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Iosepa’s Maiden Voyage

Choir Tour:Japan & Korea

Campus ofChampions

Iosepa’s Maiden Voyage

Choir Tour:Japan & Korea

Campus ofChampions


Aloha!

As I look forward to our Golden Jubileein 2005 and think back on my own 38years on this campus, I still marvel at

how BYU-Hawai‘i and its companion of theheart, the Polynesian Cultural Center, areincreasingly fulfilling what David O. McKay fore-told as he stood in the sugar cane fields of L

_a‘ie

overlooking the vast Pacific half a century ago. President McKay’s declarations—that this

campus would refine men and women ofintegrity to become leaders in establishing peacein the world, and that this little town wouldentice millions to see its significance—ring moreprofoundly today than ever. It is humbling to bepart of the evolution of these words, yet all of ushere sense that the combined role he envisionedfor these two institutions is just beginning.

These are exciting times in L_a‘ie! In 2003-04,

we celebrated the largest graduating class in ourhistory, with 600 total graduates. Two-hundred-fifty of those students came from outside the Unit-ed States. We also enhanced our ability to help thegraduates return to their home countries byexpanding our international internship efforts, asyou’ll see in subsequent articles in this magazine.

Our reputation grew through assessments byU.S. News and World Report and Consumers Digest,which rated BYU-Hawai‘i as the “top value” among

all private universities in the U.S. This summer, ourconcert choir completed a triumphant tour of Japanand Korea, in which they sang in premier concerthalls and were the first Christian entity ever to singat Tokyo’s hallowed Meiji Shrine. Our voyagingcanoe, Iosepa, with its university crew, also complet-ed a successful maiden voyage to the shores of “the

Big Island” of Hawai‘i. You can read more about allof these noteworthy items in this issue.

Finally, I invite all of our readers to make plansto visit our campus during our Jubilee year.Housing is tight, but we’ll make room for you!Please plan early, and particularly prepare to comeduring our big Jubilee Week, October 16-23,2005. As we like to say here, visit BYU-Hawai‘i(or come again)—it will change your life forever.

Mahalo,

President McKay’s declarations—that this campuswould refine men and women of integrity to becomeleaders in establishing peace in the world, and that

this little town would entice millions to see its signif-icance—ring more profoundly today than ever.

Eric B. Shumway, PresidentBrigham Young University Hawai‘i


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Table of Contents

Features

Iosepa Sets Sail on Maiden Voyage to Kawaihae 2Perfect Harmony:

Concert Choir Enthralls Japan and Korea 8Holy Radiant Light Shines 14

on Historic Meiji Performance

Queen of Tonga Visits 16

DepartmentsTrade Winds – Major Campus Initiatives 17

Bringing Home the Spirit of AlohaExpanding World of InternshipsTongan Infrastructure Project

Soundings – An Example of Faculty Research 26Deposit on Destiny: Entrepreneurship Center Enhances Returnability

Campus Profiles 30Discover BYU-Hawai‘i’s Natural History Museum

Currents – What’s Happening on Campus 34Jubilee Year ApproachingRobotics Competition, U.S. News, 2004 Graduating Class

‘Sider Sightings – Updates on Athletics 38Molding Champions: Profile of Tennis Coach David PorterCampus of Champions: 22 National Titles

Alumni ‘Ohana 43Alumni President’s Report/LetterMother for All Seasons: Beth Uale is Hawai‘i Mother of the YearAlumni Chapter Chair Directory

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Two Hawaiian words everyone on Iosepa needs to knoware huki–pull, and kuleana–the responsibility of workingtogether and watching out for one another, as in a family.

Iosepa, BYU-Hawai‘i’s 57-foot wa‘a kaulua, or traditional twin-hulledHawaiian voyaging canoe, left the glassy waters off Hukilau Beach in L

_a‘ie

on May 20 about 2:30 a.m. and spent the next 24 hours traveling toKawaihae on the Kohala coast of the island of Hawai‘i.

On the morning of July 23, the Iosepa slipped back into L_a‘ie Bay, culminating

a nine-week excursion that marked its maiden voyage away from the windwardshores of O‘ahu.

William Kauaiwi‘ulaokalani “Uncle Bill” Wallace III, director of the JonathanN

_apela Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies at BYU-Hawai‘i,

explained that Iosepa’s first trip away from the shores of L_a‘ie was an important

part of the program and training of the crew.The crew was comprised of Hawaiian Studies faculty, students, alumni,

community members, a BYU-Hawai‘i video documentary team and experiencedcrew members from the voyaging canoe, Makali‘i. Alaka‘i, the Makali‘i escortvessel, accompanied Iosepa on its maiden voyage.

Crewmembers report Iosepa is very responsive to its two large hoe or steeringsweeps when it’s in the water. “When we got into Alenuih

_ah

_a Channel [between Maui

and the Big Island], it was rough, but it was a good test. The swells were running threeto five feet and were coming from different directions. Some may have been bigger.Iosepa rode those swells really well,” says Uncle Bill.

‘Ohana with Makali‘iIt is because Makali‘i captains and crew were willing to accept the kuleana of

training the BYU-Hawai‘i leaders and crew that Iosepa, as a sign of Polynesianprotocol and respect, made its maiden voyage to the Makali‘i homeport ofKawaihae. The wa‘a stayed there for just over two months while the crewunderwent training and helped bring Makali‘i out of dry dock.

Uncle Bill stressed that his cousin, the late captain Clay “Cap” Bertelmann,and the current captain, Chadd Paishon—both veteran open-ocean sailorsaboard the H

_ok

_ule‘a and Makali‘i—have played key roles in training him and the

other Iosepa crewmembers.“Whenever we’ve gone to the Big Island, they’ve treated us like family,” Uncle Bill

said, indicating this concept extends to all the Polynesian voyaging canoes, includingthe “mama of them all,” H

_ok

_ule‘a, which left for the leeward Hawaiian islands about

the time Iosepa set sail. Bertelmann was captain for the launching of Iosepa at HukilauBeach on November 3, 2001, and Paishon served as captain on this maiden voyage.

Though patches of snow could still be seen on 13,792-foot Mauna Kea in the distancewhen Iosepa arrived, Kawaihae was hot and humid. The wa‘a docked next to the metalcorrugated warehouse Makali‘i uses, which is usually so hot the crew sleeps outside onthe pier at night. Iosepa has six covered cots in the hulls, which crew watches use inshifts when the canoe is at sea.


“We’re all a family,” Uncle Bill said,thanking Makali‘i and its nonprofitorganization, N

_a K

_alai Wa‘a Moku o

Hawai‘i. “Within the familymembership, we all have differentkuleana. We’re all in this together.”

The Teaching CanoeUncle Bill emphasized that Iosepa

“is truly a teaching canoe” and anintegral part of the Hawaiian Studiesprogram. “Student members of thecrew must maintain a 2.0 grade pointaverage and have completed or becurrently enrolled in m

_alama ‘

_aina and

m_alama kai—preserving land and sea

heritage—classes.”All crewmembers are expected to

help at Kahuaola—the program’sagricultural plot mauka [inland] of thecampus—pass a rigorous swimmingtest, and be thoroughly trained inseamanship and safety responsibilities.

Iosepa has a “man overboard” safetybuoy on the stern attached to over 3,000feet of line. If the overboard situationarises, each crewmember is trained onwhat to do. Still, when Uncle Bill “felloverboard” one afternoon off Kawaihae,it turned into an excellent object lesson.

Hawaiian Studies professor andIosepa quartermaster Kamoa‘e Walksaid each crewmember must knowhow to tie eight knots, including: thedouble half-hitch, used to tie off otherknots; the clove hitch, to tie ropes tothe rail; the square knot, for tying thesail to the spar and boom; the sheetbend, for joining different-sized ropes;the sheepshank, for temporarilyshortening ropes (“You never want tocut a rope unless you have to,” Walkadvised); the figure-eight, to finish offlashings; bowline on a bite, to createleverage in keeping lines taut; and thebowline, “mother of all knots.”

“There are a couple of miles ofrope on the canoe,” said Walk.“Everybody needs to know theseeight, so that if you tie a knot andsomebody else comes along, theyknow what kind of knot it is.

