BYU–Hawaii News

Prayer is much more than simply sending words up to our Heavenly Father, taught Cynthia Compton, Adjunct Associate Professor of History, during her BYU-Hawaii devotional November 18. It requires thoughtful, faithful actions and even the right words. Read Full Story

Long-time donor to BYU-Hawaii Frank Peck [on the left] taught students in an Honors Program and Students In Free Enterprise forum about success that goes beyond making money held in the Little Theater on Friday, Nov. 7. Peck, founder and CEO of American Money Group, Inc., out of California, is also a member of the LDS Church and he said that families and the Gospel are important contributors to success. Read Full Story

Michael Waite | Ke Alaka'i | 17 November 2008 Read Full Story

Brigham Young University Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at right] outlined a proposal during a November 6 faculty-staff ohana [family] meeting that would revamp and significantly expand the amount of financial aid available to the university’s international students. Read Full Story

Elder Robert Gay of the Seventy, in his keynote address to the Brigham Young University Hawaii 2008 International Business Conference on November 12, urged Latter-day Saint entrepreneurs, business owners and donors to use their wealth to lift others and find security in challenging economic times through faith and commitment. Read Full Story

The time spent by students at BYU-Hawaii is not a chance for idle indifference, but a time to prepare for church service, said Elder Robert C. Gay, Area Seventy of the North American Southeast Area. That service, explained Elder Gay during his devotional address November 11, will bring about the spiritual and physical salvation of God’s children all over the earth. Read Full Story

Members of a family who donated a rare 1855 edition of the Hawaiian Book of Mormon to the Brigham Young University Hawaii Archives 30 years ago participated on November 7 in unveiling a permanent display of Ka Buke a Moramona in the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors Center. Read Full Story

Like fish who miss baited flies in fast-rushing waters, we can easily fall prey to Satan when we make decisions based on peer-pressure or excited emotions, taught Michael B. Bliss, BYU-Hawaii Vice President for Administration Services, during his devotional address November 4. Read Full Story

China, Japan, Thailand, Navajo, Hawaii, and a variety of other nations and cultures were represented at the second presentation of @RTIMOS, focusing this time on Peace Internationally. The musical concert, arranged by Art Saowichit and a team of students, included musical numbers, dance performances and video to create a feeling of peace and unity across cultures. Read Full Story

Co-captains and BYUH Hawaiian Studies professor Kamoa'e Walk and projects director Kawika Eskaran gave a small number of university and community people the rare opportunity to climb aboard the BYUH sailing canoe Iosepa at its home halau or berth in the Polynesian Cultural Center's Hawaiian village on November 6 as they and some of their students marked the seventh anniversary of the beautiful 57-foot wa'a kaulua or twin-hulled traditional Hawaiian sailing canoe. Read Full Story