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BYU-Hawaii Student Awarded Prestigious Truman Scholarship Award
A junior at BYU-Hawaii Alisi K. Langi has been selected as a 2004 recipient of the Truman Scholarship award, which totals $27,000 and covers expenses for her senior year at BYU-Hawaii and two years of graduate school.
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Church Calls President Shumway as Area Authority Seventy
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints named BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway as the Area Authority Seventy for Hawaii and California during the second session of the recently concluded 174th annual worldwide conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Alumnus Translates LDS Church's Message
The pressure began months ago for Sunil Naidu and his three-member team of Hindi translators working at this weekend's LDS General Conference. Read More...
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BYU Philosophy Professor Urges to 'Be One' Through the Savior
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 31 March 2004
Terry Warner, BYU Professor of philosophy and founder of the Arbinger
Institute, told BYU-Hawaii students that the many differences and divisions
that separate all people "are not what the Lord wants for us."
"In every group of civilized people there are rankings or separations," Warner said at the College of Arts & Sciences University Seminar on March 30. "We feel a division between the generations, or between us and other sub-cultures, or between ourselves and those who seem more successful. These separations might be called culture."
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"In every group of civilized people there are rankings or separations," Warner said at the College of Arts & Sciences University Seminar on March 30. "We feel a division between the generations, or between us and other sub-cultures, or between ourselves and those who seem more successful. These separations might be called culture."
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Marketing Researcher Examines Current Trends, Challenges
The director of research and statistics for one of Hawaii's half-dozen major marketing research companies, told BYU-Hawaii School of Business students in the March 30 Entrepreneurship Lecture Series that the industry faces serious challenges.
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Concert Choir to Perform International Tour Program
Joel Kongaika | University Advancement | 29 March 2004
The BYU-Hawai'i Concert Choir will present Na Leo Malu: Voices of Peace in
the McKay Auditorium, April 2, at 6 and 8 p.m.
Under the direction of Dr. James A. Smith, the 50-member choir is preparing to perform in the premier concert halls of Japan and Korea during an 18-day tour beginning May 18. Proceeds from five primary concerts will be donated to local charities.
"The choir is excited to represent the university on this tour," said V. Napua Baker, Vice President of University Advancement. "With over 150 students from Japan and 120 from Korea on campus, we feel it is important to be more visible in those countries."
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Under the direction of Dr. James A. Smith, the 50-member choir is preparing to perform in the premier concert halls of Japan and Korea during an 18-day tour beginning May 18. Proceeds from five primary concerts will be donated to local charities.
"The choir is excited to represent the university on this tour," said V. Napua Baker, Vice President of University Advancement. "With over 150 students from Japan and 120 from Korea on campus, we feel it is important to be more visible in those countries."
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Chrisman Named to Daktronics All-American Team
Scott Lowe | University Advancement | 24 March 2004
BYU-Hawaii junior forward Jake Chrisman earned Daktronics NCAA II Third Team
All-American honors today as voted on by the nation's College Sports
Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Chrisman was one of only three juniors among the 15 players honored with All-American status by CoSIDA and Daktronics. Earlier this month Chrisman was honored by the group as an All-West Region First Team performer.
Chrisman, a junior from Provo, Utah, became just the fourth player in BYU-Hawaii history to average over 20 points per game as he led the PacWest Conference and was eighth nationally with a 23.3 points per game average during the season and playoffs.
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Chrisman was one of only three juniors among the 15 players honored with All-American status by CoSIDA and Daktronics. Earlier this month Chrisman was honored by the group as an All-West Region First Team performer.
Chrisman, a junior from Provo, Utah, became just the fourth player in BYU-Hawaii history to average over 20 points per game as he led the PacWest Conference and was eighth nationally with a 23.3 points per game average during the season and playoffs.
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Professor Traces Characteristics of Church's Greatness
BYU-Hawaii economics professor Stephen H. Russell listed several reasons at the March 18 devotional why he believes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is great and amazing.
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Seasider Basketball Feature Story to Air on Fox Sports Net
BYU-Hawaii's men's basketball team will be featured on this week's Fox Sports Net program "NCAA On Campus." The program will include a segment highlighting the Seasiders' nine married basketball players, believed to be the most on any roster in the NCAA.
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Events Producer Shares Lessons From Successes, Failures
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 16 March 2004
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The head of Hawaii's largest events production company shared lessons he has learned from his successes and failures over the past quarter-century with BYU-Hawaii business students during the March 16 entrepreneurship lecture.
Mike Rossell, president of Production Hawaii, Inc., said the events staging and management company grew as a "natural progression" from his first business providing temporary hires, which enabled him "to discover certain types of equipment that were helpful to my clients."
He started importing large portable loading ramps for facilities that didn't have loading docks. "Almost nobody has a loading dock in Hawaii. We sold a lot of the ramps...and fast. We had no competitors," Rossell said, describing this situation as a "natural monopoly -- a monopoly without