“Every knot that’s used on thecanoe has its specific purpose. Thereare other knots, but these canbasically come undone easily. If youstay on the canoe long enough, therewill be a pressure situation where youneed to tie these knots quickly.”

Walk also told the crew that whilepracticing the knots with a small

piece of kaula or rope may seem easy,“try doing it with a one-inch linewhen you’re standing on the pitchingdeck of the canoe and you’re trying todo it with one hand, or it’s dark.”

At sea, discipline and teamworkoverarch everything that happens. Thespirit of teaching, helping one anotherand ‘ohana [family] shine through;and every time Iosepa comes in from atraining run, the crew takes down bothsails, folds them neatly and stowsthem, coils and arranges all ropes,waits patiently while one washeseverything off with fresh water, listensto feedback from the captain, thenjoins hands in Hawaiian-style pule—prayer—before disembarking.

“By the time you leave, you’regoing to know what to do,” saidPaishon at the training sessions.“That’s our kuleana, to get you folksready at a moment’s notice to knowwhat to do.” Indeed, after manyhours of drills, tacking and jibbing,the crew reached that point beforethey left Kawaihae.

“I’m proud of all the crewmemberswe have. They’ve done very, very


Iosepa crew members straighten out the sail for storage after its voyage.


well,” Uncle Bill reported. “They’restrong physically, but most important,they’re strong spiritually.”

Life LessonsUncle Bill said the canoe training

instills lessons far beyond seamanship. “Iosepa has made me more aware of

my kuleana,” he explained. “Mytestimony has grown a hundred-foldfrom all of the experiences. We’veseen the hand of the Lord directingthis whole project. We’ve seenmiracles happen right before our eyes.We’ve seen people’s lives change.

“I knew this was happeningbecause, number one, we were doingthe right thing. Number two, the canoeis critical in helping us spread thegospel and touch the lives of everyonewe visit; and three, Iosepa helpsstrengthen our students to realize thesacrifices made by our ancestors—notonly in traversing the ocean, but alsoin accepting the gospel.”

For the maiden voyage, eachcrewmember was allowed to bring onboard a 48-quart cooler containing allpersonal belongings, including clothes,toiletries, weather gear, safetyequipment, a journal, and a shirt andtie or skirt and blouse to wear whenthey attend Church.

Other leaders and crewmembersagree. Hawaiian Studies projectdirector and Iosepa watch captainKawika Eskaran (‘84)—who alongwith Tuione Pulotu, a former labormissionary originally from Tonga,carved the canoe in 2001—recognizeshe stands “in the line of some of thegreat navigators and canoe builders.This has been a lifelong dream.

“I look at Iosepa, and my mindcan turn back to the fabrication ofevery piece. I think the mostimportant thing for me wasbecoming connected to myancestors in the building andconstruction,” he said. “We’ve hadindividuals from our past return andgive us instructions on how to buildthings—real sacred moments. We’veeach had our own experiencesdirected to our kuleana. It’sstrengthened my testimony in thepower of prayer.”



P_omai Bertelmann, an experienced

sailor who is the daughter of ClayBertelmann and wife of Paishon, alsosees that “the whole ride we’ve beenon, from the time we started withH

_ok

_ul‘ea, comes from spirituality. My

grandparents were so strong. Theytaught my dad. That same foundationhas carried over to the canoe. I wouldlike to think that faith has spannedthese generations.”

“As we were coming to Moloka‘i[on the first leg of the voyage], it wascloudy; but as we got closer, all of thebad weather moved out of the way. Atanother point, we could see it raining;but as we got closer, the bad weathermoved to the side. We had a clearpath all the way,” said Iosepa watchcaptain “Sir” William K. Wallace IV,Uncle Bill’s son.

Crewmember Tereiha “Bubba”Hapi, a Maori student from Hastings,New Zealand, experienced sacredmoments during her first time at sea.

“As the sun was about to rise, I hadan overwhelming feeling of gratitudefor my ancestors, for my HeavenlyFather blessing them and guiding themto our land,” she said. “I had thatcomforting feeling through the wholejourney that Heavenly Father was with

us, guiding our canoe and our captains.I know our strength came from Him.”

“On the whole, working withIosepa is a very spiritual experience,”added crewmember Julia NoelaniLowe, a 2003 Hawaiian Studiesgraduate from L

_a‘ie. “We always pray

over meals, show appreciation for thehelp, and ask for continued assistancefrom Heavenly Father.”

Gravesite DevotionalPerhaps the most important part of

the training at Kawaihae included a two-hour sunrise devotional at the gravesiteof captain Clay “Cap” Bertelmann in theold LDS cemetery in Waimea, about a20-minute drive mauka [inland] ofwhere Iosepa was docked.

Before entering the cemetery, UncleBill explained that some Maori believethey enter another world when theyvisit the graves of deceased familymembers, and they wash their handsbefore leaving as a sign they are re-entering the world.

As cool morning breezes sweptover them, Paishon, Bertelmann andIosepa’s crew circled the grave, sangCap’s favorite song—Pule Maluhia[Secret Prayer] and prayed hui lima—holding hands. Then, starting with

Uncle Bill, each person expressed hisor her feelings. Like many Latter-daySaint devotionals, there were a fewlaughs and a lot of tears.

As the crew left the cemetery foranother full day of training, somewashed their hands in an old sink onthe grounds, and everyone walkedaway feeling more spiritual.

Elder M. Russell Ballard, the great-grandson of Joseph F. Smith, said in hisdedication of the canoe on November 3,2001, “I have a strong feeling that he andhis Hawaiian ‘mama’ [Ma Manuhi‘i] arefully aware and looking in on thisoccasion that we celebrate today.”President Smith, who served severalmissions in Hawai‘i starting in 1854, wascalled Iosepa in Hawaiian and is thenamesake for both the canoe and thehistorical Polynesian community of thatname in Skull Valley, Utah.

Special Lu’au and PresentationOn June 24, BYU-Hawai‘i President

Eric B. Shumway accompanied specialguest Ira A. Fulton, PolynesianCultural Center President Von D.Orgill, other guests and BYU-Hawai‘iofficers on a sail aboard Iosepa off theshores of Kawaihae.


Ira A. Fulton (bottom row, center, wearing lei), friend to BYU-Hawai‘i and benefactor for Iosepa’s maiden voyage, poses with Uncle Bill Wallace (at Fulton’s left shoul-der, in the white shirt) and the Iosepa crew and guests after the morning’s voyage off the shores of Kawaihae.


Fulton, an Arizona businessmanand member of the BYU-Hawai‘i/PCCPresidents’ Executive LeadershipCouncil, has generously supportedmany university initiatives. He wasthe sole funding sponsor for Iosepa’smaiden voyage.

After the voyage, the BYU-Hawai‘iparty and Iosepa crew presented acanoe boom as a gift to Makali‘i andits N

_a K

_alai Wa‘a Moku o Hawai‘i

organization, to be used on a canoethey are building for Pius “Papa Mau”Piailug. A Micronesian from Satawal,Piailug restored traditional navigationamong Polynesians, starting withH

_ok

_ul‘ea in the mid-1970s.

After Uncle Bill chanted inHawaiian and explained the gift,President Shumway—a noted experton Tonga—addressed N

_a K

_alai Wa‘a

in oratorical Tongan, then explained,“This is a very historical day, probablymore than any of us realize.

“Iosepa brings hearts together,” hesaid. “Iosepa is a link between us andthe past and between us and thefuture. It is not an icon or an artifact.The symbolism of this is that we sailtogether as a family into the future.When the world is in commotion,love is here. That’s what Iosepa says.Iosepa will bless the lives of manypeople. Iosepa unites us all.”

“For us, it’s always been aboutsailing as a family. Our community isour family,” captain Paishonresponded, referring to the N

_a K

_alai

Wa‘a members surrounding him.“That’s the first thing we noticedabout Iosepa.”

The day’s events also included alü‘au, sponsored and prepared by thecommunity members of N

_a K

_alai Wa‘a

and Waimea 2nd Ward Bishop GlennBertelmann, Clay’s brother.

