BYU–Hawaii News

The Brigham Young University–Hawaii Alumni & Career Services department organizes semi-annual Career Fairs in Winter and Fall semesters, in coordination with the Hawaii Career Week, which involves five other Hawaii university campuses, including University of Hawaii–Manoa. Winter 2015 semester’s Career Fair was held on March 6, in the Aloha Center Ballroom. Read Full Story

IRVINE, Calif. – Senior point guard Robbie Mitchell put together one of his best overall games to lead No. 23 BYU–Hawaii men's basketball to an 84-79 victory over No. 19 Cal Baptist for the PacWest Championship title last week at Concordia University Arena. Read Full Story

BYU–Hawaii’s Center for Learning and Teaching (clt.byuh.edu) will have its second annual learning and teaching symposium, held Thursday-Saturday, February 19-21, on the BYU–Hawaii campus. The event is free and open to the public. Read Full Story

This year, 2015, marks 60 years since David O. McKay's historic groundbreaking for the permanent campus on February 12, 1955, and the first class of Church College of Hawaii in the Fall of 1955. Spirit Week 2015 commemorates this 60-year history with activities that reflect on the foundational history of the university and focus our gaze and vision toward the future and potential of the students, the Genuine Gold, who come from this special school. Read Full Story

BYU–Hawaii graphic design professor Brandon Truscott's poster for his class's ART 333 Type Face Cards exhibit was one of 25 winners of Print Celebrates Design, a national design competition hosted by PRINT magazine. Truscott, chair of the Visual Arts department at BYU–Hawaii, said he hopes beginners in the graphic design field will see his win as an example of opportunities available in the graphic design community. Read Full Story

On Tuesday, January 20, Kevin J Worthen, president of Brigham Young University, addressed the students, faculty, and staff of Brigham Young University–Hawaii at the weekly Devotional held in the Cannon Activities Center. President Worthen’s address, entitled “Holy Places,” detailed ways in which we can turn everyday places, even haunted places, into holy places. Read Full Story

President Steven C. Wheelwright welcomed students to campus on Tuesday, January 13, at the weekly Devotional. In his talk, entitled, “An Education of the Heart,” he counseled students to find ways in which they could grow spiritually during this upcoming semester. “That ‘education of the heart’ shapes our character, our conscience, and our spirit and thus determines our eternal destiny,” said President Wheelwright. “In other words, that ‘education of the heart’ determines who we really are.” Read Full Story

Two BYU–Hawaii students recently returned from Xi’an, China, studying Mandarin and Chinese culture after receiving help from the Asian Executive Management program. One of them earned a prestigious designation as a Boren Scholar. Jarek and Kaylee Buss spent a year in China and are now back at BYU–Hawaii to finish their degrees. That experience was made possible because Jarek received a Boren Scholarship and both of them were enrolled in the Asian Executive Management program. Read Full Story

The Willes Center for Entrepreneurship at BYU–Hawaii is well known for hosting its annual Great Ideas competition in the Fall and a companion event in the Winter semester called Empower Your Dreams. While the Great Ideas competition is typically comprised of students presenting business ideas and plans, this year included a new twist, matching the rapid evolving pace of the millennial generation. With YouTube being the world’s second largest search engine, the Fall 2014 business competition focused on video. The official title of this year’s competition was the “Great Ideas Video Competition: Tell Your Business Story.” Read Full Story

It’s common knowledge that attendance matters at any level of educational setting. Unexcused absence from school, or truancy, has been a significant issue in the United States for many decades. Now, thanks to a new wide-ranging study, educators can have better tools to help students want to be in class and even be better prepared for their time there. Read Full Story