BYU–Hawaii News

The BYU–Hawaii music department is pleased to feature its many talented ensembles and musicians at the second annual Christmas Music Devotional on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 in the Cannon Activities Center. Showcasing the University Choral, Brass Quintet, String Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Concert Choir as well as two student pianist, this once a year devotional promises to be a delight to the spirit as it communicates messages centered around the inspiration of this sacred season. "I think it will be a time that we can reflect on the birth of the Savior and really focus in on the spirit of Christmas and what it’s about," commented Michael Belnap, director of the Concert Choir and coordinator of this musical extravaganza. Read Full Story

The Brigham Young University Hawaii President's Council question and answer forum discussed security issues at Temple View Apartments (TVA) during the first part of the November 18 meeting in the Little Theater. Other questions included online courses, changes in the International Work Experience Scholarship [IWES], recruiting in Asia, and the new academic calendar. Read Full Story

At Brigham Young University – Hawaii, students hail from nearly every corner of the globe. Some of them, even, seem to have traversed most of it themselves on their own. It is of little surprise, then, that students like Nick Beezum, pictured at left, a senior and international business major originally from Adelaide, Australia, have come to BYU Hawaii to share and further their own unique and dynamic global perspectives. Read Full Story

Mike Foley | University Relations | 20 November 2008 Read Full Story

Prayer is much more than simply sending words up to our Heavenly Father, taught Cynthia Compton, Adjunct Associate Professor of History, during her BYU-Hawaii devotional November 18. It requires thoughtful, faithful actions and even the right words. Read Full Story

Long-time donor to BYU-Hawaii Frank Peck [on the left] taught students in an Honors Program and Students In Free Enterprise forum about success that goes beyond making money held in the Little Theater on Friday, Nov. 7. Peck, founder and CEO of American Money Group, Inc., out of California, is also a member of the LDS Church and he said that families and the Gospel are important contributors to success. Read Full Story

Michael Waite | Ke Alaka'i | 17 November 2008 Read Full Story

Brigham Young University Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at right] outlined a proposal during a November 6 faculty-staff ohana [family] meeting that would revamp and significantly expand the amount of financial aid available to the university’s international students. Read Full Story

Elder Robert Gay of the Seventy, in his keynote address to the Brigham Young University Hawaii 2008 International Business Conference on November 12, urged Latter-day Saint entrepreneurs, business owners and donors to use their wealth to lift others and find security in challenging economic times through faith and commitment. Read Full Story

The time spent by students at BYU-Hawaii is not a chance for idle indifference, but a time to prepare for church service, said Elder Robert C. Gay, Area Seventy of the North American Southeast Area. That service, explained Elder Gay during his devotional address November 11, will bring about the spiritual and physical salvation of God’s children all over the earth. Read Full Story