Kupuna, Kisses and TestimoniesAfter stopping briefly on

Moloka‘i, where Uncle Bill grew up,Iosepa returned to Hukilau Beach onJuly 23. Accompanied by seashelltrumpets, the crew swam ashore andembraced the welcoming kupuna[Hawaiian elders], family, friends,university officials and students. Itwas a moment of pride, filled withaloha spirit; and this spirit rose evenhigher the following Sunday when

crewmembers shared theirtestimonies during a fireside in thecampus ballroom.

“We truly felt your aloha while wewere out there,” says Hawaiian Studiesinstructor Ka‘umealani Walk. “We neverfelt that we were in danger.” Her husbandand two sons are also Iosepacrewmembers.

Kawika Eskaran expressed hisgratitude for Uncle Bill, captain-in-training. “None of us are sailors, not aone,” he said. “Uncle Bill took onresponsibilities that I myself didn’twant to accept in the early stages ofthe project. Uncle Bill stepped up andperformed beautifully.”

Eskaran also praised the unity ofthe crew. “I can truly say that I wouldsail with them any place. We trustourselves to the point now wherewe’re willing to put our lives in oneanother’s hands.”

President Shumway acknowledgedthat “a great deal of confidence wasput on this group.

“Iosepa represents the very bestof what L

_a‘ie means, and what BYU-

Hawai‘i, the Polynesian CulturalCenter and the [LDS L

_a‘ie] Temple

mean,” he said. “It means inclusion.Even though it’s part of theHawaiian Studies program, it wasnever exclusively Hawaiian. It wasinclusively all of Polynesia, theChurch, L

_a‘ie, and the aloha spirit

so well represented by ourHawaiian people here in L

_a‘ie that

was embraced by and infused intoevery person who touched thisproject in any way.”

“On the canoe, we had 14 or 15 whobrought the Iosepa back from Moloka‘i,but it felt there were hundreds who werethere besides us, carrying us along,bringing us along,” says “Sir” William K.Wallace IV.

Uncle Bill paid tribute to all of thecrew and “voyaging ‘ohana. You’re allsome of the most wonderful peopleI’ve ever met and had the chance towork with in my life,” he said.

He then held up a picture montageof his ancestors at Iosepa in Utah andexplained how it “allowed me to hear

the voice of my grandfather when …he said the name of that canoe is tobe Iosepa.”

“Our ancestors are always withus,” he said. “We’re the beneficiariesof their faith. I hope my life can belived as worthily as my grandfather’sand grandmother’s. They were trulyvoyagers of faith. They were the oneswho laid the foundation for all of us.”

“Iosepa will continue to live onlyas long as we can continue tomaintain our faith in the gospel,” headded. “This is just the beginning,and the Lord has many, many morethings for us to do.”

Iosepa was built with funds fromthe W. K. Kellogg Foundation, underthe direction of master carvers Pulotuand Eskaran. BYU-Hawai‘i studentsand hundreds of community membersparticipated in its construction, andthousands attended its dedication atHukilau Beach.



When the 50 members of BYU-Hawai‘i’sConcert Choir began their 18-day tour ofJapan and Korea in the spring of 2004, they

had just an inkling of the tremendous outpouring ofenergy and love their visit would generate.

Perhaps the tour’s reverberations were describedbest by two long-time BYU-Hawai‘i leaders who werecritical to its success.

“The tour did many good things,” said Eric B.Shumway, president of the university. “It brought joy toeveryone who heard the choir. It helped validate and givehigh credibility to BYU-Hawai‘i. It provided a livingexample of excellence and beauty and harmonious sound.Thousands felt the Holy Spirit during and after theconcerts when they mingled with the choir members.”

After the trip, President Shumway asked Dr. James A.Smith, director of the Concert Choir for 30 years, what

moment he felt was the most inspirational. “Which hourof the tour are you talking about?” Smith responded.

Widespread InfluenceAccompanied by President Shumway and his wife,

Carolyn, ten tour leaders and a BYU television crew, thechoir first flew to Tokyo, proceeded to Busan, Korea,traveled north by bus to Daejeon and Seoul, and thenreturned to Osaka and Kyoto, Japan.

The choir performed six concerts to sold-out crowds,averaging 1,400 people per venue. This included theprestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Opera City Concert Hall andthe Seoul Arts Center, two of the premier concert halls of Asia.

The choir presented firesides in Busan, Seoul, andKyoto, and separated into smaller groups to provide fivemore firesides in Tokyo and eight Sunday sacramentservices in Seoul.


Concert Choir Enthralls Japan and Korea


The ensemble also sang at Tokyo’s hallowed MeijiShrine—the first Christian group ever to perform there—visited the office of the mayor of Osaka, performed in hotel lobbies, and orchestrated impromptu renditionsbefore groups of newly-found friends. Overall, the choirperformed or interacted with an estimated 10,000 people.

The tour attracted newspaper and magazine articles,television reports and radio talk shows in both countries. A90-minute joint concert with Ewha Women’s University wasaired over Seoul Broadcasting System, and seven studentsjoined BYU-Hawai‘i alumnus P.J. Rogers on the mostpopular morning radio show in Korea.

But all of this fails to define the real impact of the tour onmembers and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and on the credibility of BYU-Hawai‘i in Japan andKorea. Stories of inspiration abound, along with miracles thatunfolded through the group’s preparations and travels.



“Going into this tour, I had highexpectations. We had been preparingfor more than two years, and I felt wewere ready,” said Smith. “Even then,the tour far exceeded all of myexpectations. It was one of the finestactivities I have been involved with inmy entire time at BYU-Hawai‘i.”

“Our hearts are overflowing withgratitude,” Carolyn Shumway said. “Agood title for the tour could be HolyRadiant Light. This is one of thegreatest songs from the tour, wherethe choir has the privilege of singingdirectly to the Savior. His ‘HolyRadiant Light’ was with us in anamazing way from the beginning tothe end of the tour, with its brightrays beaming from Dr. Smith andspreading throughout the faithfulchoir and every other tour member.”

Energetic ConcertsNaturally, the choir’s lights shone

brightest at their concerts. With song,instrumentation, and dance, the studentsenraptured the audiences throughouttheir two-hour performances.

The repertoire negotiated throughclassics like

Mozart’s Agnus Dei and Lauridsen’s OMagnum Mysterium, into the belovedtraditions of Japan and Korea, Sakuraand Arirang, and on to American folktunes like Oh Susanna and the African-American spiritual My God is so High.

During intermission, the studentschanged from formal to aloha attireand re-entered the stage to rousingapplause. A subsequent Hawaiiansegment included a “couples hula”and a beautiful hula to the songWaika by Kieiki Kahalepuna, BYU-Hawai‘i’s student associationpresident. The song included a tenorsolo by Cy Wood.

The entourage also featured twoworld-class musicians: MichaelBelnap, a Pavarotti-trained tenorwho recently moved from IndianaUniversity to BYU-Hawai‘i, andChad Shumacher, a senior fromKauai who has entered the master’sprogram at the prestigious EastmanSchool of Music in New York.Belnap stirred audiences with

Funiculi, Funicula, while Shumachercaressed the keyboards to Bach,Beethoven, and Rachmaninof pieces.

The concerts concluded with encorerenditions of the revered pioneeranthem Come, Come Ye Saints, with thefinal verse in Japanese or Korean,followed by the universally belovedHawaiian farewell, Aloha ‘Oe.

Every performance inspired anoutpouring of affection between thechoir and its audiences. After theencores, choir members grabbeduniversity lapel pins and raced to thelobby to pass the pins to old and newfriends, investigators, and missionaries.Over the next half-hour or more, thelobby would remain packed withenthusiastic crowds.

Smith described these scenes withfondness: “Over 1,000 people in joyfulconversation, missionaries introducingtheir investigators to choir members, along line of people to buy a choir CD,people posing for pictures with choirmembers, many VIPs warmlybowing and thanking me for thewonderful concert. Thesewere significantmoments for theChurch and forBYU-Hawai‘iin Asia.”


