the BYU-Hawaii professors who willingly shared their time and talents, and extended their love to the students for the last three years. Read Full Story

Approximately half the students at BYU-Hawaii come from over 70 countries around the world — including only one from the southeastern Caribbean island nation of Grenada, Salisha Allard [pictured at left]. Read Full Story

Dr. Neil Freeman, Professor Emeritus, researcher, and literary connoisseur visiting from The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, offered BYU-Hawaii students attending a recent Honors Colloquium an insightful, helpful, and witty exploration of one of English literature's most prominent contributors: William Shakespeare. In the process, he enlightened the BYUH students with a uniquely creative and new perspective on the life and work of the Great Bard. Read Full Story