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Being Multi-Functional is the Key to Starting a Business
Entrepreneurs at heart, representing many majors, were entertained Oct. 26 by Scott Oelkers at the university's Entrepreneurship Lecture Series. The event, which was sponsored by the School of Business, featured Oelkers who described the exciting experience he had of starting a chain of Dominoes Pizza stores in Taiwan.
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Hoag Awarded Executive of the Year
The Mahalo No Ka Hana Chapter of the International Association of Administration Professionals* (IAAP) honored Steve Hoag, director of human resources and assistant to the president of Hawaii Reserves, Inc., as the Executive of the Year.
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Blackboard Update Available Next Semester
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 25 October 2004
Release six, the newest installment of Blackboard, will be available at BYU-Hawaii starting winter semester 2005.
Blackboard is online course management software that offers powerful tools to supplement and enhance classroom learning for both students and professors. Benefits include ready access to course materials, improved communication via announcements and discussion groups, online grade books and automated quizzes.
Among other things, the new release will include advanced design features for professors to customize their courses and a new collaboration tool that will allow students to chat one-on-one or in groups.
Blackboard 5.5 courses will soon be transitioned to Blackboard 6.1. Advanced features will be available to current users as well as new users. From November 1 through November 19, a Blackboard support team will be available to assist with the transition.
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Blackboard is online course management software that offers powerful tools to supplement and enhance classroom learning for both students and professors. Benefits include ready access to course materials, improved communication via announcements and discussion groups, online grade books and automated quizzes.
Among other things, the new release will include advanced design features for professors to customize their courses and a new collaboration tool that will allow students to chat one-on-one or in groups.
Blackboard 5.5 courses will soon be transitioned to Blackboard 6.1. Advanced features will be available to current users as well as new users. From November 1 through November 19, a Blackboard support team will be available to assist with the transition.
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Chans Speak on Building a Legacy of Faith
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 21 October 2004
Peter Chan, professor of instructional technology, and his wife Joyce, instructor of English, spoke at this week's devotional on building a legacy of faith and extended that legacy to build the Lord's kingdom.
After sharing their own story and conversion to the Church, the Chan's explained that one's legacy of faith grows out of one's unique life experiences. That legacy began in pre-mortal life.
"Your legacy of faith did not start here in mortality," said Joyce. "In your pre-mortal life, you had been prepared to build the kingdom of God on the earth."
"In pre-mortal life, you were tested, proven, and found righteous - that is the beginning of your legacy," Peter added. "Whatever trials and challenges that you are facing now, know that you were valiant in your pre-mortal life, so be faithful and do what is right."
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After sharing their own story and conversion to the Church, the Chan's explained that one's legacy of faith grows out of one's unique life experiences. That legacy began in pre-mortal life.
"Your legacy of faith did not start here in mortality," said Joyce. "In your pre-mortal life, you had been prepared to build the kingdom of God on the earth."
"In pre-mortal life, you were tested, proven, and found righteous - that is the beginning of your legacy," Peter added. "Whatever trials and challenges that you are facing now, know that you were valiant in your pre-mortal life, so be faithful and do what is right."
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Let the Things you Love Guide you Into Business
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 19 October 2004
An entrepreneur who teaches a couple of instructional technology classes at BYU-Hawaii encouraged School of Business students on October 19 to "look to your natural skills and abilities - the things that you love - to guide you to the right business."
Garin A. Hess, who graduated from BYU in Provo and now lives in Mililani, co-founded Rapid Intake, Inc., an e-learning company that produces books and online simulation training modules for some of the largest corporations in the U.S.
"It's a virtual company," he said. "There is no headquarters. We operate out of our homes."
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Garin A. Hess, who graduated from BYU in Provo and now lives in Mililani, co-founded Rapid Intake, Inc., an e-learning company that produces books and online simulation training modules for some of the largest corporations in the U.S.