Sayaka Ishikawa and Emi Iume of the Meiji Shrine present bouquets of appreciation to Dr. James Smith dur-ing the concert in Tokyo. Bottom l to r, choir members embrace children at the Kyoto fireside; the manager ofDorasan train station gives Dr. Allen and the choir an exclusive tour; the ancient feudal castle, Osaka-jo;choir members pose with missionaries at Kyeongju; Kieiki Kahalepuna performs hula. Previous page, choirperforms at Seoul Arts Center; right, famous Kinkakuji shrine in Kyoto; background, skyline of Yokohama,where one of the choir groups traveled for a fireside.


“I met many audience memberswho glowed with excitement andthanked us for our performance. Itmade all of the hard work worth ourevery effort,” said choir presidentIvalani Bradshaw. “Many people toldme how much they felt the spiritthrough our music; I felt like wewere successful in delivering theLord’s message.”

The university donated its concertproceeds to charitable causes identifiedby local committees. Because all of theconcerts sold out, funds for thecharities were plentiful.

In Japan, checks were presented toMs. Chizuko Boone of Vaccines for theWorld’s Children—a Japan-basedorganization headed by Mrs. KayokoHosokawa, wife of former PrimeMinister Morihiro Hosokawa.Contributions in Korea went tosuperintendents of education in eachcity to provide scholarships fororphaned youth.

“The charity aspect of the concertsleft a very favorable impression on all

who attended and participated,”said Elder William R. Walker,

an Area Authority Seventyand first counselor in

the Asia NorthArea Presidencyof the LDS

Church, whoaccompanied thechoir throughout

Japan.

Cultural ExperiencesAway from the concerts, the choir

was exposed to a variety of experiences.Guided by Dr. Michael Allen, associatedean of the College of Arts and Sciencesand cultural advisor for the tour, thestudents visited several treasures.

In Tokyo, along with their visit toMeiji Shrine and a session at the LDSTemple, the students toured EdoMuseum and Asakusa. In Osaka, theystayed at the New Otani Hoteloverlooking the ancient castle, Osaka-jo.

The group was escorted aroundKyoto by volunteers who showed themRyoanji, with its famous rock garden;Kinkakuji (gold temple); the oldsamurai fortress Nijoujo; andKiyomizudera, a Buddhist shrine. Themembers of Kyoto Stake then engagedthe choir in a cultural fireside, completewith traditional dancing and taiko.

In Korea, the entourage visited theancient mountain village of Kyeongjuand hiked to ruins that marked the oldtrade routes into China. They visitedthe Korean Folk Village, said to bepatterned after the Polynesian CulturalCenter, and spent time at the 38thparallel that has divided North andSouth Korea since the Korean War.

At many stops, the students addedtheir own impromptu presentations. Inthe folk village, for example, after theyobserved a dance ritual in anamphitheatre along with young schoolchildren and their endearing teacher,Allen used his Korean fluency topersuade the teacher to keep herchildren there for a few moremoments. Seven choir vocalists, led bySelby Fauatea of Samoa, then jumpedin front of the children and, to theamusement of the tourists still millingaround, unleashed a Maori haka!

Spiritual High NotesAmong numerous inspirational

moments, a few particularlyexemplified the “holy radiant light”that emanated to everyone who cameinto contact with the choir.

On Korea’s 38th parallel, the groupstopped at Dorasan train station. Builtin anticipation of reunification with theNorth, the station is immaculate, withticket booths, immigrationcheckpoints, and signage. Outside,tracks stretch beyond the border.

When the choir entered the lobbyfor what was to be a brief stop, it wasempty. But while Allen was talking, thestation manager emerged from hisoffice. Allen turned to him and beganconversing in Korean. The managerwas so impressed he volunteered toescort the choir to the tracks andwaived the $5 per head fee.

Outside, the manager described thestation, pointed to military towers oneither side of the border, and posed forphotos. Suddenly, a train from Seoulpulled into the station – an arrivalwhich occurs only three times daily.

Back in the lobby, the choir sangto the manager. By then, more than100 people were present. Among thetourists were two Americans whohad just completed two-year LDSmissions in Korea and were touringwith their families.

The choir sang Arirang, whichAllen stated now symbolizes Koreanreunification, then Aloha ‘Oe. WhenSmith apologized for not having a gift,the manager replied, “Your singingwas the greatest gift anyone has evergiven to me.”



Robert Wakefield, BYU-Hawai‘idirector of communications and tourleader, described the lobby scene:

“When the students started singing,”he said, “every eye turned and becameriveted to the choir. After a fewmeasures, many were already moved totears. Afterwards, the people seemed towonder what they had just seen, andthe missionaries casually started to goaround and explain.

“Here was an example of howthe Lord puts into place what Hewants to happen,” Wakefieldcontinued. “We planned just a briefstop, but stayed for 40 minutesbecause Michael Allen befriendedthe manager. Then, tourists justhappen to show up, includingmissionaries who can explain inKorean what the people felt whilewatching the students.

“Who knows who may have felt ataste of the gospel that day, but allthose puzzle pieces have to be beyondcoincidence.”

Kenji Ito, assistant manager ofOsaka’s New Otani Hotel, also wasmoved by the students.

On the morning of the final concert,the choir held a two-hour testimony

meeting. Beforehand, Ito helped set upa slide presentation arranged byDebbie Frampton, a tour leader andphotographer. Two hours later,students noticed he was still standingoutside the room!

Vicky Walker, at the meeting withher husband, Elder Walker, spoke toIto: “He told me that when he sawuniversity students bearingtestimonies in this setting, he knewthere was something very differentabout these students than any hehad ever seen.”

Ito was moved again at the concert,as he received hugs from the studentsafterwards, and as the entourage badehim aloha ‘oe the following morning.

“After the concert,” said ElderWalker, “my wife asked him how heenjoyed the choir’s wonderfulperformance. He replied to her: ‘It wasbeautiful. However, I don’t understandwhy I kept getting water in my eyes. Ihaven’t had that happen to me before.’”

“Miniature” MiraclesSeveral other exchanges along the

tour were influential in touching people.One of the tour guides in Kyoto was

investigating the Church, and

encountered tour manager JoelKongaika’s usual warm friendship. Shelater sent an email to Kongaika sayingshe will be baptized.

John Dorff, BYU-Hawai‘i alumnichair in Tokyo, said investigators of theChurch reported that when they heardthe choir sing the fourth verse of Come,Come Ye Saints in Japanese, they finallyunderstood what it is like to feel thespirit of the Holy Ghost.

Doug Shumway, vice president ofthe choir who served a mission inPeru, met a couple who were visitingTokyo for a convention. He spoke tothe couple in Spanish, invited them tothe concert, and has remained incontact with the couple.

“On this tour, I felt the magnitudeof love that God has for the Koreanand Japanese people, and we were ableto help them feel that love through thespirit conveyed in our music,”Shumway said.

Choir member Joseph Moore alsonoticed the choir’s influence. “Aftera concert in Busan, I was able tobear my testimony to a young manwho was taking the discussionsfrom the missionaries,” he said. “Irealized the tour wasn’t just another




gig but that we were trulyrepresentatives of the university aswell as of Jesus Christ.”

Bradshaw added, “I felt sopoignantly that the Lord had preparedme for many years, through mymusical and spiritual experiences, toshare his gospel to a group of people indistant lands who were also beingprepared to receive His spirit.”

So, after two years of anticipation,the tour to Japan and Korea has enteredthe books as one of the most successfultours in BYU-Hawai‘i history.

“In those 18 days the Lord madecelebrities out of students, royalty outof commoners, and missionaries out ofmembers,” said Shumacher. “He madethe weak things of the world strong.”

Carolyn Shumway attributed thesuccess to preparation. “The carefulplanning done by Jim Smith, RobWakefield, Michael Allen, and JoelKongaika cannot be underestimated,”she said. “We especially cannot sayenough about Joel and the fantasticjob he did in setting up all the

details…. We also had 200 percentsupport of local Church leaders inJapan and Korea, who filled thebeautiful concert halls to capacity withwonderfully enthusiastic audiences.”

“We were overwhelmed by thework and energy put into thepromotion and handling of our tourin both Japan and Korea,” Smithconcurred. “The national committeesand the individuals who organizedand carried out the day-to-day detailsof our tour were wonderful.”

