Several BYU-Hawaii student body officers recently provided leadership training for their younger counterparts from nearby Kahuku High School as part of the university's recruiting efforts. Asai Gilman, director of admissions and recruitment, international and Hawaii, explained, "The University wanted to have the leaders of Kahuku High School on our campus to listen to BYU-Hawaii student leaders and take part in our delegating and team building workshops. It worked great." Gilman, who previously conducted similar programs for high school leaders at Dixie State College and Southern Utah University, said, "We invited all the student leaders of surrounding high schools while I was working at those institutions. I thought it would be a good idea to do the same thing here." Sunday Mariteragi, a 1970 BYU-Hawaii alumna who has been Student Activities Coordinator for the past 18 years at Kahuku High and oversees their student body officers, agreed. "It was valuable training. I think this is the first time we have had something like this from BYU-Hawaii." Current BYU-Hawaii student body president Jannifer Lesuma, who conducted the delegation portion of the workshop along with vice president Nelson Fotu, also agreed. "It was a great opportunity for BYU-Hawaii and the Kahuku student leaders to get together, because we come from the same community. We often use the same resources," she said. Lesuma added both she and Fotu, who attended Kahuku High, believe delegation "or the ability to empower others, is one of the most important skills of a leader. We were pleased to be able to share with the Kahuku leaders." Mariteragi said both the outgoing and incoming senior Kahuku student officers who participated already do planning and follow up by delegating, "but these workshops really helped formalize our procedures. In fact, since we trained at BYU-Hawaii, our student body officers have given their own version of a leadership workshop at Kaaawa Elementary School." "Our intention is to do more leadership training orientation programs like these," said Gilman, who sees the program as a form of indirect recruitment. "We also hope when some of these students are on our campus that they will recognize there are opportunities for not only academic but also leadership growth here. It's a subtle 'here's an opportunity' event that suggests, 'you are a leader at your high school. You can also be a leader here.'" Gilman said he would like to do at least two more similar programs next school year; One on Oahu, and the other on a neighbor island. "Our students make this kind of leadership training successful," he said. "Without them, it would be quite challenging to pull off, because high school students listen to peers much more easily than other adults." Gilman added, "This was a good beginning in creating the high school student motivation that BYU-Hawaii exists. I hope we can continue with this program, with the help of the BYU-Hawaii Student Association officers."