University Advancement | 23 October 2007
The California-based company American Money Group, Inc. recently announced that, for the second consecutive year, it will be the title sponsor of the Asia Pacific Basketball Classic. Games begin at the BYU-Hawaii campus Thursday, November 1, and run through Saturday night.

The CEO of American Money Group, Frank Peck, spoke on campus earlier this month, just one day after his company made the sponsorship announcement (Read about his visit here) . "We try to be balanced, not just in our personal lives, but also with our company, and if we found worthwhile causes that we can give back…that's what we want to do.  I think this [is] a worthwhile cause," Peck said.

Rosemarie Howard | University Advancement | 22 October 2007

Nostalgic sounds of Reunion, will caress the ears of listeners Wednesday, 7 November, in the BYU-Hawaii McKay Auditorium.  The group will perform a semi-private concert as part of the International Business Conference to be held November 6 to 10 on the BYU-Hawaii campus.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 20 October 2007

The Tokyo-based chairman and corporate planning trainer of a large, multi-national human resources company recently conducted job search workshops on the BYU-Hawaii campus to help Japanese students better prepare to enter the labor market back home. In fact, their visit is believed to be the first time a Japanese company has ever carried out such training in the United States.

Stace Hall | University Advancement | 19 October 2007
Latter-day Saints have a duty to keep themselves clean in order to be an effective instrument in the hands of God, Darren Duerden, associate professor of music, told the audience at this week's devotional.

Duerden, a seven-year member of BYU-Hawaii's music faculty and talented musician, shared a unique perspective on the scriptural phrase an instrument in the hands of God. "To the musical artist, no possession, at least that can be owned, is more valued than their instrument. It is their voice or medium for expression," he said.

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 18 October 2007

The Laie-based Mahalo No Ka Hana chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) named BYU-Hawaii Vice President of University Advancement V. Napua Baker [pictured on the left with her award in the photo at the left] as its Executive of the Year during its monthly luncheon on October 17.

Over 70 administrative professionals from BYU-Hawaii, the Polynesian Cultural Center, Hawaii Reserves, Inc. and other regional organizations comprise the membership of the local IAAP chapter.

Stace Hall | University Advancement | 15 October 2007

Business students may not at first consider a job in the medical field out of college, but they are highly needed, Dr. Robert Aki said earlier this month.

"The people that run those hospitals, that make…decisions, aren't doctors anymore. They're not the patients, even. It's basically all about health care administration, and most administrators don't even have a medical degree," he said.

After graduating from BYU-Hawaii in 1995, Aki attended the California College of Podiatric Medicine. He then practiced for two years in Los Angeles and three years in Honolulu as a foot and ankle surgeon by trade. Aki explained how much the field has changed, though, since he completed undergraduate work. "Medicine has changed quite dramatically into much more specialized fields," he said. 

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 12 October 2007

History professor and University Archivist Dr. Matt Kester urged BYU-Hawaii students in his October 11 devotional address, A City on a Hill, to fulfill the Savior's admonition to be peacemakers and founder President David O. McKay's charge to "establish peace internationally."

Kester said many communities have tried to embody the powerful metaphor of a "city on a hill... [that] cannot be hid" that Christ used in the Sermon on the Mount; and he also cited the Savior's beatitude, blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God [Matt. 5:9]."

Mike Foley | University Advancement | 11 October 2007

For four weeks last summer, BYU-Hawaii mathematics professor Dr. Susan Barton [pictured at left] participated with 69 other mid-career women in academia in the prestigious joint Bryn Mawr HERS (Higher Educational Resources Services) Summer Institute. The annual program, held on the famed "seven sisters" campus near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has provided women leadership and management development in higher educational administration over the past 35 years.