Elder Walker said the North AsiaArea Presidency had “positive feelings”about the tour.

“We are grateful that the choircame to our area,” he said. “Wehave receivednumerousreports withglowing

praise for the choir. Theysuccessfully radiated goodness andwere excellent examples of faithfulyoung saints. We are confident thatall who attended the concerts leftwith good feelings and very positiveimpressions of the university andthe Church.”

Elder Won Yong Ko, second counselorin the Asia North Area Presidency wholives in Korea, concurred.

“I feel so blessed to have thischoir visit Korea and open up somany gates for the Church,” he said.“We have enjoyed the aloha spirit,and many people’s hearts and mindshave been touched.”

Left, choir poses in front of the historical Imperial Palace in Kyoto. Right,Choir member Sarah Clements teaches a hula step to Meiji Shrine youthleader Sayaka Ishikawa at the shrine's cultural hall.



May 21, 2004, was set to be an historic day in Japanfor BYU-Hawai‘i and The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints—and weather reporters were

anticipating a typhoon.The BYU-Hawai‘i Concert Choir had been invited to sing in

the inner sanctum of Meiji Shrine, the heart of Japan’s Shintoreligion, at the beginning of its 18-day tour of Asia. It markedthe first time ever a Christian organization would perform atthe shrine, and the choir was to stand on ground reserved onlyfor the Japanese Imperial family or an occasional head of state.

However, May is the rainy season in Japan, and Tokyo alreadyhad weathered 16 straight days of downpours. Newscasterspredicted a typhoon was to skirt Tokyo the day of the Meiji visit,promising to douse the performance by keeping visitors away.

Sure enough, when the day dawned the city wasblanketed with clouds and rain. Prospects for theafternoon visit looked dismal.

But this historic day was destined for miracles. In theTokyo Temple on the choir’s first day in Japan, a prayerpleaded for a successful tour. After hearing the forecast,Osamu Sekiguchi, a member of the Tokyo tour committeewho arranged the Meiji visit, made his own prediction:

“I have faith it will be a sunny day tomorrow,” he declared.Rob Wakefield, the university’s communications director

and tour leader, explained what occurred the next morning.“It was amazing,” he said. “At 10:00, there was absolutely

no sun in sight. But about 30 minutes later the clouds had alldispersed and the sky was a gorgeous blue.”

Within the Hallowed WallsThe sun continued to embrace Tokyo as the choir

entered the gates of Meiji Jingu, as the shrine is called inJapan. After the group participated in a cleansing

ceremony, the priests escorted them inside the sacred wallsof the inner courtyard.

Elder William R. Walker, an Area Authority Seventy and firstcounselor in the Asia North Area Presidency of the LDS Church,and his wife, Vicky, joined BYU-Hawai‘i President Eric B.Shumway and his wife, Carolyn, in additional Shinto traditions.Then, with media recording the moment and tourists gazingthrough the walls, the choir sang the enduring pioneeranthem, Come, Come Ye Saints, and a beautiful hymn aboutthe Savior, Holy Radiant Light.

Elder Morris Sterrett, a public affairs missionary for theLDS Church who assisted with local arrangements, recordedthe experience:

“There was a spirit there that brought tears and swelledhearts,” he said. “One sensed that Heber J. Grant and thosewho served with him in opening Japan to the work of the Lordwere there. Even though the choir sang in the open air … thevolume was startling. Many choir members could hardly singbecause of the enormity of the Spirit, but felt that other voiceswere joining with them.”

Choir president Ivalani Bradshaw sensed the extra help.“The angels surely were singing with us,” she said. “Rays of

light broke through our music and a sweet breeze picked upbetween the musical numbers, making the trees rustle as ifeven nature were applauding.”

While the choir sang, Elder Walker sat next to the ChiefPriest, Mr. Katsushi Toyama. “The Chief Priest was verypleased with the choir’s performance at the shrine,” ElderWalker said. “He said to me: ‘I could really tell that theywere singing to God.’”

Leaving the courtyard, the Walkers and Shumways visitedwith Toyama while the choir was escorted to an on-site hall tointeract with youth from the shrine.

The youth ate together; then,led by student association

president KieikiKahalepuna, the

choir taught

Holy Radiant Light Shines on Historic Meiji Per



the Meiji youth how to hula. The Japanese reciprocated byteaching their guests the lively O bon matsuri dance.

“Although we did not speak the same language, we allunderstood the same humor,” Bradshaw recalled. “We werelike noisy college kids having a party and I felt such love andhappiness to have been a part of this day.”

The Miracle ContinuesAs the choir loaded onto their buses after the three-hour

experience, the miracle came full circle. Clouds appearedand rain threatened again as the buses arrived at the hotel.By the next morning Tokyo was engulfed by rain thatcontinued for several days.

“In a one-month period, there were about six hours wherethe sun shone down on Tokyo, and it was while the choir wasin Meiji Jingu,” said President Shumway. “We are very gratefulfor the Lord’s hand in this significant occasion.”

The day after the Meiji visit the choir performed to a sold-out crowd at the 2,200-seat Tokyo Metropolitan Opera CityConcert Hall. In attendance were the Meiji Shrine priests andyouth leaders who had hosted the choir. Before the finalmusical numbers, two women from the shrine, dressed inelegant kimono, presented the choir with gorgeous bouquets.

Significance of the PerformanceSome may wonder why Meiji Shrine would offer BYU-

Hawai‘i’s choir such an unprecedented invitation. Sekiguchiexplained that the visit renews an established relationshipbetween the Shrine and the LDS Church.

In the late 1800s, while traveling by rail across the UnitedStates, Shinto priests encountered a blizzard in Salt Lake City. Thepriests tarried for a week in Utah, where they met Church leadersand heard Come, Come Ye Saints. Positive reports of this visithave remained in Meiji logs ever since.

Toyama again visited Salt Lake City 25 yearsago. “Mr. Toyama told us he was kindlytreated,” said Elder Sterrett. “He waspresented a special plate, which he said isnow one of his treasured possessions.”

A few years ago another Meiji entourage traveled toUtah to investigate programs of the LDS Church. Theywere hosted by former presidents of Japan missions andtoured Brigham Young University and the Church’shumanitarian center.

“The Chief Priest was very grateful for the reception thathis youth received in Utah and he wanted to reciprocate whenthe choir came to visit,” said Elder Walker. “It was a goodillustration of how little kindnesses can lead to breakthroughsand big opportunities.”

Acting on these connections, Sekiguchi called the priests ofMeiji Shrine and asked if they would consider having the BYU-Hawai‘i choir perform there. The invitation to sing inside the“holy of holies” evolved from that call.

As for BYU-Hawai‘i and the Church, the significance of theinteraction may not be fully understood for many years. ButElder Walker confirmed its importance.

“Perhaps the most far reaching positive result of the choir’svisit may come from the warm relationship established withthe leadership of the Meiji Shrine,” he said. “As the mostimportant Shinto shrine in Japan, the formal visit andperformance at the Meiji Shrine was historic.”

The Meiji moment attracted considerable attention inTokyo. In addition to news articles, the event was mentionedon television and discussed on national radio talk shows.

The visit also energized LDS Church members. “Many Church members and stake leaders, in particular,

were amazed and delighted to hear of the warm receptionby the choir and two Church leaders at the Meiji Shrine,”reported Elder Walker. “It gives them a feeling of acceptancethat they have not often felt in Japanese society.”

on Historic Meiji Performance

Left to right, Choir performs in the inner sanctum of Meiji Shrine; Japaneseyouth teach the choir a traditional O-bon dance; Elder and Sister Walkerparticipate in a Shinto purification ritual



Visit from Royalty

H.R.H. Queen Halaevalu Mata’aho of the Kingdom of Tonga, wife of KingTaufa’ahau Tupou IV, visited campus in March for an interview with PresidentEric B. Shumway. President Shumway, a noted Tongan language scholar, will usethe interview in the final segment of a video trilogy he has produced on Tonganculture. Her Majesty and the Tongan students who visited with her were dressed inmourning black in honor of her son, Prince Ma’atu, who had recently passed away.



