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PacWest Conference Changing Direction
Rob Wakefield | University Advancement | 9 February 2005
Universities in Hawaii are exploring several new alternatives for their NCAA Division II Pacific West Conference after announcing that two teams from the United States mainland are leaving for another conference.
Montana State-Billings and Western New Mexico will join four universities from Texas in the Heartland Conference effective July 1, 2005. After the change, the Pacific West Conference will consist of the four universities in the islands - Hawaii-Pacific University, Chaminade, Brigham Young University Hawaii and Hawaii-Hilo.
"We look forward to this change," said BYU-Hawaii president Eric B. Shumway, who will serve as chief officer of the realigned PacWest Conference. "We want to keep the PacWest conference together because of the traditional relationships and friendly rivalries that have developed among the four Hawaiian universities over the years."
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Montana State-Billings and Western New Mexico will join four universities from Texas in the Heartland Conference effective July 1, 2005. After the change, the Pacific West Conference will consist of the four universities in the islands - Hawaii-Pacific University, Chaminade, Brigham Young University Hawaii and Hawaii-Hilo.
"We look forward to this change," said BYU-Hawaii president Eric B. Shumway, who will serve as chief officer of the realigned PacWest Conference. "We want to keep the PacWest conference together because of the traditional relationships and friendly rivalries that have developed among the four Hawaiian universities over the years."
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HVCB President: 'Develop Your Entrepreneurial Spirit'
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 7 February 2005
Speaking before a banquet for business people and students attending the BYU-Hawaii School of Business' annual entrepreneurship conference on February 2-3, the president of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau urged even those in conventional environments and jobs to be entrepreneurial.
"I've never been an entrepreneur in the purest sense of the word. In fact, I feel a little out of place, due to my conventional background. But I've always thought of myself as an entrepreneur. It's been a theme in my career," said John Monahan, who is also a member of the Polynesian Cultural Center board of directors. "To be ultimately successful, you must develop your entrepreneurial spirit. Each of us must develop that spirit from within, in whatever environment we begin from."
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"I've never been an entrepreneur in the purest sense of the word. In fact, I feel a little out of place, due to my conventional background. But I've always thought of myself as an entrepreneur. It's been a theme in my career," said John Monahan, who is also a member of the Polynesian Cultural Center board of directors. "To be ultimately successful, you must develop your entrepreneurial spirit. Each of us must develop that spirit from within, in whatever environment we begin from."
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Entrepreneur Conference Judges Pick Business Plan Winners
Once again, a business plan proposed by students from Mongolia to establish a common U.S. service there won the annual BYU-Hawaii School of Business entrepreneurship conference award for developing nations, while two students from the mainland won the award for developed nations with their proposal for an unusual extreme sports park.
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Senior U.S. Diplomat Lectures at BYU-Hawaii
Anderw Miller | University Advancement | 2 February 2005
Thomas Lee Boam, 26-year veteran and senior diplomat for the United States Foreign Service, visited BYU-Hawaii as part of a short-term "diplomat in residence" program.
The program, co-sponsored by the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding and Career Services, included a general forum, guest lectures in the classroom and small question and answer sessions.
The topic of the forum was our responsibilities as global citizens. Boam began with a story of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, which he personally witnessed while on duty in Germany. Those Cold War divisions are gone, he said, but there are modern divisions that challenge us even more today.
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The program, co-sponsored by the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding and Career Services, included a general forum, guest lectures in the classroom and small question and answer sessions.
The topic of the forum was our responsibilities as global citizens. Boam began with a story of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, which he personally witnessed while on duty in Germany. Those Cold War divisions are gone, he said, but there are modern divisions that challenge us even more today.
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Pratte Recounts Spiritual History of BYU-Hawaii
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 28 January 2005
In a special devotional sponsored by the Mormon Pacific Historical Society, Paul Alf Pratte recounted the institutional saga of BYU-Hawaii and the personal triumphs of its administrators, faculty and students.
Pratte is a service missionary commissioned to write a commemorative history of BYU-Hawaii as part of its Jubilee celebration. In his address, he reviewed the academic success of the university, but he focused on the spiritual side of the history by sharing personal stories of individuals that are representative of all those who associated with Church College of Hawaii and BYU-Hawaii.
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Pratte is a service missionary commissioned to write a commemorative history of BYU-Hawaii as part of its Jubilee celebration. In his address, he reviewed the academic success of the university, but he focused on the spiritual side of the history by sharing personal stories of individuals that are representative of all those who associated with Church College of Hawaii and BYU-Hawaii.
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Jubilee Website Keeps University 'ohana Informed, Involved
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 24 January 2005
A new Golden Jubilee website provides a wealth of information about the ongoing celebration and the university's institutional and personal histories.
The website features several informational resources to help users keep abreast with the ongoing Jubilee celebration. It also includes several interactive tools that make it fun and easy to learn more about the heritage of CCH/BYU-Hawaii and its faculty, staff and students while reminiscing the past 50 years. Here are a few highlights:
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The website features several informational resources to help users keep abreast with the ongoing Jubilee celebration. It also includes several interactive tools that make it fun and easy to learn more about the heritage of CCH/BYU-Hawaii and its faculty, staff and students while reminiscing the past 50 years. Here are a few highlights:
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BYU-Hawaii Calendar of Activities, January 24-30, 2005
Monday, January 24:
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President Samuelson Turns Hearts to the Fathers
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 21 January 2005
Cecil O. Samuelson, President of BYU in Provo and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, encouraged students and faculty at Thursday's devotional to recognize and appreciate the contributions of those who have gone before.
"This is a very special institution that has been established under the inspiration of the Lord," Samuelson said of BYU-Hawaii, "and it continues to be supported, guided and lifted up by the leaders of this great Church… Most of you will make important differences in the world, in the Church and in your families.
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"This is a very special institution that has been established under the inspiration of the Lord," Samuelson said of BYU-Hawaii, "and it continues to be supported, guided and lifted up by the leaders of this great Church… Most of you will make important differences in the world, in the Church and in your families.
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Marriott School Assistant Dean Shares Job-Searching Advice
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 21 January 2005
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Maurice Stocks, Assistant Dean of Corporate Development & Career Management at the BYU Marriott School of Management told BYU-Hawaii students in the School of Business' first entrepreneurship lecture of 2005 "the kinds of things I would tell my own kids" about finding a good job after school:
"Hard work is the key to finding a good job."
Speaking in the McKay Auditorium on January 18, Stocks said, "Each one of you can get a job that will be very, very important for your future, that will provide for your family, but it's going to take effort." Or paraphrasing Thomas Edison, "Opportunity comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."
As one human resources executive recently told him, prospective applicants "need
Kahalepunas Encourage Students To "Be the Vision"
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 14 January 2005
Kieiki and Paliku Kahalepuna, president and executive vice president of BYUH Student Activities respectively, encouraged students in Thursday's devotional to fulfill the vision that President David O. McKay and others revealed concerning BYU-Hawaii.
The vision, Paliku said, is exemplified by President McKay's prophetic declaration given at the groundbreaking and dedication ceremony of The Church College of Hawaii in 1955:
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The vision, Paliku said, is exemplified by President McKay's prophetic declaration given at the groundbreaking and dedication ceremony of The Church College of Hawaii in 1955:
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