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Wheelwright Discusses Complete Conversion
At the first devotional of Winter Semester 2008, BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright told the audience that there is a difference between testimony and conversion. He also gave four daily minimum requirements to help a person move toward complete conversion.
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School of Business Orients IBM Majors
Dr. Helena Hannonen [pictured at left], chairperson of BYU-Hawaii's International Business Management (IBM) department in the School of Business, welcomed program majors to the new semester during a January 10 orientation meeting in the McKay Auditorium. She also introduced faculty and related programs, reviewed changes and encouraged the students to sharpen critical skills in Excel™ software and English language proficiency.
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President Greets, Counsels New BYUH Students
Students enrolling at BYU-Hawaii for the first time reported to the Cannon Activities Center on January 8 to receive counsel from President Steven C. Wheelwright and to learn more about the university's academic advising program.
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Army ROTC Color Guard First in BYU-Hawaii History
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 16 December 2007
“Color guard, post colors.” In precise formation with perfectly cadenced step, four smartly uniformed Army ROTC cadets, silver helmets sparkling, stepped onto the main floor of the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center and posted the flags of the United States of America and Hawaii. (watch movie clip )
It was a first in the history of BYU-Hawaii--the first commencement at which a BYU-Hawaii Army ROTC Cadet Color Guard performed that duty. The first established Color Guard team at BYU-Hawaii posted colors for the first time in BYU-Hawaii history during the inauguration of President Steven C. Wheelwright, 6 November 2007.
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“Color guard, post colors.” In precise formation with perfectly cadenced step, four smartly uniformed Army ROTC cadets, silver helmets sparkling, stepped onto the main floor of the BYU-Hawaii Cannon Activities Center and posted the flags of the United States of America and Hawaii. (watch movie clip )
It was a first in the history of BYU-Hawaii--the first commencement at which a BYU-Hawaii Army ROTC Cadet Color Guard performed that duty. The first established Color Guard team at BYU-Hawaii posted colors for the first time in BYU-Hawaii history during the inauguration of President Steven C. Wheelwright, 6 November 2007.
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Elder Ballard Counsels Grads to use the Web to Voice Opinions
Stace Hall | University Advancement | 15 December 2007
Elder M. Russell Ballard (pictured with graduate at left) told graduating students Saturday they could individually make a difference in perceptions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by letting their voices be heard using technology.
"May I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet…to share the gospel and explain in simple, clear terms the message of the Restoration," he said during the fall commencement exercises.
Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained to the graduates that they and all members of the LDS Church have a duty to help others understand their beliefs. "We are living in a world saturated with all kinds of voices because now, more than ever, we have a major responsibility…to define ourselves instead of letting others define us."
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Elder M. Russell Ballard (pictured with graduate at left) told graduating students Saturday they could individually make a difference in perceptions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by letting their voices be heard using technology.
"May I ask that you join the conversation by participating on the Internet…to share the gospel and explain in simple, clear terms the message of the Restoration," he said during the fall commencement exercises.
Ballard, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, explained to the graduates that they and all members of the LDS Church have a duty to help others understand their beliefs. "We are living in a world saturated with all kinds of voices because now, more than ever, we have a major responsibility…to define ourselves instead of letting others define us."
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Alumni Honor Graduates at Traditional Banquet
At the BYU-Hawaii/Church College of Hawaii Alumni Association winter graduation banquet on December 13 in the Cannon Activities Center, Elder Paul K. Sybrowsky [pictured at left] — a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, Australia Area President, and a former CCH student — encouraged the upcoming graduates "to learn what God wants us to learn."
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Apostle to Speak at Fall Graduation
Representing 31 countries, about 200 students (more than half from outside the United States) will receive undergraduate degrees this Saturday at Brigham Young University-Hawaii's fall commencement exercises. Commencement begins at 9:30 a.m. in the Cannon Activities Center. (For a breakdown of countries represented, see below.)
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Alumnus Gives back to Hawaiian Homeland
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 11 December 2007
Return-ability, a phrase coined by BYU-Hawaii administrators, encapsules their hope that students will gain an education, both secular and spiritual, and then return to their native land to not only become gainfully employed, but to also make a contribution as ambassadors for peace.
How does a native Hawaiian do that? Robert Lononuiakea Ikuwa, a 2003 graduate of BYU-Hawaii and native Hawaiian is a good example of the answer to that question.
Born in Kona, Hawaii, Ikuwa ( who goes by “Lono”) came to Oahu to attend the Kamehameha School as a seventh grader. After graduating in 1995, he served a mission to Japan, and came home with a desire to open his own Japanese fast food restaurant franchise.
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Return-ability, a phrase coined by BYU-Hawaii administrators, encapsules their hope that students will gain an education, both secular and spiritual, and then return to their native land to not only become gainfully employed, but to also make a contribution as ambassadors for peace.
How does a native Hawaiian do that? Robert Lononuiakea Ikuwa, a 2003 graduate of BYU-Hawaii and native Hawaiian is a good example of the answer to that question.
Born in Kona, Hawaii, Ikuwa ( who goes by “Lono”) came to Oahu to attend the Kamehameha School as a seventh grader. After graduating in 1995, he served a mission to Japan, and came home with a desire to open his own Japanese fast food restaurant franchise.
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President Wheelwright Resumes Q-and-A Series
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright's open question-and-answer forum at 7 a.m. on November 27 in the Little Theater focused on the Honor Code, the online use of social networks and international students returning home.
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Missionary Couple Helps Community Research Roots
Thanks to today's technologically advanced world, the extensively long, tedious hours researching ancestors and doing family history work have essentially become, well, a thing of the past. While researchers may still spend numerous hours searching, utilization of various Web sites on the Internet surely speeds up the process.
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