Wirasak Saakha is studying international businessmanagement at BYU-Hawai‘i and plans to

graduate in December 2005. On campus his friends callhim “Alan.” But he spent this summer again answering toWirasak after returning home to Thailand for an academicinternship with a multinational firm in Bangkok.

“I know that my country needs young men andwomen who are totally dedicated to their homeland,” hesaid. “This internship has really helped me prepare for

my future career. I know that God has already preparedthe work for me in Thailand, and I will contribute thebest I can to His kingdom—whatever He requires of me.”

Alan is just one of many students returning from BYU-Hawai‘i to a world that desperately needs them. “Fromthis school,” President David O. McKay declared, “will gomen and women whose influence will be felt for goodtowards the establishment of peace internationally.” Alanand the thousands of other students who have returned or

In Hawai‘i, aloha is expressed when coming and going. You are welcomed when youarrive, and when it is time to leave you carry it with you on your journey. This is

the aloha of Brigham Young University Hawai‘i; it nurtures students from all overthe world and prepares them to return home improved and ready to succeed.

Bringing Homethe Spirit of Aloha

A M E S S A G E F R O M T H E L D S F O U N D A T I O N— B Y B R A D O L S E N —


will return to their home regions arewhat return-ability is all about.

Return-ability DefinedReturn-ability permeates BYU-

Hawai‘i these days. But when I firstheard the term and went through mymental dictionary for a definition, Ithought maybe I had misheard.

Time spent with faculty,administrators, alumni, and students,however, has taught me that return-ability is most certainly a word. Infact, return-ability is more than aword. It is a principal and a goalcondensed into a single term.

Return-ability is the overall readinessof BYU-Hawai‘i students to not merelyreturn to their home regions but also tohave the wherewithal and connections tosucceed when they do return.

This is not a new concept. InJanuary 1973 at the dedication of theAloha Center, President Marion G.Romney, then of the First Presidency ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, gave the followinginstruction related to the university andits students: “This institution cannotfulfill its purposes if it is simply a way-station used by the students on theirway to the [United States] mainland.”

In order for the university not tobe simply a way station, it mustactively prepare students to return

home and succeed. That is whatreturn-ability is all about, and whytoday it is emphasized campus wide.

Getting From Here to ThereSpeaking to the faculty about return-

ability, President Eric B. Shumway said,“The overriding principle . . . is a

reaffirmation of the international missionof this campus—a mission that stresses astronger commitment to preparing menand women to be leaders in theinternational Church while serving theircommunities, nations, and families.”

BYU-Hawai‘i is committed todeveloping a culture that makes itmore desirable for internationalstudents to return home by insuringthey have the skills and connectionsto succeed there—financially,spiritually, and in every other way.

One effort that is drasticallyimproving the return-ability of BYU-Hawai‘i students is the return-abilityinternship program (see ExpandingWorld of Internships, p. 20).

Gene and Allyson Yamagata, friendsto the university, have done much tojump-start this program, providingfunds so that students can travel totheir international internships. Formany students the high cost of travelwould otherwise prohibit fulfilling aninternship at home.

Gratitude is a common themeamong the students who have beenblessed by the Yamagata funds. “Iwould like to thank the Yamagatafamily for their generosity—forhelping me with the cost of a planeticket,” said Alan Saakha.

Meli Lesuma, director of academicinternships on campus, said: “Thissummer we had more than 90international students serveinternships in their home regions—four times the number who did all oflast year. The Yamagata Fund hasbeen a tremendous blessing inproviding these students withessential financial assistance.”

Another effort that is affectingstudents’ return-ability is the CareerServices Office. Through this office,networks of executives, alumni, andChurch members are being organizedto aid graduates searching foremployment.

“We’re doing everything we can tohelp our graduates return to theirhomelands as strong leaders to helpthe Church, their families, and theircommunities to grow and moveforward,” said S. Kimbrelyn Austin,director of career services.

“I really plan to return home,”said Sheryl Samson from thePhilippines. This summer she


The overriding principle[of return-ability] is a

reaffirmation of theinternational mission ofthis campus—a missionthat stresses a stronger

commitment to preparingmen and women to be

leaders in theinternational Church whileserving their communities,

nations, and families.

—Eric B. Shumway,BYU-Hawai‘i president

From previous page;Science professor Gary Fred-erick poses in the Philippineslast summer with seven ofthe 18 Filipino interns andalumna Liliane Pagaduan:front two, l to r, Iris YvonneCabrito (white blouse),Pagaduan; back row, l to r,Journa Liz Servito, Aurora“Apple” Abat, professor Fred-erick, Lalaine Lim, SherylSamson, Kamille Pascual,and Anthony Benjie Rivera.

Wirasak Saakha, from Thai-land, interned with misterVira Methikul, executivedirector of Pilot Group inBangkok.



interned with a telemarketing firmthere. She said her internship reallyopened her eyes. “Actually thisinternship gave me the desire toreturn home even more,” she added.

Both the internship and careerservices offices work with in-countryvolunteers to open doors for students.Placement councils are in place inJapan and Korea. A student-mentoringnetwork is at work in Japan. Placementambassadors are aiding graduates’employment searches in Fiji, thePhilippines, Samoa, Tahiti, and Tonga.And there is a volunteer placementrepresentative functioning in China.

Additionally, those at the universityfocused on return-ability are workingclosely with LDS EmploymentResource Center directors, with othercareer centers in the ChurchEducation System, and with staff inthe Asia and Asia North areas.

“I am really grateful for the schooland its vision to give us theseopportunities,” said Ono Fong, aninformation systems major from Fijiwho interned for a high tech companyin Suva this summer.

Learning to ReturnI believe the idea of return-ability is

catching on across campus. I have

observed its emphasis in myinteractions with faculty, students, andalumni, who are all playing animportant role in fostering this culture.

Gary Frederick, a biochemistry andphysical science professor whorecently traveled to the Philippines to

meet with companies, schools, andinterning BYU-Hawai‘i students,believes the future is bright. “I cannow potentially place biochemical andbiotech students into internships,graduate schools, and jobs,” he said.“And I have just scratched the surfacein the Philippines.”

The university’s academic vicepresident, Keith Roberts, said thatin-country internships “are thesingle most important factor inreorienting the university towardreturn-ability because they provideimmediate, concrete evidence thatthere are opportunities and needs inthe home region, and they alsoprovide evidence that our studentscan meet those needs.” And studentsare doing just that.

Tameatu Tong Bira graduated in2004 with a degree in mathematics.She grew up in Kiribati and internedas a math teacher at Moroni HighSchool, a Church school in Kiribati.“BYU-Hawai‘i has equipped me with afoundation of knowledge andexperiences to return home and betterserve my people,” she said. Currentlyliving in California for furthereducation and experience, Tameatuand her husband’s ultimate plan is toreturn to Kiribati.

Another student, Iris Cabrito, cameto Hawai‘i from the Philippines. Asshe boarded the plane, her father saidto her, “Come home after gaining an

education.” Those words haveinspired her for the past two years.Her experience interning in thePhilippines this summer was part ofher education, and it added to herinspiration. “Interning helped mewant to come back home more—tohelp my people, not only in industrybut also in the Church,” she said.

Iris, Tameatu, Ono, Sheryl, Alan,and many other students—and thosewho serve them—express thanks toyou for your thoughtful andcontinued support of BYU-Hawai‘i.

For more information on BYU-Hawai‘i’s emphasis on return-abilityand to find out how you can helpstudents return prepared to succeed,please contact LDS Foundation atBYU-Hawai‘i. Call (808) 293-3912 orvisit our web site at:www.byuh.edu/giving.

BYU-Hawai‘i has equippedme with a foundation of

knowledge and experiencesto return home and better

serve my people.

—Tameatu Tong Bira

BYU-Hawai‘i graduate

Allyson and Gene Yamaga-ta provided the funds forairfare to and from intern-ships for students in need.Donations from friends andalumni support manyreturn-ability efforts atBYU-Hawai‘i.

