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Ariel Chaffin | University Relations | 9 May 2012

“Given what needs to be accomplished, time is something you really don’t have a lot of here at BYU-Hawaii.” Alfred Grace, president of the Laie Hawaii Married Student Stake, focused on the way time is spent and how daily choices affect the final destination of life in his May 8 BYU–Hawaii Devotional address.  

“Many of us are walking a fine line between making it, and not making it.” Stressing the importance of actions, President Grace continued, “Let me share with you some suggestions in coping with this very important part of your journey home. And please remember this one piece of cold hard reality: if you want to do well here, the care-free days of adolescence are now behind you.” 

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Rachel Romney | University Relations | 4 May 2012

Each semester BYU–Hawaii celebrates diversity and culture at the tri-annual WorldFest. The event has more than 40 cultural, academic and special interest clubs for students to sign up for and participate in throughout the year. Each club or cultural chapter is given a space to decorate and represent the goals and plans for the group. WorldFest gives students the opportunity to expand their social circles by interacting and learning with students from a number of cultures and backgrounds.

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Clover Cheng | University Relations | 4 May 2012

The BYU–Hawaii faculty improv band, Crosscurrent, will perform on Friday, May 4, 2012 with special guest Jeff Narell, an internationally known steel drummer. Darren Duerden, music professor at BYU–Hawaii, who also serves as president of the Percussion Arts Society Hawaii Chapter (PAS), describes the music as “jazz mashed with Pacific cultures.” 

Friday, May 4
McKay Auditorium
7:30 PM

“The idea behind the concert’s theme, ‘A Pacific-Caribbean Fantasy,’ is marrying the island world and cultures with jazz music,” says Duerden. He describes the songs as having Samoan pieces with an American Jazz flavor, Brazilian songs mixed with Tahitian beats, and Tongan sounds mixed with Dominican Republic rhythm. 

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Rachel Romney | University Relations | 25 April 2012

“I would like to speak about your becoming builders – builders of strong marriages and faithful families; builders of wonderful communities and successful careers; and builders of the kingdom of God.” This was the advice given by President Steven C. Wheelwright in the opening Devotional of the summer semester at BYU–Hawaii. His main focus was to highlight the third element of the Learn-Lead-Build mission of the university by teaching the principles of “Building Now for Eternity.”

Using three principles found in the scriptures and through the revelation of modern day prophets, President Wheelwright addressed the fundamentals of building a life “filled with the peace and joy the Savior has promised.”

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University Communications | 14 April 2012

As with most ‘ends,’ a new ‘beginning’ is right around the corner from BYU–Hawaii's April graduation with the university’s new Summer semester starting on Monday, April 23. The Summer semester is a result of literally years of analysis of year-round calendaring and is a key component of the university’s three-imperative charge to serve more students, continue to improve the quality of a BYU–Hawaii education, and lower costs to students and the Church. 

Newsroom: Summer semester replaces terms in 2012

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Darlene Isom | University Relations | 12 April 2012

Mustapha El Akkari, Kesaia Kaufusi and John Fryhoff will take their positions as BYU–Hawaii Student Association (BYUHSA) President and Executive Vice Presidents for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year beginning April 16.

Mustapha El Akkari and Kesaia Kaufusi, better known as Kesa, plan to keep the students at BYU–Hawaii a top priority during their term as President and Executive Vice President at BYU–Hawaii. John Fryhoff recently joined the team as executive vice president. The president and the first executive vice president, following the general student body election, appoint a second executive vice president.

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Darlene Isom | University Relations | 5 April 2012

The 2012 Hawaii Women’s Conference will be held at BYU–Hawaii, June 15-16. Keynote speakers will be Julie B. Beck, Margret S. Wheelwright and Ardeth G. Kapp.

“The BYU–Hawaii Women's Conference committee has been meeting for almost two years as we have worked to put together a women's conference that will bring speakers from North America and our own islands of Hawaii who will teach and enlighten and empower those women who attend to reach beyond the boundaries of our own limited spiritual knowledge,” says Margaret Wheelwright, one of the keynote speakers of the 2012 Women’s Conference.

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Bradley Holden | University Relations | 4 April 2012

Approximately 450 students will participate in the upcoming BYU–Hawaii commencement exercises on Saturday, April 14, 2012. Addressing the graduates will be Elaine S. Dalton, Young Women General President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The event will be held at 9:00 AM in the George Q. Cannon Activities Center and will be streamed live online here.

The student speaker will be Danielle Hitz, who is graduating with a degree in elementary education with a minor in teaching English as a second language (TESOL) and psychology. She is from Boise, Idaho.