Mike Foley
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Ohana meeting marks start of new BYU–Hawaii school year
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Mike Foley
September 24, 2009 06:31 PM
Brigham Young University–Hawaii's President's Council kicked off the 2009-10 school year with an ohana meeting for faculty and staff in the McKay Auditorium. The meeting started with an introduction of new faculty and staff who have recently joined the BYU–Hawaii ohana.
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BYU–Hawaii Graduates 205 Students From 34 Countries
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Mike Foley
June 08, 2009 01:40 PM
LAIE, Hawaii — Elder Steven E. Snow (pictured right) of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reminded 205 Brigham Young University–Hawaii graduates from 34 countries that as leaders of tomorrow, "with your education comes a responsibility. You have not labored these past years simply to insure greater lifetime earnings."
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Presidents Brief Community on 'Envision Laie' Project
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Mike Foley
April 16, 2009 11:00 AM
The presidents of Brigham Young University Hawaii, the Polynesian Cultural Center and Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (HRI) collectively held a series of meetings this week to update faculty, staff and community members on the status of the Envision Laie project and invite them to participate further on:
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Book of Mormon Provides Antichrist Antidotes
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Mike Foley
April 02, 2009 12:47 PM
In his third and final BYU-Hawaii Joseph Smith Lecture Series presentation on April 1 in the Aloha Center, S. Michael Wilcox, a visiting instructor from the Salt Lake Institute of Religion at the University of Utah, taught that the modern equivalent of an antichrist is anyone who would trouble or shake a person's faith. In addition, he taught how the Book of Mormon provides lessons on resisting such attempts, and clarified a number of metaphors relating to the faith and testimony required to do so.
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Honors Group Takes Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar '101'
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Mike Foley
March 19, 2009 10:52 AM
BYUH Hawaiian Studies instructor Kaipo Manoa traced the evolution of Hawaiian slack key guitar music during the Honors colloquium on March 18 and demonstrated his skill in the distinctive island art form by playing a number of selections in various styles and tunings.
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March 2009 Q&A Forum Overview
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Mike Foley
March 13, 2009 05:21 PM
The Brigham Young University Hawaii President's Council replied to queries in the Question and Answer Forum on March 6 in Aloha Center 155/165 about academics, financial aid and scholarships, facilities, long-range planning, other initiatives and opportunities.
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BYU-Hawaii Procession Honors 'Uncle Bill'
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Mike Foley
March 12, 2009 03:55 PM
As the Brigham Young University Hawaii faculty member who chanted Hawaiian greetings for hundreds of occasions and special visitors to campus, it seemed fitting that BYUH President Steven C. Wheelwright and approximately 50 administrators, colleagues, students and community members marched in a Polynesian procession to the top of Laie Point on the afternoon of March 10 to offer chants and pay tribute to the family of the late William Kauaiwiulaokalani Wallace III.
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Almost 200 BYUH Students Enter Business Plan Competition
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Mike Foley
March 10, 2009 09:51 AM
A proposal for a moped rental business at Turtle Bay Resort in Kahuku earned Brigham Young University Hawaii senior Brett Lee [pictured at right, in the center] the $15,000 top prize on March 6 in the annual Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE) Business Plan Competition. In addition, each of four other teams won runners-up prizes of $5,000 for their proposed plans, all of the 15 finalists also received $1,000, and each of the other 31 BYUH students who submitted a plan received a monetary award.
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Annual CIE Conference Focuses on 'Champions'
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Mike Foley
March 09, 2009 07:04 PM
With a Knights of the Round Table Conference of Champions theme, the annual three-day Brigham Young University Hawaii Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship (CIE) business conference convened on campus March 4, included a variety of keynote addresses and workshops, and concluded with the business plan competition finals that this year included $50,000 in donated prizes for the student "champions."
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