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The BYU–Hawaii Student Chapter has once again qualified to receive the highest honor given to chapters worldwide from the BYU Marriott School’s Management Society, the Dean’s Chapter Gold Award. Representatives of the BYU–Hawaii student chapter, including chapter president Josaia Moimoi, a Business Management and Accounting major student from Fiji, attended the annual Global Leadership Conference held in Aspen Grove and Provo, Utah, on October 1-2.
The study of law can be daunting. But now students at BYU–Hawaii can have an edge with the recently addition of the Legal Studies program and a certificate to go with their major. Students enrolled in the program can earn a 15-credit Legal Studies Certificate which they can complete by finishing courses in areas such as legal research and writing, international legal drafting and transactions, and comparative law.
BYU-Hawaii graduate Ema Billings has done a lot with her diploma in international cultural studies since graduating in 2009, as evidenced through her work in Nigeria as a peacebuilder, her efforts volunteering with orphanages, and her work with nonprofit organizations.
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency, dedicated one of Laie’s newest additions, the Marriott Courtyard Oahu North Shore, on August 29, along with the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Hukilau Marketplace, which is adjacent to the hotel.
Spencer McBride, an alumnus of BYU–Hawaii, has recently been involved with the Joseph Smith Papers Project, a project that aims to publish and preserve documents created by Joseph Smith. He attributes the launching of his career to his experience at BYU–Hawaii.
Each student who comes to BYU–Hawaii brings a unique story that led them in their journey to the university. Sophomore soccer player Lillian Martino-Bradley’s story recently hit national headlines with a FOX Sports feature that highlights her work off the field.
Norman Kaluhiokalani, commonly known as Coach K. all across the campus of Brigham Young University–Hawaii, is retiring after 40 years of working and coaching at BYU–Hawaii, leaving a legacy of coaching for the cross-country, soccer, and rugby teams that have played at the university. His last name, Kaluhiokalani, means in Hawaiian, “One who helps much for many without asking for any admiration.”
BYU-Hawaii students gained valuable experiences from a summer Career Connect trip to Fiji, which also built on important connections and relationships for students, the University, and other institutions involved in the excursion focused on enhancing career opportunities for BYU–Hawaii students following graduation.
Finding a personal connection to the historic and prophetic purposes of the University was the theme of President John and Sister Susan Tanner first Devotional address to the students, faculty and staff of BYU–Hawaii on Tuesday, August 4. Both speakers focused their instruction on principles found in President David O. McKay’s inspired addresses at the campus groundbreaking 60 years ago (1955), and at the campus dedication three years later (1958).
BYU–Hawaii’s new President and First Lady, John S. and Susan W. Tanner, addressed staff, faculty, missionaries and volunteers at BYU–Hawaii at the university’s annual Ohana Meeting on Friday, July 31, 2015.
Throughout 2015, the community of Laie, led by the Laie Community Association, along with BYU–Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center, are marking the Sesquicentennial of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Laie as well as the 60th Anniversary since the groundbreaking of BYU–Hawaii, then called the Church College of Hawaii.