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Twenty-five years ago — at a time when relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China were expanding — six promising young Chinese officials came to Laie to participate in the first BYU-Hawaii/Polynesian Cultural Center Asian Executive Management training program. In the years since then the significance of the program for the participants, the two institutions and their sponsor, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has grown exponentially.
As recently as four years ago, only one BYU-Hawaii international student filled an internship, but for the past three years — thanks to the generosity of Gene and Allyson Yamagata of Las Vegas, who fund round-trip internship transportation to home countries and some other expenses — that number climbed to 102 in 2004 and is expected to exceed 250 by the end of this year.
The university's lead application programmer analyst for PeopleSoft brought a somewhat unique hobby with him when he came to Laie almost a year ago: temple riding.
Staff Writer | University Advancement | 30 August 2006 Aloha new and returning students!

School has begun as of Wednesday, August 30, and new faces are getting their schedules all lined up with their respective classes. We are committed to making each new student's orientation to BYU-Hawaii an exciting, welcoming and memorable experience. The campus 'ohana is our driving force and ultimate goal to help create a united student body.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 24 August 2006During the August 22 'ohana [family] meeting in the McKay Auditorium, BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway and members of the President's Council welcomed over 40 new faculty and staff — a record number — as well as 17 new senior service missionaries and 12 senior volunteers to the campus before presenting the 2006 "teacher of the year" staff exceptional service awards.
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 24 August 2006
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 23 August 2006 The BYU-Hawaii President's Council named accounting professor Glade Tew as its 2006 "Teacher of the Year" during the university's annual 'ohana meeting of faculty and staff in the McKay Auditorium on August 22. The esident's Council also presented "exceptional service" awards to staff members — almost all of whom are BYU-Hawaii alumni.

Tew's award included a check for $1,000 from the Polynesian Cultural Center, while the service awards each included a "significant monetary expression of gratitude."

Arapata T. Meha was recently named the new Dean of Admissions at the BYU-Hawaii in Laie. As former Associate Dean and Director of Admissions at the university, Meha brings a wealth of experience to the position.
For the eighth consecutive year U.S. News and World Report Magazine has ranked BYU-Hawaii among the top tier of best comprehensive bachelor's schools in the western United States in several categories of its 2007 edition of "America's Best Colleges" survey.
Three Church Education System administrators over Latter-day Saint primary and secondary schools in the South Pacific met on August 15 in the School of Education Building with a group of BYU-Hawaii students hoping to eventually secure teaching and other positions.
Mike Foley | University Advancement | 15 August 2006