BYU–Hawaii News

Publishing peace is a key element of the prophetic mission of BYU-Hawaii and it is now the focus of a new program offered through the David O. McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding. The International Peace Building Certificate is focused on helping students "publish" peace in the business and religious arenas through mediation and conflict management, explained Dr. Chad Ford, Director of the McKay Center and Associate Professor in International Cultural Studies. Read Full Story

Ryan Anderson | University Relations | 9 October 2008

Honesty, education, truth, and missionary work were a just a few of the topics addressed by BYU-Hawaii education professor Dr. Hiagi Wesley during his devotional address October 7. He told the students by putting God and the Church first in their lives they would “be following a more excellent way.”

Dr. Wesley, a convert to the LDS Church originally from Rotuma, opened his address by encouraging the students to follow a more excellent way, and he said, “To ensure that we can be partakers of that gift, the Savior declared: Come, follow me!  To truly acquire a more excellent way, we must be willing to follow line upon line, precept upon precept and live by every word which proceedeth forth from the mouth of God.”


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Timely advice given by a panel of BYU-Hawaii professors echoes the warnings of President Gordon B. Hinckley, given a decade ago, almost to the day. These professors were the panelists at the School of Business Financial Crisis Forum and they encouraged students to stay away from debt and prepare for upcoming troubles. Such a pressing issue has the attention of many; the turnout for the forum was so large the event had to be moved from Aloha Center rooms 155 and 156 into the ballroom, and even then the over 300 attendees filled more than half the room. Read Full Story

To share great examples of hope during his devotional address September 30, BYU-Hawaii Vice President for Academics, exemplified his pioneer ancestors during his devotional address September 30. Dr. Max L. Checketts used his ancestor’s pioneer stories, and stories from the lives of Book of Mormon and Bible prophets, to teach how hope is the way “for us to overcome our adversity and challenges.” Read Full Story

Brigham Young University Hawaii will follow a new year-round academic calendar starting in January 2009 that features shorter winter and fall semesters with longer class hours, three terms over the spring and summer, and shorter breaks in between. The new schedule will enable a diligent student taking a full load to complete a bachelor's degree in three years. Read Full Story

Our faith will never be enough to get us all the way to the Savior, but, if we can get close enough to reach out our hand and ask for help, we are close enough for Him to reach out and meet us, explained Elder Keith R. Edwards of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, during his devotional at BYU-Hawaii on Sept. 23. He built his address around the idea that “faith is not built on minimums” and encouraged all in attendance to increase their faith by doing more than is expected of them. Read Full Story

Faculty, staff, students and volunteers continue to refine Brigham Young University Hawaii's on-line learning model and develop early distance learning courses that will better prepare incoming students, facilitate current students to take more classes and cost-effectively extend BYUH's reach well beyond the campus. Read Full Story

Perched atop the Mount of Olives overlooking the Holy City itself, Brigham Young University’s Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies dominates the eastern skyline of perhaps the world’s most sacred cities. The center boasts beautiful arches that adorn its buildings constructed from Jerusalem limestone. An olive and wine press are nestled in gardens of flowers, olive trees, and vineyards, while an abundance of windows within gives way to terraces featuring breathtaking views overlooking the steep Kidron Valley, the Old City, and beyond to modern West Jerusalem. A fountain pouring water echoes across the marble floors, empowering mind and spirit, the center itself an inspiring beacon of cross-cultural understanding and tolerant peace. Read Full Story

BYU Hawaii alumnus David Ing presented a motivational lecture at the weekly Entrepreneurship Lecture Series on Thursday, September 11, 2008. Ing focused on the entrepreneurial prospects and skills by sharing his own personal experiences and insight on what it takes to prove successful not only in business, but also in life. Read Full Story

Developing a testimony of Jesus Christ, holding to the iron rod, and having a positive attitude was advice given to BYU-Hawaii students at the September 16 devotional by President George Kaluhiokalani, president of the Kaneohe, Hawaii Stake. He counseled students to use adversity to strengthen their testimonies rather than let it sour their experiences. Read Full Story