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Brass and Salsa Ensembles Delight Audience

By Rosemarie Howard April 05, 2007 05:38 PM
Rosermarie Howard | University Advancement | 4 April 2007

Sounds of brass and salsa music filled the McKay Auditorium, Friday evening, 30 March 2007, as the University Brass Quintet and the BYU-Hawaii Salsa Orchestra gave stellar performances to an appreciative audience.

The University Brass Quintet, directed by David Kammerer, began the evening with “Fanfare of Jubilation,” an original composition by BYU-Hawaii music student Timothy Johnson.  The rest of the program featured, some folktunes, works of Handel and Gabrieli, as well as an arrangement of the hymn tune “God of Our Fathers,” written by Kammerer. 

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Honors students look at countering terrorism

By Mike Foley April 05, 2007 09:57 AM
A counter-terrorism expert now on the BYU-Hawaii faculty suggested to Honors students in their April 4 colloquium that humanitarian aid — helping people — will ultimately be more effective than military intervention in fighting terrorism. Read Full Story

Author/Educator Urges Servant Leadership

By Mike Foley March 31, 2007 01:14 PM
The author of 10 "paradoxical commandments" that have spread across the globe and formed the basis for several current best-selling books, urged BYU-Hawaii students in the Honors forum on March 27 to follow a service model of leadership to find more personal meaning in life. Read Full Story

School of Business Starts Public Management Minor

By Mike Foley March 27, 2007 11:56 PM
The BYU-Hawaii School of Business, using courses from its own curriculum and other departments, recently started a new public management minor that is open to all students. Read Full Story

The Lord is Trying to Bless You: Don't Get in the Way

By Rosemarie Howard March 22, 2007 02:39 PM
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 22 March 2007

Using stories, and toys as visual aids, Elder Eric G. Stephan, a Service Missionary in the Religion Department, spoke 22 March 2007, at the weekly BYU-Hawaii university devotional.  

As a young missionary in Samoa, Elder Stephan overheard a conversation between another missionary and LeGrand Richards.  The elder was frustrated and angry at the treatment he and his companion had received at the hands of some villagers.  He wanted to shake the dust off his feet and curse the village.  

Elder Richards responded saying, “Elder, the Spirit of the Lord has been working with these people for years and years; after you leave he will continue to work with these people for years and years.  Don’t mess up the work of the Spirit of the Lord for the short time you are here.”

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Bradshaw's “Delights and Shadows” to Premiere at BYU-Hawaii

By Rosemarie Howard March 22, 2007 09:30 AM
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 20 March 2007

Combine the talents of Metropolitan opera star, Ariel Bybee , Chicago Symphony violinist, Alison Dalton , and international concert pianist, Stacy McCarrey with the poetry of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Ted Kooser , and you have a memorable evening of music.  

Saturday, 24 March, at 7:30 in the McKay Auditorium on the BYU-Hawaii campus all of these elements will be brought together in the premiere of “Delights and Shadows,” a work written for voice, violin and piano

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Marcus Martins Named New Chair of L2 Committee

By Rosemarie Howard March 20, 2007 09:39 PM
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 20 March 2007

Marcus Martins, current chair of the Department of Religious Education at BYU-Hawaii has been named as the new chairman of the campus L2 Committee.  According to Keith Roberts (watch video) , Vice President of Academics, this committee, composed of a cross-section of faculty members and staff is critical. 

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EXS Majors Teach Tots to Swim

By Mike Foley March 20, 2007 06:06 PM
Spring break in the public schools provided 17 Exercise & Sports Science (EXS) majors an opportunity to put theory into practice by beginning to teach community kids how to swim. Read Full Story

Advisor Shares Entrepreneurial Characteristics

By Mike Foley March 20, 2007 12:44 PM
Scott Hampton, a financial advisor with the Hawaii office of Edward Jones — a large full-service investment firm — shared 10 important personality characteristics with BYU-Hawaii students during the School of Business' March 20 entrepreneurship lecture in the McKay Auditorium. Read Full Story

MPHS Delves Into LDS Hawaii, Other History

By Mike Foley March 17, 2007 12:00 AM
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