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BYU–Hawaii Alumnus Elder Vamanrav Passes Away
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 13 June 2005
Elder Pita Vamanrav, Area Authority Seventy for the Pacific Islands Area and BYU-Hawaii alumnus, passed away from cancer last Friday, June 10, after a life full of loving service to the Church and the people of Tonga.
Elder Vamanrav, Indian by birth, was raised in Tonga and attended Liahona High School where he was baptized. He came to Church College of Hawaii in 1963 to study electronics but was called back to Tonga in 1966 to serve a mission.
As a missionary, Elder Vamanrav baptized his brother and his brother's wife, among many others. He returned to CCH in 1968, graduated in 1970 and married his wife, Seini Pasi, the following year.
After returning to Tonga, Elder Vamanrav and his wife owned and operated an importing company; however, as successful as he was professionally, his life is better characterized by his service.
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Elder Vamanrav, Indian by birth, was raised in Tonga and attended Liahona High School where he was baptized. He came to Church College of Hawaii in 1963 to study electronics but was called back to Tonga in 1966 to serve a mission.
As a missionary, Elder Vamanrav baptized his brother and his brother's wife, among many others. He returned to CCH in 1968, graduated in 1970 and married his wife, Seini Pasi, the following year.
After returning to Tonga, Elder Vamanrav and his wife owned and operated an importing company; however, as successful as he was professionally, his life is better characterized by his service.
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Chinese Conference at BYU-Hawaii on Computers in Education Concludes
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 13 June 2005
BYU-Hawaii faculty, staff and students successfully hosted approximately 300
widespread international members of the Global Chinese Society for Computers
in Education on campus from June 6-9 during the group's ninth annual but
first-ever conference outside of Asia.
"From all aspects, I think the conference was a success, both in the paper quality as well as the other functions," said GCSCE organizing chairman Dr. Tak-wai Chan of Taiwan Central University. "One surprising thing to us, this was supposed to be a western place, but somehow this conference inherited the spirit here [in Hawaii]. It's not only the mountains and the beaches, but you have a human paradise here."
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"From all aspects, I think the conference was a success, both in the paper quality as well as the other functions," said GCSCE organizing chairman Dr. Tak-wai Chan of Taiwan Central University. "One surprising thing to us, this was supposed to be a western place, but somehow this conference inherited the spirit here [in Hawaii]. It's not only the mountains and the beaches, but you have a human paradise here."
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Duty vs. Desire
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 9 June 2005
Elder Stuart Poelman, CES missionary in the School of Business, contrasts our sense of duty and our sense of desire in today's devotional, encouraging all to be "anxiously engaged in a good cause."
Elder Poelman prefaced his address by advising listeners how to study the scriptures—not just read them but truly study them. He recommended reading a scripture several times, each time asking oneself the following questions: What does this scripture tell me? What does the Lord want me to learn from this scripture? What have I learned from this scripture? What I'm I going to do about it?
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Elder Poelman prefaced his address by advising listeners how to study the scriptures—not just read them but truly study them. He recommended reading a scripture several times, each time asking oneself the following questions: What does this scripture tell me? What does the Lord want me to learn from this scripture? What have I learned from this scripture? What I'm I going to do about it?
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BYU-Hawaii Hosts 9th Annual GCCCE
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 6 June 2005
BYU-Hawaii's Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach is hosting this week's 9th annual Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education—the first time the conference is being held outside of Asia.
The conference began today and will run until Thursday, June 9. For four days, BYU-Hawaii is hosting close to 300 of the brightest minds in instructional technology out of Asia and parts of the United States.
Organized by the Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education, the conference is traditionally held at prestigious universities in major Chinese metropolises, such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Nanjing and Singapore.
The unprecedented move to Hawaii symbolizes the society's burgeoning global interests and increasing willingness to interface with the Western world.
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The conference began today and will run until Thursday, June 9. For four days, BYU-Hawaii is hosting close to 300 of the brightest minds in instructional technology out of Asia and parts of the United States.
Organized by the Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education, the conference is traditionally held at prestigious universities in major Chinese metropolises, such as Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Nanjing and Singapore.
The unprecedented move to Hawaii symbolizes the society's burgeoning global interests and increasing willingness to interface with the Western world.
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BYU-Hawaii SIFE Ranks Top 40 in Nation
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 1 June 2005
BYU-Hawaii's chapter of SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) ranked among the top 40 in the nation at the 2005 SIFE USA National Exposition held in Kansas City last week.
SIFE is a global, non-profit organization with student chapters on over 1800 university campuses in more than 40 countries. Each team is given the charge to teach principles of free enterprise—including market economics, entrepreneurship, personal and financial success, and business ethics—through educational outreach projects that better themselves, their communities and their countries. More on SIFE.
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SIFE is a global, non-profit organization with student chapters on over 1800 university campuses in more than 40 countries. Each team is given the charge to teach principles of free enterprise—including market economics, entrepreneurship, personal and financial success, and business ethics—through educational outreach projects that better themselves, their communities and their countries. More on SIFE.
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BYU VP Encourages Personal Commitment
Sandra Rogers, VP of International Students at BYU in Provo, Utah, counseled the BYU-Hawaii 'ohana on our individual responsibilities as members of the Church to participate in the rolling forth of the Kingdom of God to fill the earth.
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BYU-Hawaii Team Researches Pacific Golden-Plovers in Saipan
BYU-Hawaii Biology Department chairman Dr. Roger Goodwill and several students recently returned from Saipan in the Northern Marianas Islands where they initiated radio telemetry and DNA study fieldwork on Pacific Golden-Plover, a migratory shorebird known as kolea in Hawaii.
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President Shumway Returns from South Pacific Jubilee Tour
President Shumway recently returned from a highly successful 16-day goodwill tour to the South Pacific—including New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Kiribati—as part of this year's Jubilee celebration.
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Dr. David Porter Named ITA NCAA II 'National Coach of the Year'
BYU-Hawaii women's tennis team head coach Dr. David Porter was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA II national "coach of the year" following the Lady Seasiders' second-place finish in the national championship competition. Coach Porter's latest honor marks the fifth time he has been national coach of the year in either the NAIA or the NCAA II.
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BYU-Hawaii Women's Tennis Team Loses Latest NCAA II Title Bid
The top-ranked three-time defending NCAA II championship BYU-Hawaii women's tennis team lost their bid to four-peat to Armstrong Atlantic State on May 14 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, and also broke their 130 consecutive dual match win streak. Read more...
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