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Reporting their interim "deliverables" to several hundred faculty and staff in the McKay Auditorium on April 10, the BYU-Hawaii Organizational Design Team proposed sharpening the focus on the university's core processes by reorganizing the administration into three major divisions: Academics, Student Support and University Support. Vice presidents for each of the divisions, plus an Assistant to the President, will comprise the proposed new President's Council, who report directly to BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at upper left].
Ryan Anderson | University Advancement | 7 April 2008
President Jonathan S. Durrett, Second Counselor in the Hawaii-Honolulu Mission admonished students during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on Thursday, April 3, to follow the teachings of Christ and “be the salt of the earth,” especially in missionary work.
President Durrett began his devotional address with a story about the Hanapepe salt ponds on the island of Kauai: An old Hawaiian woman who had taken too many fish from the sea was troubled that she would have to suffer for her mistakes. In her lamenting, she was visited by Pele, the Hawaiian demigoddess who had pity on the woman and showed her how to dig a hole that would eventually fill with salt water. In this pit, the woman could preserve her fish so they were not wasted. Said Durrett, “this was the beginning of the sacred practice of Hawaiian salt-making.”
President Jonathan S. Durrett, Second Counselor in the Hawaii-Honolulu Mission admonished students during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on Thursday, April 3, to follow the teachings of Christ and “be the salt of the earth,” especially in missionary work.
President Durrett began his devotional address with a story about the Hanapepe salt ponds on the island of Kauai: An old Hawaiian woman who had taken too many fish from the sea was troubled that she would have to suffer for her mistakes. In her lamenting, she was visited by Pele, the Hawaiian demigoddess who had pity on the woman and showed her how to dig a hole that would eventually fill with salt water. In this pit, the woman could preserve her fish so they were not wasted. Said Durrett, “this was the beginning of the sacred practice of Hawaiian salt-making.”
There are some people who, when you meet them, you know there is something special about them. You can't quite put your finger on what it is, but an unusual quality is certainly there. This was the case when I met BYU-Hawaii student Appolonie Nahishikeye. It did not take more than a few minutes of talking with her to figure out that extraordinary quality.
Growing up in a small town, of only 3,000 people can give a person a very strong curiosity to learn about the vast world, which certainly has to exist beyond their own limited experience. This was the case with me.
Ryan Anderson| University Advancement | 7 April 2008
Leading international employment consultant and author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas, Jean-Marc Hachey (at left), provided information and tips on international employment during the BYU-Hawaii’s Career Services seminar on International Employment held Thursday, March 27 and Friday March 28.
Hachey, who is originally from Canada, has a long list of activities and involvement with organizations that qualify his expertise in the subject. According to Kim Austin, director of Career Services, he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1979 and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the Université Laval, in Québec City, Canada, in 1986.
Leading international employment consultant and author of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas, Jean-Marc Hachey (at left), provided information and tips on international employment during the BYU-Hawaii’s Career Services seminar on International Employment held Thursday, March 27 and Friday March 28.
Hachey, who is originally from Canada, has a long list of activities and involvement with organizations that qualify his expertise in the subject. According to Kim Austin, director of Career Services, he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1979 and a Master of Arts in Political Science from the Université Laval, in Québec City, Canada, in 1986.
Ryan Anderson | University Advancement | 7 April 2008
At a small awards ceremony in the BYU-Hawaii Macintosh Computer Lab on March 19, three students won prizes in the first annual brainhoney.com online lesson competition.
Aaron Doxey, a senior from Provo, Utah, majoring in Information Systems with a minor in Instructional Design and Development (IDD), won the competition and received a scholarship worth $1,000 from Agilix, Inc., the sponsor of both the brainhoney.com site and the competition. Doxey said his instructional video, “Résumé Building,” on how to make an effective résumé, is actually one of four parts to a project he is putting together for Career Services.
At a small awards ceremony in the BYU-Hawaii Macintosh Computer Lab on March 19, three students won prizes in the first annual brainhoney.com online lesson competition.
Aaron Doxey, a senior from Provo, Utah, majoring in Information Systems with a minor in Instructional Design and Development (IDD), won the competition and received a scholarship worth $1,000 from Agilix, Inc., the sponsor of both the brainhoney.com site and the competition. Doxey said his instructional video, “Résumé Building,” on how to make an effective résumé, is actually one of four parts to a project he is putting together for Career Services.
Hundreds of faculty, staff, administrators, service missionaries, volunteers, spouses and guests culminated BYU-Hawaii Employee Appreciation week from March 31 to April 2 and celebrated the university's "new horizons" with a ho'omaika'i [thankfulness] program and luau dinner at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and members of his executive council tackled the latest round of questions submitted by email and in person during the April 2 question-and-answer forum in the Little Theater, including:
The BYU-Hawaii Institutional Assessment program — dedicated to encouraging each academic and administrative unit at the university to submit and update plans listing specific outcomes — presented its annual best practices awards during a March 28 luncheon to:
Students interested in enhancing their résumés by learning how to create highest-quality digital media projects may soon do so in BYU-Hawaii's completely refurbished Media Production Center (MPC).
Members of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team, who conducted an Educational Effectiveness Review of BYU-Hawaii from March 26-28, shared a brief, "very positive" oral report with university administrators and faculty before departing campus.
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright [pictured at left] and Vice President of Administrative Services Michael B. Bliss met with interested faculty and staff on March 25 to answer questions about the university's recent decision canceling plans to demolish 26 homes on Moana Street in Laie and build 52 new replacement units on those lots.