"It's a virtual company," he said. "There is no headquarters. We operate out of our homes."
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Founding Faculty Member of CCH Passed Away
Dr. Jerry K. Loveland, founding faculty member of the Church College of Hawaii, passed away peacefully at home in St. George, Utah on October 1, 2004.
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BYU Career Development Director Shares World-Class Resume Rules
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 15 October 2004
The former human resources vice president of a large multinational corporation, who reviewed more than 10,000 resumes and conducted more than 4,000 job interviews while in that position, has suggested a number of ways BYU-Hawaii students hoping to jump-start their careers can write a world-class resume.
William J. Brady, who formerly worked for Bechtel Corporation and is now Director of Corporate Development/Career Management in BYU's Marriott School of Management, told those in the Entrepreneurship Lecture Series on October 12 he found that "some of our students, when they went out to present themselves to their employers, were not presenting the best possible picture they could."
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William J. Brady, who formerly worked for Bechtel Corporation and is now Director of Corporate Development/Career Management in BYU's Marriott School of Management, told those in the Entrepreneurship Lecture Series on October 12 he found that "some of our students, when they went out to present themselves to their employers, were not presenting the best possible picture they could."
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Chinese Religious Studies Delegation Visits BYU-Hawaii
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 12 October 2004
A delegation of 10 faculty and staff from the China Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of World Religions in Beijing spent October 7-8, 2004, at BYU-Hawaii where they toured the campus, experienced the Polynesian Cultural Center, and held a roundtable forum with faculty members.
The group stopped over on their way home from BYU in Provo where they participated in an academic exchange and attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School's 11th annual international symposium on law and religion.
Asian history professor, Dr. Michael Allen, who is also associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, welcomed the group to the roundtable discussion in the BYU-Hawaii student stake center cultural hall, explaining it was "a chance to have a dialog with you to promote mutual understanding, and to help you understand what BYU-Hawaii and all LDS educational institutions are about."
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The group stopped over on their way home from BYU in Provo where they participated in an academic exchange and attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School's 11th annual international symposium on law and religion.
Asian history professor, Dr. Michael Allen, who is also associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, welcomed the group to the roundtable discussion in the BYU-Hawaii student stake center cultural hall, explaining it was "a chance to have a dialog with you to promote mutual understanding, and to help you understand what BYU-Hawaii and all LDS educational institutions are about."
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Iosepa, the Place, Inspires New BYU-Hawaii Archivist
Matthew Kester, who graduated from BYU-Hawaii in 1999 and is a Ph.D. candidate in Pacific history at the University of California-Santa Barbara, recently joined the university staff as the assistant archivist. It is planned that Kester will replace university archivist, Dr. Greg Gubler, when he retires at the end of this school year.
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Asian Productivity Organization visits BYU-Hawaii, PCC
Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 8 October 2004
The Asian Productivity Organization visited BYU-Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center on Thursday, October 7 as part of a week long tourism development seminar held in Hawaii this past week.
The APO is a regional inter-governmental organization that exists to increase productivity, thereby achieving greater socio-economic development and quality of life of its member countries in Asia and the Pacific region.
Participants of the seminar included 14 public and private executives in tourism management from Nepal, Mongolia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos and Fiji.
Delegates attended a series of academic lectures, country presentations and professional training sessions, in an effort to develop strategies for the promotion of responsible tourism in their respective countries.
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The Asian Productivity Organization visited BYU-Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center on Thursday, October 7 as part of a week long tourism development seminar held in Hawaii this past week.
The APO is a regional inter-governmental organization that exists to increase productivity, thereby achieving greater socio-economic development and quality of life of its member countries in Asia and the Pacific region.
Participants of the seminar included 14 public and private executives in tourism management from Nepal, Mongolia, Cambodia, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos and Fiji.
Delegates attended a series of academic lectures, country presentations and professional training sessions, in an effort to develop strategies for the promotion of responsible tourism in their respective countries.
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