Camron Stockford

John S. Tanner was officially inaugurated as the tenth president of BYU–Hawaii by President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. President Eyring presided over the meeting which was conducted by Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Other speakers included Elder Kim B. Clark, of the Seventy and Commissioner of Education, and representatives of faculty, alumni and students.

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, addressed graduates at the BYU-Hawaii commencement ceremony in Laie, Hawaii. His visit also included a fireside in commemoration of the 150th Anniversary celebration of the LDS Church in Laie, as well as a rededication ceremony for the recently refurbished dormitories on BYUH campus.