BYU–Hawaii News

BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright, speaking to more than 500 faculty and staff in the annual 'ohana [family] meeting on August 24 in the McKay Auditorium, outlined the university's two-fold mission and two imperatives that flow from it. Read Full Story

Music professor Michael Belnap (on the right in photo to the left) was recognized as the BYU-Hawaii 2007 Teacher of the Year by the President's Council during the annual BYU-Hawaii 'ohana [faculty and staff "family"] meeting held Friday, 24 August, in the McKay Auditorium. Ten university staff members were also recognized for their "exemplary service." Read Full Story

A contingent of BYU-Hawaii faculty and students, along with about 40 others from the community, this past summer helped celebrate the centennial of the reintroduction of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionaries in the Kingdom of Tonga. (View a video montage ) Read Full Story

The housing office at BYU-Hawaii has a new place to call home. The new building, which opened this spring, houses a family living and learning resource center, laundry room, and offices. Read Full Story

The International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) presented awards to two women serving on the BYU-Hawaii staff during their recent annual conference in Tampa, Florida: Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii's Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE) is getting a new home between the Ke Alaka'i office and the Post Office in the Aloha Center, and is moving forward with distance learning and mentoring programs. Read Full Story

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The BYU-Hawaii professors and librarians group are concluding their week of professional development in New Zealand. They arrived here last Thursday with the intention of observing pre-colonial, colonial, and contemporary New Zealand culture. Read Full Story

SUVA, Fiji — On Tuesday, August 7, the team of 13 BYU-Hawaii history instructors and librarians traveling through Fiji and New Zealand for professional development were wowed by the University of the South Pacific campus here in Fiji's capital. Read Full Story

A young couple — both BYU-Hawaii alumni — stopped off in Laie en route home from Wakayama, Japan, to report on their three-year experience working in the Japan Exchange and Teaching program (JET): Read Full Story

Dr. Cary Countryman, a BYU-Hawaii School of Business professor, was recently elected to a three-year term as president of the international Hospitality Information Technology Association. He previously served on the organization's board of directors for five years. Read Full Story