Alumna Honored as Filipino Business Woman of the Year 2006
A BYU-Hawaii alumna, Berardy, is owner and Vice President of DBI Hawaii, a multi-million dollar international wholesale manufacturing enterprise based in Oahu, Hawaii. She was recently honored as Filipino Businesswoman of the Year at the Filipino Business Women's Association Kimona Ball held 3 November 2006.

The business, a joint venture with her husband, Joe Berardy, had its beginnings in 1991 when they opened their first retail store, South Seas Mercantile and Trading Company at the Dole Cannery.

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New Agreements Strengthen Educational Home Ties and Returnability
For the past eight years Brigham Young University Hawaii has been conservatively developing relationships with various universities and developing programs that enable our international students to maintain stronger educational ties with their homelands and enhance their opportunities for returnability.

Dr. Keith Roberts, BYU-Hawaii Vice President of Academics, explains these agreements and programs fall into three broad categories: agreements with other universities that affect incoming students, students in-country, and exiting students. Some are formal articulation agreements that are dubbed 3+1.

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Iosepa’s Fifth Anniversary: Navigating New Waters
In an unforgettable ceremony, November 3, 2001, the Iosepa was dedicated and launched at Hukilau Beach in Laie, Hawaii. Over 3,000 local community members and special guests joined in the unique celebration.

Exactly five years later, November 3, 2006, at the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC), representatives of BYU–Hawaii, the PCC, and the Hawaiian Studies program gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversary of this launching—as well as the ongoing development of the cooperative venture connecting the Hawaiian Studies sailing program with the PCC’s Hawaiian Village.

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