BYU–Hawaii News

BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway, members of his executive council, the PCC president, LDS Foundation staff and several major donors joined the crew of the University's Hawaiian Studies voyaging canoe, Iosepa, on June 24 for a morning sail in the gentle breezes off the Kohala coast of the Big Island. Read Full Story

Yohei Araki | University Advancement | 21 June 2004 BYU-Hawaii's commencement ceremony on June 19 at the Cannon Activities Center honored the largest graduating class in school history and also included the largest number of international students.

Approximately 400 students from 37 countries donned black and silver gowns and caps, culminating four years of rigorous academic instruction. The number of students marks a new high for a June commencement, topping last June's total of 345 graduates. The 37 representing countries is also seven more than last year's high mark of 30.

Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addressed the graduates on the shifting of values in our present day society.

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BYU-Hawaii has released Naleo Malu: Voices of Peace, a music compact disc of sixteen selections that were featured on the recently completed Concert Choir tour to Japan and Korea. Read Full Story

BYU-TV, BYU in Provo's television studio, recently completed production of Beyond the Dream: The Story of the Polynesian Cultural Center and has scheduled several premier showings in Laie. Read Full Story

A gathering of international BYU-Hawaii students who have or will soon participate in practical internship programs in their home countries thanked several donors on June 14 for their generous contributions which fund the round-trip transportation and other aspects of the program. Read Full Story

Richard Norton and Elsie Moleni, the outgoing president and executive vice president, respectively, of the BYU-Hawaii Student Association, spoke of their families, feelings and the great potential in each of us in the final devotional before commencement. Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii's upcoming June 2004 commencement ceremony on June 19 will honor the largest graduating class in school history and will also include the largest number of international students. Read Full Story

BYU-Hawaii, BYU Idaho, BYU in Provo, Utah and the Polynesian Cultural Center provided 37 Kahuku High graduates, who held their commencement ceremony in the Cannon Activities Center on June 3, with over $200,000 worth of scholarships this year. Read Full Story

English professor James Walker, who is retiring at the end of spring term, told the BYU-Hawaii devotional audience on May 27 he has started over a number of times in his life and is looking forward to "both opportunities and obstacles in this transition." Read Full Story

An advisor from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business shared some good advice with BYU-Hawaii students while trying to interest them in an MBA program. Read Full Story