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Members of the Brigham Young University Hawaii President's Council met with students, faculty and staff on January 13 in Aloha Center 155/165 to answer submitted questions on outreach programs, Security updates, Honor Code provisions, schedules and notices, housing, energy savings, athletics and initiatives.
In a spirit of love and mutual respect, President and Sister Wheelwright stood together before the student body and addressed the important issue of moral purity at the first devotional of the year for BYU-Hawaii January 13. Their optimistic opening remarks set the stage for a spiritual and touching message,
Brigham Young University Hawaii has appointed Education Professor Dr. Hiagi M. Wesley [pictured at right], a BYUH alumnus, as Director of the university's newly renamed and reorganized Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies.
The Polynesian Cultural Center Board of Directors has appointed BYU-Hawaii alumnus P. Alfred Grace ['88, Travel Management; pictured at left] of Laie as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer (COO), PCC President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Von D. Orgill announced at a company "team meeting" on January 9 in the IMAX™ Theater. Grace had previously been serving as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing.
"I am pleased to welcome you to this special campus, whether as a new or returning student," said Brigham Young University Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright, as almost 400 new Seasiders — most of them transferring from other universities — started Winter Semester on January 7, 2009.
Ask a student or faculty member at Brigham Young University – Hawaii what makes the university such an inviting and unique place to study, chances are the answer will resonate in the collegial community found on this campus. The welcoming, accessible, and intimate atmosphere of respect and collaboration here echoes through every classroom, department, and individual. The fervent drive members of the BYUH community share manifests itself in the form of dedicated, progressive, and passionate action. When BYUHSA Vice President Janelle Cabacungan arrived at BYUH, she too soon found her own niche and got involved.
Along with the sudden flood of water and rain that hit Laie on Thursday, December 11, a rush of volunteer work and service flooded Laie the week following including organized efforts hosted on the Brigham Young University Hawaii campus. An American Red Cross shelter and Disaster Relief and Assistance Center (DARC) both used University facilities as a point of contact for their efforts as Laie and BYU–Hawaii is central to one of the hardest hit areas, making use of State, University, and community volunteers to help abate the affects of the sudden disaster.
President David O. McKay dedicates the new Church College of Hawaii campus on December 17, 1958 — 50 years ago
President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encouraged the 290-plus new BYU-Hawaii graduates in his commencement address in the Cannon Activities Center on December 13, to continue to pursue God's design for eternal learning.
Extensive rain and substantial flooding hit Laie as a massive storm began its attack on Oahu early this morning. A flash flood warning has been issued for all of Oahu as the National Weather Service has forecasted heavy rain and scattered showers through the weekend. BYU-Hawaii’s old gym has been opened as an emergency shelter and Red Cross first aid center for the community and the stake center was opened as a shelter for all BYU-Hawaii students.
From Justin Ritchie, current BYUH political science student:
Excerpts from a Division Chair Recommendation for Promotion written by Paul Spickard for Dale Robertson written October of 1993