Mike Foley
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President's Council Q-and-A forum, May 2008
In their monthly question-and-answer forum on May 5, BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and other members of the President's Council discussed, among other issues, whether budget tightening would affect faculty professional development, the roles of faculty research and scholarship, and the status of reorganizing the administration .
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Design Team Proposes New President's Council
Reporting their interim "deliverables" to several hundred faculty and staff in the McKay Auditorium on April 10, the BYU-Hawaii Organizational Design Team proposed sharpening the focus on the university's core processes by reorganizing the administration into three major divisions: Academics, Student Support and University Support. Vice presidents for each of the divisions, plus an Assistant to the President, will comprise the proposed new President's Council, who report directly to BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at upper left].
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BYUH Fetes "New Horizons," Service of Faculty, Staff
Hundreds of faculty, staff, administrators, service missionaries, volunteers, spouses and guests culminated BYU-Hawaii Employee Appreciation week from March 31 to April 2 and celebrated the university's "new horizons" with a ho'omaika'i [thankfulness] program and luau dinner at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
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President's Council Holds April Q-and-A Forum
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and members of his executive council tackled the latest round of questions submitted by email and in person during the April 2 question-and-answer forum in the Little Theater, including:
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BYUH Assessment Committee Recognizes Best Practices
The BYU-Hawaii Institutional Assessment program — dedicated to encouraging each academic and administrative unit at the university to submit and update plans listing specific outcomes — presented its annual best practices awards during a March 28 luncheon to:
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'New' Media Center to Train Students, Enhance Outreach
Students interested in enhancing their résumés by learning how to create highest-quality digital media projects may soon do so in BYU-Hawaii's completely refurbished Media Production Center (MPC).
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Visiting Accreditation Team Shares Oral Report
Members of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team, who conducted an Educational Effectiveness Review of BYU-Hawaii from March 26-28, shared a brief, "very positive" oral report with university administrators and faculty before departing campus.
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BYUH Revises Moana Street Faculty Housing Plans
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and Vice President of Administrative Services Michael B. Bliss met with interested faculty and staff on March 25 to answer questions about the university's recent decision canceling plans to demolish 26 homes on Moana Street in Laie and build 52 new replacement units on those lots.
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MPHS Conference Focuses on New Zealand
With the 50th and last annual reunion of the Church College of New Zealand set for next month in Temple View and the impending closure of CCNZ [New Zealanders pronounce the letter 'Z' as "zed") at the end of 2009, the annual conference of the Mormon Pacific Historical Society (MPHS) from March 21-22 on campus focused on the rich heritage of the Latter-day Saint high school and some of its ties to BYU-Hawaii.
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