BYU–Hawaii News

The BYU-Hawaii Salsa Orchestra and Brass Quintet visited the island of Kauai from March 6 to 9 to showcase their talents in four performances and allow the students to interact with Latter-day Saints and others during the tour. Read Full Story

While growing up in Florida, Jermaine Odjegba [pictured at left] had a unique love for playing basketball. Not only did he love it, he was also fortunate to be very good at it. His ultimate goal was to one-day play basketball professionally. As his life has played out, however, his dreams have taken a bit of a turn. Read Full Story

The BYU-Hawaii Honors Program, under the direction of Dr. Randall Allred, offered hundreds of students a wealth of educational opportunity and adventure during the Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 semesters. Read Full Story

A weekend feast of history and musical arts featuring Trinidadian composer, arranger, and performer Ray 'Soul of Pan' Holman [pictured at left] enriched the BYU-Hawaii stage this past weekend, entertaining and educating audiences with the sounds and songs of another island culture. Read Full Story

Elder W. Craig Zwick, of the First Quorum of the Seventy, urged students to better build their lives on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ in his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on April 15, and offered suggestions on “creating and strengthening a sure foundation.” Read Full Story

When I met with Than Lim [pictured at left] the first thing he said to me was, "I don't think I have an interesting story." Read Full Story

Elder Joshua Subandriyo, Area Authority Seventy in Indonesia, highlighted his many service experiences during his BYU-Hawaii devotional address on April 8 and told how they added to his "journey of life in the Restored Gospel." Read Full Story

Reporting their interim "deliverables" to several hundred faculty and staff in the McKay Auditorium on April 10, the BYU-Hawaii Organizational Design Team proposed sharpening the focus on the university's core processes by reorganizing the administration into three major divisions: Academics, Student Support and University Support. Vice presidents for each of the divisions, plus an Assistant to the President, will comprise the proposed new President's Council, who report directly to BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at upper left]. Read Full Story

Ryan Anderson | University Advancement | 7 April 2008

President Jonathan S. Durrett, Second Counselor in the Hawaii-Honolulu Mission admonished students during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on Thursday, April 3, to follow the teachings of Christ and “be the salt of the earth,” especially in missionary work.

President Durrett began his devotional address with a story about the Hanapepe salt ponds on the island of Kauai: An old Hawaiian woman who had taken too many fish from the sea was troubled that she would have to suffer for her mistakes. In her lamenting, she was visited by Pele, the Hawaiian demigoddess who had pity on the woman and showed her how to dig a hole that would eventually fill with salt water. In this pit, the woman could preserve her fish so they were not wasted. Said Durrett, “this was the beginning of the sacred practice of Hawaiian salt-making.”


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There are some people who, when you meet them, you know there is something special about them. You can't quite put your finger on what it is, but an unusual quality is certainly there. This was the case when I met BYU-Hawaii student Appolonie Nahishikeye. It did not take more than a few minutes of talking with her to figure out that extraordinary quality. Read Full Story