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Management Society Receives the Dean’s Gold Chapter Award

The BYU–Hawaii Student Chapter has once again qualified to receive the highest honor given to chapters worldwide from the BYU Marriott School’s Management Society, the Dean’s Chapter Gold Award. Representatives of the BYU–Hawaii student chapter, including chapter president Josaia Moimoi, a Business Management and Accounting major student from Fiji, attended the annual Global Leadership Conference held in Aspen Grove and Provo, Utah, on October 1-2.

The Dean’s Gold Chapter of Excellence Award is the highest honor a chapter of the BYU Management Society can receive. It is especially noteworthy that the BYU–Hawaii Student Chapter has received this award because there are over 100 chapters worldwide and only three are student chapters. 

“BYU Hawaii has a unique opportunity to give students from around the world leadership experiences while at school. Once they return to their home countries, they can continue to lead and develop leaders in their countries. For example, Mongolia chapter, which also received a Dean’s Chapter Award, was started by former students from BYU Hawaii” said Dr. Hannonen, a Business Management Professor. “It is easier to train new leaders now as students than wait till they are busy in their careers, have families, jobs, and other Church and community responsibilities. Moral and ethical leadership has to start early so students have built a strong character and leadership behavior as a foundation to the rest of their lives.”

Awards from the BYU Management Society are given annually and chapters must apply separately each year. Each September, chapters submit an application on chapter activity for the previous 12 months to qualify for awards. Requirements to qualify for the Dean’s Gold Chapter of Excellence include holding at least one monthly activity, drafting and submitting an annual financial report, setting up service programs such as a mentoring program for students, and having a monthly board meeting where chapter leadership meets with the advisor.

Moimoi commented, “Our chapter for this past year has organized an internship workshop with career services, a networking event with PJ Rogers, "how to earn your first million" seminar by David Waite and also we organized a Global Leadership Award ceremony for Tad R. Callister. We are constantly working at helping the members of our chapter succeed in life and be the leaders they can be.”

Ola Wiebe, a student from Sweden who is majoring in Finance, added, “BYU Management Society provides opportunities for students to find connections and learn about businesses during their education. Networks also help them secure jobs and internships in the future.”

More information about these events can be found on the BYU Management Society website. BYU Management Society has two chapters in Hawaii (Honolulu and BYU–Hawaii), and chapters around the world are open to all who want to build moral and ethical leadership.