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Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 24 January 2005 A new Golden Jubilee website provides a wealth of information about the ongoing celebration and the university's institutional and personal histories.

The website features several informational resources to help users keep abreast with the ongoing Jubilee celebration. It also includes several interactive tools that make it fun and easy to learn more about the heritage of CCH/BYU-Hawaii and its faculty, staff and students while reminiscing the past 50 years. Here are a few highlights:

Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 21 January 2005 Cecil O. Samuelson, President of BYU in Provo and member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, encouraged students and faculty at Thursday's devotional to recognize and appreciate the contributions of those who have gone before.

"This is a very special institution that has been established under the inspiration of the Lord," Samuelson said of BYU-Hawaii, "and it continues to be supported, guided and lifted up by the leaders of this great Church… Most of you will make important differences in the world, in the Church and in your families.

Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 14 January 2005 Kieiki and Paliku Kahalepuna, president and executive vice president of BYUH Student Activities respectively, encouraged students in Thursday's devotional to fulfill the vision that President David O. McKay and others revealed concerning BYU-Hawaii.

The vision, Paliku said, is exemplified by President McKay's prophetic declaration given at the groundbreaking and dedication ceremony of The Church College of Hawaii in 1955:

Andrew Miller | University Advancement | 12 January 2005 The science department's faculty-assisted science training program, or FAST, proves to be successful in providing students with invaluable learning experiences through practical research opportunities.

Established last year, the program gives students the opportunity to work one-on-one with a faculty mentor in planning and conducting scientific research. Church appropriated funds are also available to students for supplies, travel expenses and work compensation.

"Science training requires both classroom training and laboratory 'hands on' experience," explained Dr. Heaton, assistant professor of biochemistry and coordinator of FAST. "When students go to graduate school or gain employment, they are expected to have the ability to work independently.

Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, visited Laie on Saturday, December 11, to address a graduating class of 248 students at BYU–Hawaii's December 2004 commencement.

The BYU–Hawaii Student Association and the College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor the first ever BYU-Hawaii Undergraduate Research Conference and Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Kent Jackson, professor of ancient scripture at BYU in Provo, spoke at Thursday's devotional on receiving the grace of Christ in our lives through repentance and spiritual rebirth.

The BYU-Hawaii Student Association and the Student Alumni Association hold the fall 2004 Voyage of Faith scholarship drive, beginning Thursday, November 18.

Mervlyn Kitashima, 2003 national mother of the year, addressed the BYU–Hawaii ohana on "emerging with your gifts" in the devotional held on Thursday, November 4.