BYU–Hawaii News

Members of the Laie community and the BYU–Hawaii ohana joined with communities across Hawaii to beautify the island on Saturday, May 8, as part of the Mormon Helping Hands Program. Read Full Story

The honorable Prince Tungi of the Kingdom of Tonga (pictured right, seated) visited the Polynesian Cultural Center on Friday, May 14 and BYU–Hawaii students were able to take part in and attend the event. The Prince was on Oahu for a family member's graduation from the University of Hawaii. Read Full Story

"Life is the sum of all your choices. I urge you to choose wisely," said BYU–Hawaii alumnus and current president of Hawaii Reserves, Inc., Eric Beaver introducing his message at the May 25, devotional at the Cannon Activities Center. Read Full Story

Michael Murdock (pictured right; photo courtesy of byuh.edu), the new chair of the Political Science Department in the School of Business, Computing, & Government, feels very strongly about the value his department adds to BYU–Hawaii. "It's the best major on campus," Murdock said in a recent interview. Read Full Story

"Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem," said Elder Donald R. McArthur, quoting Isaiah 2:3 and introducing the theme of his talk, Hale La'a—Mountain of the House of the Lord, at a BYU–Hawaii devotional held at the Cannon Activities Center on May 18, 2010. Read Full Story

At the beginning of this Spring Term, all international BYU–Hawaii students were automatically part of a cultural club representing their home country. Read Full Story

"Today my goal is to make you homesick. Actually, I don't want you to feel bad, instead I seek to offer a vision of hope—a confidence to relish the journey 'on the way home,' " said Phillip McArthur (pictured top), introducing his message at a weekly devotional held on May 11, 2010, at the BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center. Read Full Story

Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, H. David Burton, spoke at a worldwide CES fireside broadcast via satellite from BYU–Hawaii Cannon Activities Center on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Read Full Story

"In many of the scriptures, we are told to 'endure to the end' and we will in turn receive some sort of blessing," said Delsa Moe, Director of Cultural Presentations at the Polynesian Cultural Center, at a recent devotional held on BYU–Hawaii campus on Tuesday, May 4. Read Full Story

Senior Appolonie Nahishakiye's story starts in a small village called Bibate, in a small farming country of eight million called Burundi, which neighbors the easily recognized Rwanda. Few, however, know of the ethnic struggle that continues to this day in this small, war-torn expanse. Read Full Story