For more information onBYU-Hawai‘i’s emphasis onreturn-ability and to findout how you can helpstudents return prepared tosucceed, please contact LDSFoundation at BYU-Hawai‘i.Call (808) 293-3912 or visitour web site at:www.byuh.edu/giving



ExpandingWorld of

Internships

Work Experiences Play

Key Role for International Students

The places and programs are as diverse as thecampus itself.

Coming from business or biochemistry,education, social work, political science or exerciseand sports science, the students have flown to allpoints of the compass—Mongolia, Japan, HongKong, Cambodia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands,and Kiribati. Brazil, Panama. Washington, D.C.

As Brigham Young University Hawai‘i hasstrengthened its efforts to open doors for its studentsto return home successfully after graduation, thenumber of students completing internationalinternships has mushroomed.

“A stunning accomplishment of our past year hasbeen the number of successful internationalinternships completed by our students,” BYU-Hawai‘i President Eric B. Shumway recentlyreported. “This is a new phenomenon in our historyas a university and has been encouraged by ourBoard of Education.”

Indeed, the numbers shout out. Two years ago, onlythree students from campus completed internshipsoutside of the United States. In 2003, after universityofficials turned their attention to generating overseasinternships, the number rose to 24.

But nobody anticipated the tremendous swell inthe numbers this year.

In 2004, 265 BYU-Hawai‘i students have servedinternships, 92 of whom were international studentswhose experiences were outside the U.S. In addition, 38international students completed internships in Hawai‘i,considered part of the university’s Asia-Pacific target area.Another 17 international students served internships onthe U.S. mainland, including eight international entitiesin New York City or Washington, D.C.

The numbers continue: Nine students from theU.S. traveled to international internship locations,while 98 others, including 25 from Hawai‘i, remainedon the island for their internships. Eleven Americansreturned to the mainland for their experiences.

Trade W inds


On campus, alumnus Meli Lesuma (‘87) is one of themajor catalysts for this renewed emphasis as director ofacademic internships for the past year.

“My charge is to coordinate, facilitate and provideguidance to our academic internship program, especiallyfor international students,” he said. “The focus is oninternational students, but we’ll help all students.”

More specifically, the ultimate goal is to “findinternships for international students in their homecountries or regions so they can make the kind ofconnections they need and develop skills that will helpthem find gainful employment there.”

“Of course, the ultimate success of this program is thatafter our students graduate, they have a job offer waitingfor them and they go home. We work very closely withCareer Services in this respect,” Lesuma said.

Coordination with Academic UnitsThe School of Education and the social work program

have always supported strong and structured internshipprograms. “Their majors cannot graduate without thesepractical experiences,” Lesuma said. “But most otherdisciplines on campus—liberal arts, business, computerscience, exercise and sports sciences (EXS)—historicallyhave not had such requirements.”

“This is changing,” he continued. “EXS now requires itsmajors to complete an internship, and all of the otherdisciplines are going after such opportunities. For example,when you look at the course catalog, all departments nowcarry an internship component. A student majoring in anydiscipline can complete an internship, and that creditcould count toward graduation.”

Lesuma explained that “each of the departments orschools has an academic internship coordinator, who is afaculty member. They promote, facilitate and negotiate forinternships within their departments. Students then cometo us after they have talked to their coordinator, andsometimes even after they have secured an internship.”

“We do the paper work and a second level of checkingto make sure the internship meets our standards,” hecontinued. “We’re very particular on what the student isexpected to do. Because it is an academic internship, we areparticular about the outcomes. Our goal is to provide thestudent a real working environment, and this is possibleonly with the full support of the experience provider.”

Summer is Optimum TimeBecause of BYU-Hawai‘i’s 4-4-2-2 academic calendar,

“more students do their internships during [Hawai‘i’s]spring and summer,” said Lesuma. “This is good, becausewe don’t want their graduations to be pushed backanother semester, and some of them wouldn’t otherwisetake classes during the summer.”

Lesuma explained that the university and the PolynesianCultural Center have found ways to accommodateimportant internship opportunities for students who cometo campus from developing nations under International


Photos, top to bottom: Teruko Aderiano of Palau served an internship in a government ministry in the Cook Islands; Meli Lesuma, director of aca-demic internships, poses with students Kenichi Kurokawa (l), who interned in his native Japan, and Sho Kimura (r), who worked in Nevada;

Patchanok Kanjanapanjapol, Thailand, landed a job with the Gallup organization in Bangkok after interning there.


Work ExperienceScholarship (IWES) agreements.

“We have the full cooperation of BYU-Hawai‘i and the Polynesian Cultural Center for

the IWES students, who would otherwise beworking full-time during those months,” Lesuma said.“They are guaranteed a job when they return to L

_a‘ie—not

necessarily the same job, but an appropriate job. Thatmeans a lot, because the IWES students sign acommitment that they will pay off their loans through thework portion of the program, and to give them time to dotheir internships without penalty is a real benefit to them.”

He added that the university waives tuition andinsurance fees for IWES students during their internships,“and if they’re going home to Asia and the Pacific, theirround-trip air fares are paid through special donations.

International AssistanceTo locate internship opportunities, Lesuma works

closely with in-country placement councils comprised ofchurch, business, and government representatives in Asia,and with individual “placement ambassadors” in thePacific island nations.

“For example, Elder Pita Vamanrav (‘70), a businessmanand Area Authority Seventy [for The Church of Jesus Christof Latter-day Saints] in Tonga, is our placement ambassadorthere, and George Hunt (‘70) is our ambassador in Samoa,”Lesuma said. “Our alumni have been a great resource, andwe expect their roles to increase.”

Students Report SuccessStudents who have already completed internships in

their home countries report they have had excellentexperiences, including the following:

Internships in the Philippines

Eighteen Filipino students and one American completedinternships in several locations in the Philippines.

“Ernesto Dy is being trained for a position with HASCorporation,” said Lesuma. “He did his internship ininformation systems and travel management in Pasig. In fact,the company liked him so much they asked for more of ourinterns and placed two other students there this summer.

“Because many students stayed in homes with family orfriends, they were able to integrate and reconnect to theircommunities in the Philippines with ease,” Lesuma said.

Shance Williams, Samoa

Shance K. Williams was born and raised in Hawai‘i, but hisfather, who is originally from Samoa, had always wished thatShance would return to his roots someday. This summerShance had that chance; he was selected for a paidinternship in the office of U.S. Congressman Eni F.H.Faleomavaega in American Samoa.

“Besides learning his roots, Shance was able to research theintricate relationships and workings of the different branchesof government,” Lesuma said. “He also had the opportunityto work directly with the Congressman, who was visitingSamoa at the time.”

Because of his personal qualities and enthusiasm, Shance, aninternational cultural studies major, was offered an extendedinternship in Washington, D.C., next summer—“a greatopportunity to become familiar with that aspect of government.”


Dr. Peter Chan, assistantprofessor of instructional

design at BYU-Hawai‘i, poseswith Mongolian student

interns Sarantsetseg Sumiya,Sainbuyan Altai, and Baljin-

nyam Udvalmaa before avideotaping project at the

Health Sciences University ofMongolia; Ana Lucia Santos daSilva from Brazil, at her intern-ship with the Brazilian Embassy

in Washington, D.C.; HisakoKokubun, a political science

major from Japan, provides stu-dent training during her intern-ship with the Ministry of Educa-

tion in the Cook Islands.


Jong Bok Kim, Korea

“Jong Bok completed his internship at the National Cancer Center ofKorea in Seoul. He graduated in June and just stayed there. Theyoffered him a job as a case manager,” Lesuma reported. Instead,Kim has accepted a position with the Kangwon Province SocialWelfare Center for Special Needs in Kangwon, Korea.

Patchanok Kanjanapanjapol, Thailand

A December 2003 graduate, Patchanok interned with theGallup organization and now works for them in Bangkok. “Shehas been flying back and forth between Thailand andWashington, D.C. She’s got a very good job,” Lesuma said.

Sonita Duong, Cambodia

Sonita, a junior international business management major fromPhnom Penh, served her internship there earlier this year.

