Rosemarie Howard & Susan Roberts | University Advancement | 4 June 2007
Eight members of the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir, recently returned from a 21-day tour of China and Mongolia, were featured on the program of the last BYU-Hawaii Women’s Organization luncheon for the 2006-2007 year.
All spoke of the love they felt within the choir. Hannah Speidel, a senior from Colorado majoring in Music and Hospitality and Tourism, thought of the choir as a “Zionistic people”, a real change from how she said she saw the choir at the beginning of fall semester.
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 31 May 2007
Addressing the BYU-Hawaii faculty, staff, and students for the last time as president of of the university, President Eric B. Shumway encouraged them to be unified, open to change, and to press forward in faith.
He used the recent Concert Choir tour to China and Mongolia as a metaphor to make four points encouraging the university ohana to take the anticipated changes a new president will bring in stride.
“The preparation of the choir allowed them to perform with radiance,” said Shumway, referring to the apostolic blessing given by Elder Richard G. Scott in November 2007. “That bless has been dramatically fulfilled.”
He compared the choir’s journey to the mission of BYU-Hawaii in four ways.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, BYU-Hawaii will premiere the movie, "Not One Less," featuring Wei, Minzhi , a current student. The premiere is a pre-tour event in connection with the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir, which leaves for China and Mongolia 7 May. The tour celebrates 25 years of friendships with the People's Republic of China and Mongolia.
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 24 April 2007
On a Saturday in 1998, a car pulled into the village of Shuiquan in the Heiben province of the People’s Republic of China. There was no school on Saturday, so 13 year-old Wei, Minzhi and her twin sister, Wei, Congzhi, were playing in the street with their friends.
The youngsters were curious to know what the people who got out of the car were doing. They soon found out. Although her twin was too nervous to sing, Minzhi sang and danced for the man behind the camera. When asked if she would like to be an actress in a movie, Minzhi said, “Yes,” and wrote her name on the women’s hand so it would not be forgotten.
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 21 April 2007
In the wake of the recent Virginia Tech killings, a BYU-Hawaii campus forum was held Thursday, 19 April, to offer the campus community an opportunity to voice possible concerns.
University President Eric B. Shumway shared a story of a young mother who wanted to do something for those who are victims of violence, but felt helpless. As she sought the Lord’s guidance, the answer came that she could shed tears and pray for those who were suffering.
He endorsed the security plan on the BYU-Hawaii campus, and encouraged the campus community to be aware, but to also reach out to others with love.
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 26 March 2007
A Barlow Commission composition, “Delights & Shadows” was premiered Saturday, 24 March 2007, in the McKay Auditorium of Brigham Young University Hawaii in a recital presented by the School of Music.
Daniel Bradshaw’s new work was beautifully performed by Metropolitan Opera star, Ariel Bybee; Chicago Symphony violinist, Alison Dalton; and BYU-Hawaii faculty member, Stacy McCarrey, piano. Bradshaw’s music and Ted Kooser’s poetry made a beautiful marriage.
As a student at BYU-Hawaii, Chad Ford first heard President McKay’s prophecy when President Shumway was inaugurated. “I remember sitting in that audience,” he said, “and really feeling the Spirit and being overpowered by all of this—the first time I’d heard it forcefully talked about that way. My first reaction was to look around the auditorium. I knew a lot of cool students from a lot of cool places—people I thought were going to go back and be prime ministers and CEOs. I wondered which of these people President McKay was talking about.”
Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 12 April 2007
“You mark that word, and from this school, I’ll tell you, will go men and women whose influence will be felt for good towards the establishment of peace internationally.”
These words spoken by President David O. McKay in the dedicatory address of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Church College of Hawaii, February 12, 1955, have been heard many times since they were spoken.
“Our students hear about it, but to what extent do they know what to do about it?” asked Chad Ford , recently appointed director of the McKay Center for Intercultural Understanding. “What are the practical applications of this prophecy?”
Rosermarie Howard | University Advancement | 4 April 2007
Sounds of brass and salsa music filled the McKay Auditorium, Friday evening, 30 March 2007, as the University Brass Quintet and the BYU-Hawaii Salsa Orchestra gave stellar performances to an appreciative audience.
The University Brass Quintet, directed by David Kammerer, began the evening with “Fanfare of Jubilation,” an original composition by BYU-Hawaii music student Timothy Johnson. The rest of the program featured, some folktunes, works of Handel and Gabrieli, as well as an arrangement of the hymn tune “God of Our Fathers,” written by Kammerer.
