BYU–Hawaii News

BYU-Hawaii was privileged to welcome President Henry J. Eyring, Vice President of Advancement at Brigham Young University Idaho, and, son of LDS Church First Counselor in the First Presidency Henry B. Eyring, as the devotional speaker this past Tuesday, February 10. Brother Eyring's talk, titled, “Where You’re Going,” was inspired by past experiences and a unique question and answer session held entirely on Blackboard, BYUH’s internet classroom system. Brother Eyring commented, “As I read your online messages and look into your faces now, I think of the missionaries with whom Sister Eyring and our children and I served in Japan … . It was a blessing to know them and see them grow.” Read Full Story

In their February 5 Question and Answer Forum in Aloha Center 155/165, members of the Brigham Young University Hawaii President's Council covered topics including housing policy under the new academic calendar, changes in immigration visa practices for international students, the impact of long-range plans on BYUH initiatives, Food Services meal policies, I-Work scholarships, campus security and other subjects. Read Full Story

A prominent Shakespeare scholar who is on campus co-directing the Brigham Young University Hawaii Fine Arts production of Twelth Night, detailed to students in the February 12 Honors Program colloquium in McKay 101 how 18th century-through-modern editors of Shakespeare's plays have removed or altered many intrinsic directions found in the Bard's first folio printings. Read Full Story

A dynamic salesman who overcame a disability and dropped out of school to support his family, explained to Brigham Young University Hawaii students in the February 5 Entrepreneurship Lecture Series how he literally climbed the steps of a ladder to business success. Read Full Story

One does not have to look far to recognize the international diversity at Brigham Young University – Hawaii. Here, multiculturalism reigns. Students from around the world bring their beliefs, traditions, and languages with them when they come to study at BYU-Hawaii, sharing their perspectives with students from every corner of the globe. Read Full Story

Renowned Mormon scholar Terryl Lynn Givens outlined the importance of having passion for the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on February 3. He drove this point home by stating that the tragedy for those that leave the gospel "out of apathy, boredom, or indifference … is … the most incomprehensible … [because] they came to the feast, but they never sat down, … never supped, … never tasted the banquet." Read Full Story

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Focusing on the phrase, “Thy will be done” and emphasizing the need to submit to the plans of the Lord, Debbie Hippolite Wright, Vice President of Student Services at BYU-Hawaii, was the devotional speaker January 27 in the Cannon Activities Center. Read Full Story

The importance of the Lord’s temple as a place of refuge and blessings was what Max Purcell, temple recorder at the temporarily-closed Laie temple, and member of the Laie North Stake Presidency, emphasized in his devotional, January 20. Read Full Story

The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s basketball team climbed another spot in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II poll on January 25, moving up to number four (behind Findlay, Ohio; UU-C.W., New York; and Central Oklahoma). The move gives the Seasiders the highest ranking in school history in Division II play, surpassing last week’s number-five ranking. The Seasiders made the jump upwards despite dropping four points in the poll from last week’s record-setting 167. Read Full Story