| ITEP: Expanding Teacher Training Efforts | |
Since 1991 the Church Educational System (CES) and BYU–Hawaii have worked together to provide well-trained, qualified teachers for Church schools in the Pacific Islands. Their joint effort now includes 15 schools, 400 teachers, and 6,000 students in the islands of Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, and New Zealand. In those countries BYU–Hawaii’s International Teacher Education Program (ITEP) provides education courses, inservice training and workshops, other degree courses, and now, through a generous gift from Ira and Mary Lou Fulton, computer labs in Tonga.
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| BYU Animation Team Shares Skills in Polynesia | |
By Mike Foley
A BYU-Provo animation professor and a team of his students have been working over the past year to capture a Polynesian legend and share their skills through workshops this week for students at BYU-Hawaii and later in Samoa.
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| Renowned Harvard Scholar Named as New BYU-Hawaii President
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SALT LAKE CITY — A man internationally known for his ability to solve complex managerial problems and foresee future business trends will be taking his expertise to the Pacific as the new president of Brigham Young University—Hawaii.
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| Elder Oaks warns grads against 'voluntary slavery' | |
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles admonished the 235 new BYU-Hawaii graduate candidates gathered in front of faculty, family and friends in the Cannon Activities Center this morning, "Don't be a slave."
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| PCC opens new home for BYUH's Iosepa | |
It was a classic Laie event on June 25 when a small party of Polynesian Cultural Center board of director members, Presidents' Leadership Council donors and special guests, community kupuna and employees gathered for the private dedication of Halau Wa'a O Iosepa - the new 85-foot-long, 43-feet-wide and almost 40-feet-high home for BYU-Hawaii's iconic voyaging canoe, the 57-foot traditional twin-hulled Iosepa:
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| Wheelwright Says Innovation, Coupled with Inspiration, Will Help BYU-Hawaii Accomplish its Goals | |
BYU-Hawaii President Steven C. Wheelwright told students and faculty at the annual convocation that knowledge of innovation—coupled with inspiration—will help the university accomplish its goals.
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| BYU-H Choir Presents First Concert in China | |
URUMQI, Xinjiang, China — Over 5,000 people filled the new multipurpose Xinjiang University Gymnasium on May 10 to hear the BYU-Hawaii Concert Choir give its first public performance in this far-western Chinese city.
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| President Shumway Called to Preside over Tonga Temple This Fall | |
BYU-Hawaii President Eric B. Shumway announced to his President's Council on February 2 that the First Presidency recently called him and his wife, Carolyn Merrill Shumway, to serve as president and matron, respectively, of the Nuku'alofa Tonga Temple, starting in fall 2007.
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