Mike Foley

BYU-Hawaii, BYU Idaho, BYU in Provo, Utah and the Polynesian Cultural Center provided 37 Kahuku High graduates, who held their commencement ceremony in the Cannon Activities Center on June 3, with over $200,000 worth of scholarships this year.

English professor James Walker, who is retiring at the end of spring term, told the BYU-Hawaii devotional audience on May 27 he has started over a number of times in his life and is looking forward to "both opportunities and obstacles in this transition."

An advisor from the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business shared some good advice with BYU-Hawaii students while trying to interest them in an MBA program.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 20 May 2004 The waves at Hukilau Beach in Laie were just ripples, and the ocean's surface glassy, as Iosepa -- BYU-Hawaii's 57-foot traditional twin-hulled Hawaiian sailing canoe -- left in the early hours of May 20 on its maiden voyage beyond the north shore and windward side of Oahu.

Under Captain Chadd Paishon of the voyaging canoe Makalii, who is training Hawaiian Studies director William K. "Uncle Bill" Wallace III as Iosepa's captain, the beautiful wooden canoe carved from Fijian logs by a combination of community artisans, volunteers and BYU-Hawaii students, left at about 3:30 a.m. In addition to Paishon and Wallace, the crew consisted of Hawaiian Studies faculty and students, alumni, community members, several Makalii hands, and two BYU-Hawaii videographers to document the historic journey.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 14 May 2004 BYU-Hawaii business professor William "Bill" Hsu encouraged those who "feel so overwhelmed with things, so stressed out that we feel like throwing in the towel... [to] call a time-out, take a deep breath, get over to the sidelines and talk things over with your Heavenly Father," in his May 13 devotional address.

"Is your life so busy you hardly have time to take a time out?" he said. "Or in life's game, do you have a challenge in controlling your temper or your language? Are school subjects pulling you down? And most important of all, are you trying to do it alone? Or are you smart enough to call time-out and ask the coach for help?"

William K. "Uncle Bill" Wallace III, director of the Hawaiian Studies program and captain in training of BYU-Hawaii's 57-foot traditional double-hulled voyaging canoe, says the Iosepa will tentatively undertake its maiden voyage about May 19 or 20, pending favorable weather and winds.

Continuing a biannual tradition that started in 2000, BYU-Hawaii recognized five individuals on May 6 for their outstanding commitment to the communities and people surrounding the university.

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints named BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway as the Area Authority Seventy for Hawaii and California during the second session of the recently concluded 174th annual worldwide conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 31 March 2004 Terry Warner, BYU Professor of philosophy and founder of the Arbinger Institute, told BYU-Hawaii students that the many differences and divisions that separate all people "are not what the Lord wants for us."

"In every group of civilized people there are rankings or separations," Warner said at the College of Arts & Sciences University Seminar on March 30. "We feel a division between the generations, or between us and other sub-cultures, or between ourselves and those who seem more successful. These separations might be called culture."