BYU–Hawaii News

BYU–Hawaii’s Spirit Week 2016 is Saturday, February 6, through Friday, February 12, with a variety of activities and events for all students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends. Read Full Story

On January 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30 p.m., the BYU-Hawaii English Department and Music and Visual Arts Department will present a production of Fiddler on the Roof, by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick. Directed by Dr. Craig Ferre, the musical stars BYU-Hawaii faculty Michael and Lila Belnap and features performers drawn from BYU-Hawaii students, faculty and staff, and community members. Read Full Story

David Wu, a finance major from Hong Kong, recently outperformed approximately 1,200 students from 420 universities around the world, including California State University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and York University, in the Capsim Business Simulation Global Challenge, taking the 4th place of the worldwide competition. Read Full Story

Teaching English to speakers of other languages has been a natural core competency at Brigham Young University–Hawaii, the baccalaureate campus with the highest percentage of international students in the United States. Now that offering will continue to expand its global influence with the establishment of the new Center for English Language Learning at the university. Read Full Story

President Russell M. Nelson, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, will be the speaker at the first worldwide devotional for young adults scheduled for 2016. Read Full Story

BYU–Hawaii student Jane-Lyn Scotty will find herself looking up a little more now when she passes by the university’s iconic Flag Circle at the campus main entrance. Jane is the first student from the island nation of Nauru, and on Wednesday, December 30, 2015, her country’s flag was added to fly alongside the 69 others at the Flag Circle. These flags are from the nations of the university’s international student body. With more than 1,000 international students, BYU–Hawaii is the most internationally diverse baccalaureate university in the United States. (Read the report in The Chronicle of Higher Education.) Read Full Story

The BYU-Hawaii Political Science department coordinated the university's first study abroad program this summer, sending students to Thailand to apply classroom learning through internships and research. The program was largely funded through the generosity of the Yamagata Family Foundation,* a foundation which enables many BYU–Hawaii students to gain valuable learning opportunities and life experiences through sponsored internships. Read Full Story

Brigham Young University–Hawaii today announced the establishment of a new Center for Hospitality and Tourism at the university. The interdisciplinary Center is housed in the College of Business, Computing and Government and will be instrumental in fulfilling the growth-oriented goals of the Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) academic program: Academic Enhancement, Program Expansion, and Industry Engagement. Read Full Story