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Former BYU-Hawaii President, Stephen L. Brower, Passed Away
Stephen L. Brower, who was president of the Church College of Hawaii from 1971-74, passed away in Logan, Utah, on December 22, 2004.
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Sciences Students Learn Through Doing
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 12 January 2005
The science department's faculty-assisted science training program, or FAST, proves to be successful in providing students with invaluable learning experiences through practical research opportunities.
Established last year, the program gives students the opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty mentor in planning and conducting scientific research. Church appropriated funds are also available to students for supplies, travel expenses and work compensation.
"Science training requires both classroom training and laboratory 'hands on' experience," explained Dr. Heaton, assistant professor of biochemistry and coordinator of FAST. "When students go to graduate school or gain employment, they are expected to have the ability to work independently.
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Established last year, the program gives students the opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty mentor in planning and conducting scientific research. Church appropriated funds are also available to students for supplies, travel expenses and work compensation.
"Science training requires both classroom training and laboratory 'hands on' experience," explained Dr. Heaton, assistant professor of biochemistry and coordinator of FAST. "When students go to graduate school or gain employment, they are expected to have the ability to work independently.
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Orgill Challenges All to be Valiant in Upcoming Year
Scott Christley | University Advancement | 10 January 2005
Von D. Orgill, President and CEO of the Polynesian Cultural Center, spoke last Thursday at BYU-Hawaii's Devotional to start off the university's year-long 50th anniversary Jubilee.
With the beginning of the New Year, President Orgill reminded faculty, staff and students that now is the time for re-examination, "time for considering who we are, where we are, where we are really going, and how well we are doing along the way. It is a time for committing and recommitting ourselves to being better, to doing better."
Commenting on the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that have ravaged Southeast Asia, Orgill expressed his hope that these events would help make us all "a little more contemplative, more reflective and more sensitive to what is truly important in life; a little more willing to reach beyond ourselves to help others in all of the ways we can."
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With the beginning of the New Year, President Orgill reminded faculty, staff and students that now is the time for re-examination, "time for considering who we are, where we are, where we are really going, and how well we are doing along the way. It is a time for committing and recommitting ourselves to being better, to doing better."
Commenting on the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that have ravaged Southeast Asia, Orgill expressed his hope that these events would help make us all "a little more contemplative, more reflective and more sensitive to what is truly important in life; a little more willing to reach beyond ourselves to help others in all of the ways we can."
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Concert Choir Shines in New York City
For the first time in school history, the Brigham Young University Hawaii Concert Choir took the stage at one of the world's most important and prestigious venues – Carnegie Hall. Long considered a place for the musically elite, Carnegie played host to BYU-Hawaii's premier SATB ensemble as the choir brought a packed New York audience to its feet at the conclusion of their performance of Mozart's Requiem.
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JobBound Presenter Shares Tips for Success
Brad Karsh, of JobBound share tips for success with BYU-Hawaii students. Tips on everything from dress and grooming to resolving differences by developing better communication skills were energetically, effectively, and enthusiastically presented to a small group of BYU-Hawaii students, faculty, and staff at two JobBound workshops offered by Brad Karsh, through the office of campus Career Services, Tuesday, 23 January.
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President Hinckley Dedicates Laie Improvement Projects
Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated several improvement projects in Laie on Saturday, December 11.
The improvement projects include BYU-Hawaii's front entrance, the LDS temple visitor center and Hale La'a Boulevard, the wide avenue that leads from Kamehameha Highway to the LDS temple.
President Hinckley recounted that in 1865, when members of the church first encountered Laie, it was a "barren and unfruitful place." Nonetheless, it was a place of refuge and a gathering place, and gradually it has blossomed into the "magnificent beauty" it is today.
"I hope and pray with all my heart that what has been done here has been done to improve it," he said, "as a continued place of refuge where people can find refuge from the noise, the conflict, the stress - all the difficulties of modern living - here to find peace."
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The improvement projects include BYU-Hawaii's front entrance, the LDS temple visitor center and Hale La'a Boulevard, the wide avenue that leads from Kamehameha Highway to the LDS temple.
President Hinckley recounted that in 1865, when members of the church first encountered Laie, it was a "barren and unfruitful place." Nonetheless, it was a place of refuge and a gathering place, and gradually it has blossomed into the "magnificent beauty" it is today.
"I hope and pray with all my heart that what has been done here has been done to improve it," he said, "as a continued place of refuge where people can find refuge from the noise, the conflict, the stress - all the difficulties of modern living - here to find peace."
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President Hinckley Speaks at Graduation
Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, visited Laie on Saturday, December 11, to address a graduating class of 248 students at BYU–Hawaii's December 2004 commencement.
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Conference, Journal Gives Voice to Undergraduates
The BYU–Hawaii Student Association and the College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor the first ever BYU-Hawaii Undergraduate Research Conference and Journal of Undergraduate Research.
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Look Everywhere for Opportunities to Succeed (in Business)
In the School of Business's final entrepreneurship lecture of 2004, a Honolulu businessman originally from Egypt encouraged BYU–Hawaii students to look everywhere for success.
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