BYU–Hawaii News

Brigham Young University Hawaii Tennis Coach David Porter joined a very elite group of coaches today as his women's tennis team defeated Dixie State 9-0 to give Porter his 1,000th career win as a head coach. Read Full Story

A proposal by two TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages] majors and a Latina classmate to establish an English language school in Merida, Mexico, won the $5,000 grand prize in the 2008 BYU-Hawaii Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE) business plan competition on March 7. Visiting entrepreneurs who earlier participated in a two-day business conference on campus acted as judges to also award six other cash prizes in the university's annual business plan competition. Read Full Story

The BYU-Hawaii President's Council met with interested faculty, staff and students at 7:00 a.m. on March 6 in the Little Theater to answer a range of questions from the floor and also pre-submitted by email. For example: Read Full Story

LDS Philanthropies, which coordinates fundraising beyond tithing and fast offerings for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its institutions, founded the Matthew Cowley Society during a special luncheon on campus March 5 to honor donors who make estate planning deferred gift contributions to Brigham Young University and/or the Polynesian Cultural Center. Read Full Story

Arnold K. Wunder, president of the Kahului Stake on Maui, used the imagery from the hymn "Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy " (number 335) and examples from his own life to encourage students to be better "lower lights". Read Full Story

Leslie Thompson’s inquisitive mind motivated her to search for satisfactory answers. Religion was no exception. Read Full Story

Comparing the young people of today to the army of Helaman, as a group of Christians involved in both physical and spiritual wars, Elder Kim B. Clark, president of BYU-Idaho and member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy, shared at campus devotional two patterns seen in the Book of Mormon that can be used for protection today. Read Full Story

As BYU-Hawaii student Asala Wickramaarachchige grew up in Sri Lanka, he was no stranger to great danger. The country had been at war for many years and had witnessed much violence. Read Full Story

The Executive Committee of the Board of Education of the Church Educational System — including Elders Russell M. Nelson, chairman, and M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve [pictured at top left], and Sister Julie B. Beck, General Relief Society President — held day-long meetings at BYU-Hawaii on February 25. That afternoon they addressed the university ohana or faculty and staff "family." Some of them also addressed the students and Saints in special fireside meetings on the previous Sunday evening. Read Full Story

Dal Zemp, a BYU-Hawaii alumnus and member of the BYUH/Polynesian Cultural Center Presidents' Leadership Council who describes himself as an entrepreneurial philanthropist, told School of Business students on February 21, 2008, how he built several successful enterprises so he can pursue his love of special education and helping others. Read Full Story