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"I Am a Child of God" Topic of Beus Devotional

By Rosemarie Howard June 18, 2007 12:53 PM
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 14 June 2007

Yifen Beus, professor of International Cultural Studies at Brigham Young University Hawaii, spoke at the weekly devotional, Thursday, 14 June.  Sister Beus was introduced by colleague, Cynthia Compton, as someone who loves languages and international cooking.  A native of Taiwan, she was converted and baptized into the LDS Church while studying at Brigham Young University in Provo.  “Cheerful dignity describes Yifen Beus,” said Sister Compton.

That quality was evident as Sister Beus shared her thoughts about the relationship of God to his children, and the relationship we should have with each other because he is our father. (Watch video clip. )


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BYU-Hawaii Student Wins Elite Foreign-Study Scholarship

By Mike Foley June 13, 2007 01:39 PM
Dan Baird, a junior accounting major from Garden Grove, California, recently won a prestigious one-year National Security Educational Program (NSEP) Boren Scholarship that will enable him to study at the University of Bacau in northeastern Romania. He is believed to be the first BYU-Hawaii student to win this scholarship and the first American to study at the University of Bacau. Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii SIFE Team Finishes in Top 60 at Dallas Nationals

June 12, 2007 01:31 PM
Ten BYU-Hawaii Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) members recently returned from Dallas, Texas, where they were able to secure a top-60 finish in the competition held during the organization's National Exposition. This places the BYUH SIFE group in the top 6% of all SIFE teams nationally. Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii Delegation Visits Shaanxi Normal University

June 11, 2007 12:19 PM
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June 2007 Valedictorian a Student from Hong Kong

By Mike Foley June 07, 2007 09:29 AM
Grace Tin Yan Lee, an English major from Hong Kong who completed her undergraduate studies here in three years, is BYU-Hawaii's June 2007 valedictorian. Read Full Story

President Hinckley to Announce New BYUH President

June 04, 2007 02:35 PM
President Gordon B. Hinckley of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will announce the new president-designate of Brigham Young University Hawaii during a special live, two-way video teleconference originating in Salt Lake City, Utah, that will be shown in the Cannon Activities Center on Tuesday, June 5, at 10 a.m. All faculty, staff and students are invited. Read Full Story

Urumqi Officials Praise BYU-Hawaii Choir

By Mike Foley May 14, 2007 09:12 PM
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Government and Xinjiang University officials praised the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir and new-found friends bid a touching farewell after the group's second and final performance in this far-western city where approximately half of the people are ethnic Uyghurs of Turkic heritage. Read Full Story

First Rotuman Symposium is Held at BYU-Hawaii

May 11, 2007 12:00 AM
“The first thing most people want to know is, where in the world is Rotuma?“ explained Dr. Hiagi M Wesley, the BYU-Hawaii symposium organizer. “That’s why we titled this event, “Rotuma in the Pacific,” he continued, “at least they know Rotuma is in the Pacific region of the world.” Dr. Wesley, a native Rotuman, said Rotuma is an island located about 500 miles from Fiji. Read Full Story

Audience To Do Good and Serve Others

May 10, 2007 12:00 AM
Professor Ellen Bunker told the BYU-Hawaii devotional audience that her life demonstrates the truth of President Ezra Taft Benson’s admonition that “God can make a lot more out of our lives than we can.” Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii Ranked Number-One "Top Value"

May 05, 2007 10:13 PM
The May 1 issue of Consumers Digest Magazine named BYU-Hawaii as the number-one "top value" among private colleges and universities in the U.S. BYUH previously received the same designation in 2004. Read Full Story