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Renowned Mormon scholar Terryl Lynn Givens outlined the importance of having passion for the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ during his devotional address at BYU-Hawaii on February 3. He drove this point home by stating that the tragedy for those that leave the gospel "out of apathy, boredom, or indifference … is … the most incomprehensible … [because] they came to the feast, but they never sat down, … never supped, … never tasted the banquet."
...but leaves door open for future amendment
Brigham Young University Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright and his wife, Margaret, recently returned from a trip to Asia that included receiving an honorary professorship in China as well as meeting with Latter-day Saint Church leaders and BYUH alumni in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Dr. Terryl Givens, Professor of Literature and Religion and holder of the James Bostwick Chair of English at the University of Richmond, will be speaking at the upcoming BYUH devotional this Tuesday. Brother Givens' topic is "'Rainbows Over Rain': The Gospel of Superabundance." Although delivered from a spiritual perspective, Givens' message holds an academic angle. He will emphasize the importance of defeating apathy and having real passion for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
In the first Brigham Young University Hawaii Entrepreneurship Lecture Series of 2009, Digitalbridge President & CEO Terry Pitts told how, along with two others, each put $500 into a new healthcare data business that they sold four years later for $15 million. Then he shared the lessons and principles he learned in the process, and since with four other companies, with the students in the McKay Auditorium on January 29.
Dr. Greg Clark, a BYU Provo professor and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities on exchange with BYU-Hawaii's Dr. Ned Williams, said in the Honors colloquium on January 28 that the ancient art of rhetoric is "often terribly misunderstood" and extends beyond talking into many phases of our lives.
Focusing on the phrase, “Thy will be done” and emphasizing the need to submit to the plans of the Lord, Debbie Hippolite Wright, Vice President of Student Services at BYU-Hawaii, was the devotional speaker January 27 in the Cannon Activities Center.
The importance of the Lord’s temple as a place of refuge and blessings was what Max Purcell, temple recorder at the temporarily-closed Laie temple, and member of the Laie North Stake Presidency, emphasized in his devotional, January 20.
The Brigham Young University Hawaii men’s basketball team climbed another spot in the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II poll on January 25, moving up to number four (behind Findlay, Ohio; UU-C.W., New York; and Central Oklahoma). The move gives the Seasiders the highest ranking in school history in Division II play, surpassing last week’s number-five ranking. The Seasiders made the jump upwards despite dropping four points in the poll from last week’s record-setting 167.
Leonard Black [pictured at left], Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Brigham Young University Hawaii's Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship, shared some of his wide-ranging experiences with Honors Program students at their January 21 colloquium, including being a fluent Navajo-speaking missionary, NCAA Final-Four basketball player, decorated Viet Nam veteran, university professor, gold miner, serial entrepreneur, and assistant BYUH men's basketball coach.
Dr. William G. Neal, Assistant to the President of Brigham Young University Hawaii, announced that Michael A. Johanson has succeeded Dr. Duane C. Roberts as the school's Director of Communications and Marketing. Dr. Roberts retired at the end of Fall Semester 2008 and he and his wife, Susan, now live in Utah.
With a contagious smile and a passion for her work, Brigham Young University – Hawaii student Carla Rada, a native of Bolivia, works hard to infuse her passion for media and cross-cultural communication with her international cultural studies major focusing on communications. She explains that her interests for television and communication stem deeply from her own personal experiences, long before she set foot on campus. “My father is a journalist so when I was young I had the opportunity to actually have a national teenage-themed television show that brought in music and culture.” This opportunity, Rada says, helped to provide the foundation for her educational goals.