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SIFE Seminar Looks at Personal Assets Management
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 10 October 2006
The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization, which is associated with the BYU-Hawaii School of Business, sponsored a financial education seminar on October 10 that focused on retirement planning.
Michelangelo "Miki" Domine — who grew up in Tonga, has family ties in Laie and is executive director for the American Money Group (AMG) in Covina, California — explained, "I'm not here to teach you how to get rich quick...but to try to educate you a little bit about financial planning, starting now. I'm hoping you'll have an epiphany — one of those ah-hah moments."
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Michelangelo "Miki" Domine — who grew up in Tonga, has family ties in Laie and is executive director for the American Money Group (AMG) in Covina, California — explained, "I'm not here to teach you how to get rich quick...but to try to educate you a little bit about financial planning, starting now. I'm hoping you'll have an epiphany — one of those ah-hah moments."
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American Money Group to Sponsor Fifth Annual
Justin Smith | University Advancement | 10 October 2006
American Money Group, Inc., a local financial services company, recently announced their sponsorship of the 2006 Asia-Pacific Basketball Classic at Brigham Young University Hawaii, November 10-11.
"The Asia-Pacific Basketball Classic is at the heart of BYU-Hawaii's international mission," stated CEO Frank Peck. "Our mission at AMG is to educate and enrich the lives of others, a mission statement shared by the university. We feel that partnering with BYU-Hawaii will assist in accomplishing these goals."
In addition to the American Money Group, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Joe and Caryn Morton (co-founder of Xango) were key contributors to this event.
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"The Asia-Pacific Basketball Classic is at the heart of BYU-Hawaii's international mission," stated CEO Frank Peck. "Our mission at AMG is to educate and enrich the lives of others, a mission statement shared by the university. We feel that partnering with BYU-Hawaii will assist in accomplishing these goals."
In addition to the American Money Group, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Joe and Caryn Morton (co-founder of Xango) were key contributors to this event.
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Retired Business Exec Discusses Entrepreneurship in China
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 9 October 2006
Elder Kent Watson, a volunteer service missionary who helped grow his public accounting firm in China into one of the largest operations of its kind in the world, recently shared with BYU-Hawaii School of Business students some of his successful experiences as well as the realities faced there.
Watson is the former Chairman and CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the People's Republic of China. He also twice served as a mission president in Taiwan and now volunteers in the BYU-Hawaii Career Center.
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Watson is the former Chairman and CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the People's Republic of China. He also twice served as a mission president in Taiwan and now volunteers in the BYU-Hawaii Career Center.
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Navalta Reaches 500 Wins
Justin Smith | University Advancement | 6 October 2006
Last week, the undefeated BYU-Hawaii women's volleyball team dominated Grand
Canyon – winning in three straight games. But this match produced more than just a victory. This particular victory provided Head Coach Wilfred Navalta with his 500th career win.
"I wasn't keeping track," said Navalta, admitting he really didn't know how close he was to reaching the milestone. "After we played, we went out to dinner as a team and the players and coaches made a special presentation, including a nice letter from President Shumway and Coach Wagner (Athletic Director) congratulating me in my 500th victory. That's when I found out."
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"I wasn't keeping track," said Navalta, admitting he really didn't know how close he was to reaching the milestone. "After we played, we went out to dinner as a team and the players and coaches made a special presentation, including a nice letter from President Shumway and Coach Wagner (Athletic Director) congratulating me in my 500th victory. That's when I found out."
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China Religious Affairs Officials Preview BYUH Concert Choir
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 6 October 2006
Three officials from the State Administration for Religious Affairs in Beijing recently came to BYU-Hawaii, toured the Polynesian Cultural Center and previewed three songs the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir will sing during their tour of China and Mongolia in May 2007.
The officials — Yanming Wang, Division Chief of the Administration's Fourth Department; Dr. Wei Qi, Deputy Director of Division I; and Wang Sheng Cai — had earlier visited Utah where they met the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a dinner hosted by Elder Donald L. Staheli, the recently released member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy who oversees China relations for the Church and is a new member of the PCC Board of Directors. They also attended General Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and participated in the Law and Religion Conference at BYU in Provo.
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The officials — Yanming Wang, Division Chief of the Administration's Fourth Department; Dr. Wei Qi, Deputy Director of Division I; and Wang Sheng Cai — had earlier visited Utah where they met the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a dinner hosted by Elder Donald L. Staheli, the recently released member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy who oversees China relations for the Church and is a new member of the PCC Board of Directors. They also attended General Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, and participated in the Law and Religion Conference at BYU in Provo.
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Colloquium Lecturer Questions Destructiveness of 'Judicial Supremacy'
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 2 October 2006
BYU-Hawaii political science Professor Dr. Troy Smith recently asked in an honors student colloquium if the U.S. Supreme Court's historical and contemporary practices of judicial review and supremacy are "destroying America."
"There's this idea that America is pulling itself apart, and at the center of this is the Judiciary," said Dr. Smith, who explained that in 1789 the U.S. Constitution created two levels of government: Federal, consisting of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches — "the highest of which is the Supreme Court"; and state governments, the vast majority of which mirror the national government."
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"There's this idea that America is pulling itself apart, and at the center of this is the Judiciary," said Dr. Smith, who explained that in 1789 the U.S. Constitution created two levels of government: Federal, consisting of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches — "the highest of which is the Supreme Court"; and state governments, the vast majority of which mirror the national government."
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Career Services Volunteer Shares Asia Expertise, Experience
The retired CEO of a "big four" accounting firm in the People's Republic of China is currently sharing his expertise and Asia experience as a job search advisor for BYU-Hawaii Career Services.
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Resident Entrepreneur Outlines Business Career Paths
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 19 September 2006
BYU-Hawaii's current entrepreneur in residence used a financial author's "cash flow quadrant" model to suggest ways School of Business students might pursue their own careers.
In the September 19 entrepreneurship lecture in the McKay Auditorium, Elder Jim Sheffield, a service missionary who is president of a family-owned real estate development company in Colorado, drew from Hawaii-born financial author Robert T. Kiyosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant and added a student state to reflect the following paths to a successful career: employee, self-employed, business owner and investor.
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In the September 19 entrepreneurship lecture in the McKay Auditorium, Elder Jim Sheffield, a service missionary who is president of a family-owned real estate development company in Colorado, drew from Hawaii-born financial author Robert T. Kiyosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant and added a student state to reflect the following paths to a successful career: employee, self-employed, business owner and investor.
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Agreements Strengthen Homes Ties, Returnability
For the past eight years Brigham Young University Hawaii has been conservatively developing relationships with various universities and programs that enable our international students to maintain stronger educational ties with their homelands and enhance their opportunities for returnability.
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Academic Convocation Explores Ambiguity in Education
BYU-Hawaii History Associate Professor Dr. James B. Tueller created a classroom atmosphere in the Cannon Activities Center on September 14 as he explored aspects of ambiguity in university education during the annual faculty convocation.
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