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Small Choices Lead to Serious Consequences
Committing even a little sin and thinking it justified can cause serious consequences, taught H. Ross Workman, President of the Laie Hawaii Temple during his devotional address October 28 at BYU-Hawaii. President Workman counseled the students to avoid the idea of “fear God—he will justify in committing a little sin.”
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BYUH Collaborates With BYU for Papua New Guinea Biology Internship
Professors David Bybee of Brigham Young University Hawaii [pictured at left with student Daniel Kaonohi] and Michael Whiting of Brigham Young University in Provo joined forces this past summer to take a group of biology students from both institutions to Papua New Guinea, a remote and relatively unstudied region of the southwest pacific. "We decided that we could get a collaboration going," explained Bybee, "where Whiting, an entomologist, would do the rain forest work, I, a marine biologist, would do the coral reef work and the students we brought with us would get valuable field work experience in both terrestrial and marine environments."
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BYUH Business Conference Offers Spiritual, Temporal Insights
The Brigham Young University Hawaii International Business Conference from November 10-15, 2008 — entitled "Venture Capital and Private Equity: Building Wealth in a Declining Economy" — provides students, community members and other participants a unique opportunity to mingle with top Latter-day Saint business leaders and share both spiritual and temporal insights.
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Pineapple Icon Depicts BYU-Hawaii Objectives
Because many people associate pineapples with Hawaii, Dr. Max L. Checketts, BYUH Vice President for Academic Affairs, used the imagery to create an easy-to-remember representation initiatives and objectives derived from the university's two-fold mission and imperatives:
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A Successful Life, Guaranteed
Much better than a promise, James Ritchie gave a guarantee for a successful and happy life during his devotional address October 21. Ritchie, the director of the BYU-Hawaii Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship, said following his six-step formula—which includes working hard, getting up early and preparing for Church service—is secured by scriptures and prophets alike.
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Three Functional Areas Emerge From CITO
As part of Brigham Young University Hawaii's ongoing reorganization, the former Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO) has split into three functional areas:
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Councils to Play a Bigger Role at BYUH
The Brigham Young University Hawaii administration has adapted the counsel of Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to rely more on councils in planning and decision-making at the university.
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Talkin' Story: Unique Students, Diverse Perspectives
One glance at the Brigham Young University Hawaii campus, and it is easy to see that our students hail from around the world. We fly across oceans, deserts, and rainforests to this university to learn, to serve, and to share and explore our experiences with others. It is truly impossible to attend BYU-Hawaii without developing a new perspective. As we come to discover and appreciate better our global understanding, we form a tightly-knit, caring, and trusting community, uniquely and appropriately positioned in the cross-roads of the Pacific. Yet, despite the differences between us, we come to realize and celebrate that we often have more in common than not.
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Johnston Devotional: Assistance Required, We Can't Make it on Our Own
Ryan Anderson | University Relations | 14 October 2008
Part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is helping those around us who are in need, and we must help them to obtain our own salvation, taught Judge Robert Johnston, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Nevada, during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on October 14. His thoughts were centered on the idea that students should “reach out that we perish not.”
Judge Johnston used the words of King Benjamin to teach about spiritual death: “But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.”
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Part of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is helping those around us who are in need, and we must help them to obtain our own salvation, taught Judge Robert Johnston, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Nevada, during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on October 14. His thoughts were centered on the idea that students should “reach out that we perish not.”
Judge Johnston used the words of King Benjamin to teach about spiritual death: “But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not watch yourselves, and your thoughts, and your words and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and continue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not.”
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Q&As Continue in October 2008 Forum
Brigham Young University Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured on the right] and other members of the President's Council clarified inquiries on student wages, full-time faculty loads under the new academic calendar, the student demographic mix, distance learning and three new degrees, and other subjects at the monthly question-and-answer forum on October 10 in the Little Theater.
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