Riley Mullins
University Relations
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Studying in China: Scholars Encouraging International Learning Experiences
Two BYU–Hawaii students recently returned from Xi’an, China, studying Mandarin and Chinese culture after receiving help from the Asian Executive Management program. One of them earned a prestigious designation as a Boren Scholar. Jarek and Kaylee Buss spent a year in China and are now back at BYU–Hawaii to finish their degrees. That experience was made possible because Jarek received a Boren Scholarship and both of them were enrolled in the Asian Executive Management program.
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Business Management Professor Receives Prestigious Lifetime Service Award
In October 2014, Dr. Helena M. A. Hannonen, a BYU–Hawaii faculty member, received the Lowell Benson Lifetime Service Award from the BYU Marriott School of Management. Dr. Hannonen received the prestigious award for her many years of involvement in BYU’s Management Society, particularly for all her work as the president of Silicon Valley chapter and starting Silicon Valley WOMEN, as well as being the regional director for Northern California and later Asia-Pacific regions.
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One Tattered Angel Opens this Weekend
This week, the Music and Theatre department presents the world premiere of the play One Tattered Angel, written by Craig Ferre and adapted from the book by Blaine Yorgason.
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Academic Leadership Changes Bring New Deans, Chairs
The BYU–Hawaii Ohana has recently announced changes in the university’s academic leadership. Some of these appointments and changes have previously been announced and took affect as of the beginning of the new academic year. With these changes, an extension of gratitude is expressed to those who have served in the various academic assignments for all the time, energy and dedication they put forth.
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Pacific Studies Journal Sets Record With 1 million Views
Three times a year, the Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies at BYU–Hawaii publishes a scholarly journal entitled Pacific Studies. The journal is made available after publication in an electronic format through BYU’s (Provo) ScholarsArchive, and in the last three months, the journal received 1,063,382 page views from readers, making it the first journal in BYU’s collection to pass one million views in a three-month period of time.
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Signing and Service at the PCC
What do you get when you combine the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC), members of the deaf community, and students from BYU–Hawaii? An experience of a lifetime. Recently, BYU–Hawaii’s ASL (American Sign Language) Club partnered with the PCC to give tours to members of Hands and Voices, a nonprofit organization which helps parents with deaf children.
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Housing Director Joins the BYU–Hawaii Ohana
BYU–Hawaii welcomes Edwin Rogers as the new Director of University Housing and Residential Life.
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Chinese Singers Hold Concert on Campus
A group of young vocalists from mainland China are attending vocal workshops held on the BYU–Hawaii campus for the Hawaii International Summer Vocal Academy (HISVA). They are holding a free concert (their second on-campus concert) this Friday, August 1, at 7:30 PM in the McKay Auditorium.
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New Internal Audit Director Joins the BYU–Hawaii Ohana
BYU–Hawaii welcomes Christopher Beard as the new Director of Compliance and Internal Audit Services.
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