BYU–Hawaii News

It is important receiving an education, then going back home to help develop your own nation, a government official from Western Samoa told BYU-Hawaii students on April 14.

“I want many Samoans to receive their educations overseas, when and if they have that opportunity, and then return to Samoa and develop Samoa as a nation,” said Dr. Samuelu So’o, Director of the Institute of Samoan Studies at the National University of Samoa. “I want all the people of Samoa to be equally competent in both the Samoan and English languages. Just be educated people and continue to be a happy people.”

So’o conducted a question and answer session with the students after briefly explaining his background and goals in his current role.

Read Full Story

A BYU-Hawaii assistant professor was recently named to the editorial board of a scholarly journal that focuses on translating the huge body of information printed in Hawaiian language newspapers and other literature from the late 1820s through 1938. Read Full Story

Brigham Young University Hawaii officials announced S. Kimbrelyn Austin as the new Director of Career Networking and Placement. Read Full Story

Former Miss Hawaii and Miss America finalist Patricia Lei Anderson Murray spoke on the blessings and significant role that miracles bring into our lives in an April 4 devotional speech to BYU-Hawaii students and faculty.

In introducing the theme of her talk, “…and it will surprise you what the Lord has done,” Murray told students and faculty that years ago she observed that there were three kinds of people in the world.

“Which one are you?” she asked. “Are you making things happen? Are you noticing what’s happening? Are you aware of the blessings in your life? And most importantly, are you recognizing and acknowledging the many miracles in your life?”

Murray explained that in each of our busy lives we often forget to study the miracles in our lives and the “Lord's daily saving grace.”

Read Full Story

Hawaii's Retailer of the Year told BYU-Hawaii students that while education is vital to success, they also have to put their heart and soul into business dreams. Read Full Story

Over 500 BYU-Hawaii alumni, former faculty and staff, supporters and friends gathered on March 22 in Salt Lake City for a historic meeting in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square. Read Full Story

Michael B. Bliss, BYU-Hawaii Vice President of Administrative Services, spoke on the significance of following the spirit in our lives and "having a corresponding increase in vision of eternal things" in his March 20 devotional address to the university family. Read Full Story

A successful financial planner and former Taichung Taiwan mission president encouraged BYU-Hawaii business students to consider seeking a career in their own businesses. Read Full Story

North Korea's potential for making weapons of mass destruction poses a very serious problem for the United States, a Korean scholar for the Honolulu-based Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies told BYU-Hawaii students in the annual Honors Week Forum on Mar. 11. Read Full Story

The BYU-Hawaii Seasiders received the number one seed in the NCAA II West Regional Basketball Tournament today and will serve as the host team for the tournament.  The Seasiders, 19-3 on the season will face number eight seed Cal State-Bakersfield in the first round on Friday at 8:30 pm HST. The Seasiders received an automatic bid to the tournament as the champions of the Pacific West Conference and will host the tournament for the first time since becoming affiliated with the NCAA in 1998. Cal State-Bakersfield received an at-large bid to the tournament after finishing the season with a 19-8 record and a fifth-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

Read Full Story