BYU–Hawaii News

Arly LK Enesa and Lianna Quillen | Ke Alakai | 13 August 2008


This 2008 Fall semester the deadline for tuition and other outstanding student charges is August 20 (7 days before the start of classes). Brigham Young University Hawaii students who do not pay in full by the deadline will not be able to add their chosen classes. If there are still charges to be paid after September 4, all the students’ classes will be dropped and will not be reinstated.

Anticipated financial aid for fall semester will be considered payment if the following criteria are met:

1. The aid is seen on the student's my.byuh.edu account

2. A Federal Authorization form is signed and on file at the Financial Aid and Student Accounts Office.


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Leilani Miller | University Relations | 11 August 2008


During the week of July 26th to August 2, The Hal and Barbara Jones Foundation completed its first annual Student Mentoring Program, a subset of the annual "A New You" women's retreat at Brigham Young University Hawaii. After 12 years of the "A New You" retreat, director Barbara Barrington Jones organized a similar program for BYUH students and community members geared toward younger interests.

Barbara Barrington Jones [pictured below] is a former professional ballet dancer, fashion designer, businesswoman, author, speaker, and image consultant.  She explains that both her women's program and student mentoring program are the fulfillment of a dream to create a camp "where women could come and feel better about themselves" and to find "more of the balance in life."


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As part of BYU-Hawaii's reorganization and to enable our alumni to play a greater role in mentoring and assisting current and future students, the BYUH/CCH Alumni Association has recently transferred from the University Relations department (formerly called University Advancement) to the Student Development and Services division, led by newly named Vice President and alumna Dr. Debbie Hippolite Wright, LCSW, Ph.D. Read Full Story

Mike Foley | University Relations | 8 August 2008 Read Full Story

Mexico City, Mexico—When Jeremi and Rebecca Brewer [left, with Director Miguel Santos] walked across the stage at BYU-Hawaii’s December 2007 Commencement Ceremony, they looked like just ordinary students. But with the Brewers, there is much more than meets the eye. They both finished with a 4.0 GPA, they were the winners of the 2008 Business Plan Competition, they had an established internship in Mexico City immediately after Winter classes and they had already been accepted in a highly sought after a Ph. D program at Texas A&M. Read Full Story

As fall semester 2008 approaches, President Steven C. Wheelwright pointed out BYU-Hawaii is steadily developing the framework to use distance learning — also called distributed learning or education — to help extend the reach of the university in a cost-effective manner and better prepare a new generation of students. Read Full Story

Elder Myron Richins of the BYU Hawaii religion department focused on a very fundamental symbol developed in the scriptures at a BYUH devotional this past week. Having grown up around and working with sheep, Richins was able to bring a very comprehensive perspective on the emblematic values of a shepherd and his sheep. Read Full Story

The 100-plus Church College of Hawaii alumni who met on campus from July 24-27 closed their reunion with a 3.5-hour testimony meeting typified by expressions of love for each other, their participation in President David O. McKay's vision of what the students would accomplish, and their devotion to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read Full Story

There's a lot of gray hair — or in some cases, none — and a few of them walk with canes now, but for the 100-plus Church College of Hawaii alumni holding their Mega Reunion on campus from July 24-27, they still show an abundance of Seasider spirit as well as aloha for each other and their alma mater. Read Full Story

Starting Fall 2008 the deadline for payments on tuition and all other outstanding fees is seven (7) days prior to the first day of class, which is August 20, 2008. Any Financial Aid that is seen as anticipated on the students account (my.byuh.edu) will be considered payment if a Federal Authorization form is signed and on file at the Financial Aid and Student Accounts (FASA) Office. Any balance in excess of anticipated aid must be paid by the new deadline. Failure to pay will result in the student not being able to add classes.The second and final deadline to pay your account balance is September 4, 2008. At this point if there are any outstanding charges in excess of anticipated aid on your account your classes will be DROPPED and WILL NOT be reinstated. Read Full Story