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Mike Foley | University Advancement | 21 February 2006 Two Hawaiian women from Kalihi, Oahu, who are longtime friends, told BYU-Hawaii business students in the February 21 entrepreneurship lecture how they have relied on local culture and aloha spirit to help get their scrapbook manufacturing business off the ground.

Bella Finau-Faumuina, a former musician, and Delia Parker-Ulima, a 1996 political science graduate from BYU-Hawaii who went on to earn a law degree from the University of Hawaii, started Native Creative Crafts out of their homes in 2001, launched a retail website three years ago, and opened a small retail store in Kaneohe last year.

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Two senior BYU-Hawaii computer science majors won $5,000, the largest-ever prize in the Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship business plan competition on February 10, for their proposal to establish an online service for large-volume professional digital photographers and their various customers. Read Full Story

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Richard W. Clark — an attorney from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and a member the President's Advisory Council for the BYU-Hawaii School of Business — fanned interest in this week's upcoming entrepreneurship conference by sharing lessons he's learned from other entrepreneurs and from starting his own businesses. Read Full Story

Two major speakers, 20 free panel discussions on a wide range of topics and over 50 visiting entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, who will judge the business plan competition finalists, highlight the eighth annual Mark and Laura Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship conference at BYU-Hawaii from February 8-10, 2006. The theme of this year's conference, most of which is free and open to the public, is "Entrepreneurship: Empowering Students Worldwide." Read Full Story

Christopher Krey | University Advancement | 31 January 2006Brigham Young University Hawaii is co-hosting its first-ever International Conference of Egyptology on February 1-4, 2006. The conference, entitled Evolving Egypt: Innovation, Appropriation, and Reinterpretation in Ancient Egypt, brings scholars and students of Egyptology from all around the world together to discuss issues of ancient Egypt. Read Full Story

Staff | University Advancement | 31 January 2006 The BYU-Hawaii Center for Instructional Technology and Outreach (CITO) is hosting an eBusiness conference to provide real-world "ability" training to students and community members alike. The conference will teach participants pragmatic skills, such as Web site creation, on-line market research, converting traffic into buyers, and more.

“The conference aims to offer a unique platform for participants,” said Richie Norton, business development consultant and organizer of the eBusiness conference. “It will enable them to make significant contributions in the workplace and launch themselves into successful, innovative careers.”

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