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"Refine the Gold: Go Forth to Serve" is Theme of Annual Speech Competition
Scott Christley | University Advancement | 11 November 2005
Faculty, staff, and students gathered Tuesday morning to hear the finalists
in BYU-Hawaii's annual student speech competition.
The final four speakers advanced beyond a first round of speeches delivered last Saturday by 19 contestants before various panels of judges.
The four contestants represented the ethnic and academic diversity of the campus. The winner, Michael Lau, a resident of Hawaii and English major, delivered a spirited and engaging speech that showcased a bit of his theatre minor. Second place was a tie between Ruby Talata'ina, a biochemistry major from Samoa, and Spencer McBride, a history major from California. The finalists were rounded out by Adilbish Davaadolgor, a social work major from Mongolia.
The final four speakers advanced beyond a first round of speeches delivered last Saturday by 19 contestants before various panels of judges.
The four contestants represented the ethnic and academic diversity of the campus. The winner, Michael Lau, a resident of Hawaii and English major, delivered a spirited and engaging speech that showcased a bit of his theatre minor. Second place was a tie between Ruby Talata'ina, a biochemistry major from Samoa, and Spencer McBride, a history major from California. The finalists were rounded out by Adilbish Davaadolgor, a social work major from Mongolia.
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Orgill Challenges All to be Valiant in Upcoming Year
Scott Christley | University Advancement | 10 January 2005
Von D. Orgill, President and CEO of the Polynesian Cultural Center, spoke last Thursday at BYU-Hawaii's Devotional to start off the university's year-long 50th anniversary Jubilee.
With the beginning of the New Year, President Orgill reminded faculty, staff and students that now is the time for re-examination, "time for considering who we are, where we are, where we are really going, and how well we are doing along the way. It is a time for committing and recommitting ourselves to being better, to doing better."
Commenting on the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that have ravaged Southeast Asia, Orgill expressed his hope that these events would help make us all "a little more contemplative, more reflective and more sensitive to what is truly important in life; a little more willing to reach beyond ourselves to help others in all of the ways we can."
With the beginning of the New Year, President Orgill reminded faculty, staff and students that now is the time for re-examination, "time for considering who we are, where we are, where we are really going, and how well we are doing along the way. It is a time for committing and recommitting ourselves to being better, to doing better."
Commenting on the devastating earthquake and tsunamis that have ravaged Southeast Asia, Orgill expressed his hope that these events would help make us all "a little more contemplative, more reflective and more sensitive to what is truly important in life; a little more willing to reach beyond ourselves to help others in all of the ways we can."
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