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BYUH Social Work Majors Become Effective Advocates for Social Justice
With a reinforced focus on service learning, BYU-Hawaii social work majors are infusing concepts and skills learned in the classroom by advocating for social justice in communities throughout the world.
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LDS Businessman Shares Entrepreneurial Advice
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 6 December 2006
In the final BYU-Hawaii School of Business entrepreneurship lecture for 2006, a businessman who has based his success on "changing lives through inspiring family entertainment" outlined how some of his unconventional approaches have led to hundreds of profitable products and media releases.
Seldon O. Young, Co-chairman and CEO of NEST Family Entertainment™ and a member of the BYU-Hawaii/Polynesian Cultural Center Presidents' Leadership Council, started at age 20 to produce and market such products as Animated Bible Stories for Children, Living Scriptures™, The Swan Princess — an original G-rated general release movie, and many others, including several technologically innovative services.
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In the final BYU-Hawaii School of Business entrepreneurship lecture for 2006, a businessman who has based his success on "changing lives through inspiring family entertainment" outlined how some of his unconventional approaches have led to hundreds of profitable products and media releases.
Seldon O. Young, Co-chairman and CEO of NEST Family Entertainment™ and a member of the BYU-Hawaii/Polynesian Cultural Center Presidents' Leadership Council, started at age 20 to produce and market such products as Animated Bible Stories for Children, Living Scriptures™, The Swan Princess — an original G-rated general release movie, and many others, including several technologically innovative services.
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BYU-Hawaii ICS Prof Publishes Chapter on 'Shifting Role' of Church
Dr. Ethan Yorgason, an adjunct assistant professor in the history and International Cultural Studies departments at BYU-Hawaii, contributed a chapter on the "shifting role of Latter-day Saints as the quintessential American religion" to a recently published, scholarly three-volume work entitled Faith in America.
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Scholar Behind China's Economic Reform Lectures at BYU-Hawaii
Dr. Li Yining, considered to be the foremost economist in the People's Republic of China and the principal scholar involved in its recent phenomenal economic growth, outlined some of the remaining difficulties his country still faces to a large group of BYU-Hawaii students.
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MPHS, LCA and BYUH History Department Sponsor 'Movie Night'
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 27 November 2006
The Mormon Pacific Historical Society, the Laie Community Association and the BYU-Hawaii History Department teamed up November 21 to co-sponsor an "old movie" night in the McKay Auditorium featuring rarely seen footage of Laie from the 1930-50s. The selections included a historic look at the Hukilau program from 1949 or ‘50, and a more modern 1966 clip of Elvis Presley at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
The evening began, appropriately, with Hawaiian music by the Laie Serenaders — a volunteer group of local kupuna musicians who perform for free at many community events.
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The Mormon Pacific Historical Society, the Laie Community Association and the BYU-Hawaii History Department teamed up November 21 to co-sponsor an "old movie" night in the McKay Auditorium featuring rarely seen footage of Laie from the 1930-50s. The selections included a historic look at the Hukilau program from 1949 or ‘50, and a more modern 1966 clip of Elvis Presley at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
The evening began, appropriately, with Hawaiian music by the Laie Serenaders — a volunteer group of local kupuna musicians who perform for free at many community events.
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BYU-Hawaii Women's Team Starts New Basketball Era
The Brigham Young University Hawaii women's basketball team opened a new era in Seasider sports November 18 as they opened their inaugural season with a 77-67 loss to Oakland City. A crowd of over 600 fans cheered the Seasiders on in the first-ever BYU-Hawaii women's basketball despite seeing their team fall short on the scoreboard.
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Area Authority Seventy of Tonga Shares Testimony of Charity
Elder Pita Vamanrav, a 1971 BYU-Hawaii alumnus and current Area Authority
Seventy of Tonga for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, promised
students at the Oct. 16 devotional that they will find a deeper meaning of
charity through service.
BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway said Elder Vamanrav had distinguished himself as a student, athlete, Polynesian Cultural Center manager, Church leader and a "man of Christ [who] fits perfectly in the vision of David O. McKay, (former president of the Church) who declared that this school would produce 'leaders the world is hungering for...genuine gold.'"
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BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway said Elder Vamanrav had distinguished himself as a student, athlete, Polynesian Cultural Center manager, Church leader and a "man of Christ [who] fits perfectly in the vision of David O. McKay, (former president of the Church) who declared that this school would produce 'leaders the world is hungering for...genuine gold.'"
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UH Names Three BYU-Hawaii Alumni as 'Stars of Oceania'
UH president praises BYU-Hawaii for its Pacific island contributions
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AMG Asia Pacific Basketball Classic furthers BYU-Hawaii Objectives
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 14 November 2006
The recently concluded American Money Group Asia Pacific Basketball Classic not only provided two nights of exciting action on the court but also helped fulfill BYU-Hawaii objectives in its target areas.
This year's tournament, held November 10-11 in the Cannon Activities Center, featured a team from Civil Aviation University of China in Tianjin and the national team of New Caledonia, which won the South Pacific Games title three years ago, versus Chaminade University, Hawaii Pacific University and, of course, our own BYU-Hawaii men's basketball team.
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This year's tournament, held November 10-11 in the Cannon Activities Center, featured a team from Civil Aviation University of China in Tianjin and the national team of New Caledonia, which won the South Pacific Games title three years ago, versus Chaminade University, Hawaii Pacific University and, of course, our own BYU-Hawaii men's basketball team.
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Men's Basketball Team Dominates American Money Group Asia-Pac Classic
The BYU-Hawaii men's basketball team romped to a 101-57 victory over Civil Aviation University of China on November 11 in the closing round of the American Money Group Asia Pacific Basketball Classic
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