Phillip Andrus

Eleven BYU-Hawaii students from places such as Australia, American Samoa, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, and the U.S. went to Washington D.C., from May 16 to 23. The students, alongside Political Science professors Troy Smith and Jennifer Kajiyama, spent seven busy days in D.C. networking with government and non-government officials and learning about national politics from an inside perspective.

James E. Hallstrom, bishop of the Kailua First Ward and a lifetime Oahu resident, addressed a capacity gathering of students and faculty at BYU–Hawaii’s weekly campus devotional on August 23, 2011. Brother Hallstrom attended BYU–Hawaii when it was Church College of Hawaii and opened his remarks by expressing gratitude for being able to speak in the McKay Auditorium because it was the same place where devotionals were given when he was attending Church College of Hawaii.

The impact of and purposes for the 2012 academic calendar were the main topics of discussion at a forum for students and employees held on Thursday, August 18. Students and employees met with BYU–Hawaii Vice President for Academics Max Checketts in the Aloha Center for an information session on the new academic calendar structure. The event, organized by BYUHSA Student Advisory Council, was planned to provide a space for BYU–Hawaii students and employees to have an open discussion with Brother Checketts and the Associate Academic Vice President for Curriculum, Jennifer Lane.