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The Polynesian Cultural Center is launching Oahu’s newest exhibit featuring Hawaii’s official state instrument, the ukulele. A grand opening of the new exhibit, Ukulele Experience, will be held on Friday, April 29, 2016, from 5:00-8:30 PM at the Hukilau Marketplace in Laie, Hawaii.

To conclude his time here at BYU–Hawaii, theater and speech professor Craig Ferre will be directing the same play with which he began his BYU–Hawaii career 35 years ago. The cast, a collection of students and original cast members, will put on a final production of “Arsenic and Old Lace.”

The top-ranked BYU–Hawaii women's tennis team recorded their 10th PacWest Championship in as many years with a 5-1 defeat of No. 9 Hawaii Pacific on Saturday, April 16, at the Surprise Tennis and Racquet Center in Surprise, Arizona. This was the ninth time the Seasiders (22-0) and Sharks (15-5) met in the finals of the conference championship.

This week, students are seeing a fleet of green bikes around campus. The bikes are part of a new idea for a transportation program being tested called “Free Rides.” Fifty-two bikes, identified by their bright green frames and red ID plates, are spread out across campus that students can use ideally for getting from class to class. The rules are simple: ride at your own risk, do not lock up the bikes, and keep them within the community.

The International Institute of Professional Protocol (IIPP) is coming to Brigham Young University–Hawaii on April 28-30, 2016. Presenters and trainers include CEOs and other prominent leaders who will provide students with world-class professional development and training. Barbara Barrington Jones, business woman, professional speaker and image consultant – whose foundation sponsors the conference – encourages students from all disciplines to prepare for professional situations in advance, and this unique conference does just that.

The Department of Visual Arts opens its annual Faculty Art Exhibit this Friday, April 8, from 7 – 8:30 PM in the McKay Auditorium Lobby. The exhibit, open and free to the public, will be on display until Monday, April 25, 2016.

Utah Valley University president Matthew Holland and his wife Paige Holland will be Devotional speakers on Tuesday, April 5, 2015. The campus and community are invited to attend at 11 AM in the Cannon Activities Center. The Devotional broadcast will also be streamed live at http://flash.byuh.edu/live.html.

Elder Yoon Hwan Choi and his wife Bon Kyung Koo spoke to BYU–Hawaii students and the campus community on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, bringing with them advice to seek to know the mind and will of the Lord, and then have the courage and faith to do what we should do. Elder and Sister Choi, who are both alumni of Brigham Young University–Hawaii, spoke together, sharing personal experiences from their time at the University, his perspective as a convert to the LDS Church, and how they faced the challenges of raising a family and providing meaningful service in their country, community and the kingdom of God.

A counter-flow bike lane now runs on the inner perimeter of the big circle, making it easier for those on bikes, skateboards and non-motorized scooters to get to places on campus. With the addition of the new bike lane, cyclists and skateboarders can now travel clockwise, or opposite to the regular one-way traffic lane, around the big circle.

Two performing groups from BYU–Hawaii’s Music and Visual Arts department took their talent on the road with a four-day tour to the island of Kauai on February 11-14, 2016. The two groups were the Salsa Orchestra and Brass Ensemble, led by creative directors Dr. Darren Duerden and Dr. David Kammerer.

The Honolulu chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) recently named Kevan Hendrickson, a graduating senior at Brigham Young University–Hawaii and Marketing Director of Morph Studios, the winner of a regional qualifying round for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). The GSEA program aims to inspire and support young entrepreneurs, providing opportunities for students to showcase their businesses and network with influential corporate leaders.

(A message from the Office of the Vice President of Administration)

Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, a member of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address Brigham Young University–Hawaii’s 234 graduates and their families at this Winter’s commencement ceremony held on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at 9:30 AM in the Cannon Activities Center in Laie, Hawaii.

On Tuesday, February 9, Shaka Steel and the Polynesian Drum Ensemble will perform at 7:30 PM in the McKay Auditorium.

At 7 PM and 9:30 PM on Saturday, January 30, 40 BYU-Hawaii students will come together with Abuliz Dance International to put on a dance concert, “Dancing Through Life.”

BYU–Hawaii’s Spirit Week 2016 is Saturday, February 6, through Friday, February 12, with a variety of activities and events for all students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends.

On January 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30 p.m., the BYU-Hawaii English Department and Music and Visual Arts Department will present a production of Fiddler on the Roof, by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock, and Sheldon Harnick. Directed by Dr. Craig Ferre, the musical stars BYU-Hawaii faculty Michael and Lila Belnap and features performers drawn from BYU-Hawaii students, faculty and staff, and community members.