BYU–Hawaii News

Lisa Fehoko | University Relations | 20 May 2009 Read Full Story

The students of BYU–Hawaii's Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team brought the Spirit of Aloha to the City of Brotherly Love for this year's SIFE National Exposition, and walked away with a top 12 finish and a check for $1,500. Read Full Story

During most of the year, the Iosepa canoe is housed inside the Polynesian Cultural Center, next to the Hawaiian village. But every spring term the Iosepa is towed over to Hukilau Beach Park and launched into Laie Bay, with a crew of BYU–Hawaii students aboard. This year the launching took place Tuesday, May 5. Read Full Story

Ryan Anderson | University Relations | 13 May 2009 Read Full Story

For the second year in a row, the Exercise and Sports Science (EXS) Club on campus hosted and staffed the regional Jr. Olympics Skills Competition in Laie, allowing dozens of children to showcase their athletic talents for the chance to compete at the national level of the Jr. Olympics, this year to be held in Chula Vista, Calif. Read Full Story

Your being here required the Lord's hand, considerable effort, sacrifice, and a series of many steps on your part to prepare you for this experience, began Bill Neal, BYU–Hawaii Assistant to the President, in a devotional speech titled, "Take the Next Step," which was held at the Cannon Activities Center on May 5; he shared the podium with his wife Dianna Neal, BYU–Hawaii Adjunct Professor, and they took turns addressing two key points—examining where you are in your spiritual journey and taking the next step in that journey. Read Full Story

Excited, energetic, and hopeful, 58 Kahuku High Schoolstudents participated in a mock interview workshop the morning of Thursday, April 23, on the BYU"Hawaii campus. "This is just the beginning for these kids, and we need to do as much as we can to help prepare them for after high school," said Kahuku High School Career Awareness and Events Coordinator Barbara Jean (BJ) Smith. Read Full Story

Nearly 600 community residents from the Ko’olauloa community–including Laie, Hauula and Kahuku– participated in Envision Laie workshops this week, held in BYU-Hawaii’s Cannon Activities Center. Read Full Story

The Lord will grant to us the desires of our hearts, be they good or evil, taught Elder Stephen H. Peterson, BYU-Hawaii service missionary and project manager, during the weekly devotional April 28 in the Cannon Activities Center. Elder Peterson taught, "The Lord explained, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." Read Full Story

The hardest part of trusting in the Lord, explained President Steven C. Wheelwright during BYU-Hawaii’s opening devotional of the Spring Term, is learning how to trust the Lord. President Wheelwright continued his tradition of speaking at the first devotional of the academic term on April 21 by sharing “one of the fundamental principles that will help prepare you for exaltation and godhood,” he said. Read Full Story