“We served in the Church Employment Center, setting up careerworkshops to teach people how to look for a job,” she said. “Iloved it. It was a really great experience, and we learned a lot.We worked on it for 20 hours a week. The rest of the time wewould go out and help look for jobs. We also spent timelooking for jobs for ourselves. While we were there, we stayedat home with our families. My parents were really happy to seeme. It had been two years since we saw them last,” she added.

Jonathan Omae, Papua-New Guinea

A senior political science major from Gulf Province, Papua-NewGuinea, Jonathan attended BYU-Hawai‘i on an InternationalLeadership Development Scholarship. He completed hisinternship a year ago in Port Moresby.

“I worked in the Prime Minister’s Department, attached tothe public sector, Reform Management Unit. There are closeto 20 people working in the unit,” he said. “It was a verygood experience. The unit basically analyzes the public sectorreform policies of the government that need changes. Ihelped look through all the policies and helped preparereports to the administrators. I also had meetings with thedirector general, the man in charge of the unit. After ourmeetings, he would usually meet with the national executivecouncil where executive decisions are made.”

A former district president in The Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints and the first Papua-New Guinea student toserve an internship, Jonathan said the internship also gavehim “insights into how the government operates.” He plansto graduate in December 2004, return to Papua-New Guinea,and run for political office.

ReconnectionsLesuma stressed that reuniting with people at home is

critical. “It’s very important that our students reconnectwith their families. Some of them might think it’s better togo to the U.S. mainland, but we’ve found they have greatexperiences back home. Being with their family andChurch leaders brings a new burst of commitment andenthusiasm. They love being home and serving theirfamilies and communities.

“Of course, with their internships, they’re also gainingexperience and getting school credit for it. This helpswhen they’re looking for a job. They have begun tonetwork and sound out employers,” he said.

Lesuma sees the international internship program assomething that is here to stay and that will continue toreceive university emphasis.

“The numbers are going to increase dramatically as timegoes by. This thing is going to continue to grow,” he said.



When BYU-Hawai‘i juniorRichard Lee Fale presented an

idea at a career fair in his nativecountry, Tonga, he didn’t realize what amajor project he would be initiating.

Fale believed BYU-Hawai‘i studentscould use their knowledge andresources to help Tonga improve itsinfrastructure using informationtechnology. He presented the idea toAnnie Kaneshiro, an honorary consularagent participating in the career fair,and Kaneshiro liked the possibilities.

Fale then carried the idea back tofaculty members on campus. With arecent emphasis on ensuring thatstudents return to their homelandsafter graduation and serve in theircommunities and church, Fale’s ideastruck a chord with the universitycommunity.

An interdisciplinary effort wasorganized, pooling the resources of theSchool of Business, School ofComputing and College of Arts andSciences. Before long, Fale’s ideaevolved into the “Tonga infrastructureproject/internship program.”

“Our goal is to put together asuccessful and enduring internshipprogram,” explained Dr. Clayton Hubner,a business professor and one of five corefacilitators of the program. “We want theTongan students to find good jobs anddevelop into confident, capable andinfluential leaders not only professionallybut also in the church in Tonga.”

“The internship opportunity alsohelps provide a knowledge transfer forstudents prior to, during andsubsequent to their BYU-Hawai‘iexperience,” said Dr. Robert Hayden,Dean of the Center of InstructionalTechnology and Outreach.

In the summer of 2004, theprogram was put into practice. A selectgroup of BYU-Hawai‘i students fromTonga had the opportunity to returnhome and fulfill a semester-longinternship building the country’stechnological and information systemsin the government and private sectors.

The program has three majorobjectives: 1) to foster developmentand economic growth in Tonga; 2) toenhance returnability of BYU-Hawai‘istudents; and 3) to improve relationsbetween the church and Tongangovernment—all of which are alreadybeing met with impressive results.

This summer’s wave of internshipsinvolved six different Tonganbusinesses and government agencies,

and each benefited greatly from theexpertise and industriousness of theBYU-Hawai‘i interns:

Tongan Ministry of Labour,Commerce, and Industry

Interns Richard Lee Fale, UatesoniKafoa and Sela Lasalosi helped create adatabase for registering and trackingbusinesses in Tonga. This will allowthe government to generate furtherrevenue through a more accurateappraisal of tax payments, fees, andother fiscal matters.

Tongan Visitors’ BureauInterns Kristina Moleni and

Nautilus Kaho helped analyze anddisseminate data from a 2000


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Interns Help ImproveTongan Infrastructure

Interns from Tonga back in their homeland; women, l to r, Kristina Moleni, Sela Lasalosi, Nautilus Kaho,Asena Tautua'a, Olivia Lavaki, Uinise Prescott; men, l to r, Richard Lee Fale, Uatesoni Kafoa, SamuelaFonua, Daniel Niu, Penisimani Lao, William Racule.


survey. This will facilitate greaterinsight into important issues ofTongan government and givedirection for a new series ofinitiatives to expand its presencein the Pacific in terms of tourismand business.

TongaSat (satellite services)Interns Samuela Fonua and Olivia

Lavaki helped build a web page whichcan access and display informationnecessary for relay, positional, andfrequency coordination for thesatellites influencing or directlycontrolled by TongaSat.

Ton Fon (telecommunica-tions services utility)

Interns Daniel Niu and PenisimaniLao were trained in Ton F

_on operations,

including the set up and trouble shootof every domain within the sphere offive television stations, cell phone accessand wireless broadband. They havebeen able to successfully replace regularemployees when needed.

Global Insurance LimitedInterns Asena Tautua’a and Uinise

Prescott helped create a static web pagewhich outlines basic information aboutthe company and insurance plans. Theyalso investigated the nature of hurricaneand flood damage to Tonga in order tobetter set premiums and prepare clientsfor possible weather related difficulties.

Leiola Duty FreeIntern William Racule helped

expand the organization’s influence andmarket share by creating a websitecontaining business information,pictures, price lists of its products, andother necessary and useful facts.

In every instance, the interns havebeen recognized by their employers asqualified, capable workers. Ton F

_on

workers at their central headquarters,for example, have reported to CrownPrince Tupouto‘a of their pleasure withthe work the interns are accomplishing.

Consequently, a number of theinterns have been asked if they wouldbe willing to come and work for thebusiness for which they are nowinterning after they graduate. Thesuccess of the program has also created

many job opportunities for subsequentBYU-Hawai‘i student interns.

In every business and ministry ofthe government included in theprogram, the expertise and resultsdemonstrated by the interns have ledemployers to ask if BYU-Hawai‘i wouldbe able to supply more interns forfuture projects. Other businesses andgovernment agencies have alsoexpressed interest and requested thatsimilar projects and employees bemade available to them in the future.

Media coverage of the internshipprojects has also been favorable.Newscasts cited BYU-Hawai‘i’s desire tosupport and benefit the Tongan peopleand society, thus improving theuniversity’s reputation. The interns wereafforded favorable press as well, aidingtheir job acquisition possibilities.

The program has also sparked theinterest of the Tongan students on theBYU-Hawai‘i campus. “In the past,many Tongan students have expressedthe belief that only jobs at LiahonaHigh School were available to them,”said Dr. Ronald Miller, a psychologyprofessor and program facilitator. “Inresponse to the program, there hasbeen a sharp increase of interest inboth private industry and governmentpositions within Tonga.”

Tonga, BYU-Hawai‘i and its studentsare not the only beneficiaries of the Tongainfrastructure project/internship program.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints, the university’s sponsoringinstitution, also incurred favorable resultsfrom the program’s success.

“As a result of the religious andrelational politics of the nation,most government positions andthose positions in industries run bythe ruling family (which includephone, Internet, television,electricity, etc.) have, historically,excluded the majority of LDSworkers,” Miller explained.

However, that is beginning tochange. Comments from influentialleaders indicate that the Crown Princeand others have begun to place the LDSChurch in a more favorable position inTonga as the Kingdom moves moretowards a merit-based bureaucracy.

“With the interns working ingovernmental positions and the CrownPrince personally approving of theBYU-Hawai‘i interns in their industries,there is much commentary from LDSmembers about the ‘miracle’ which hasoccurred,” Miller said.

“[The program] is one of the manyinitiatives being supported by BYU-Hawai‘i that provides a way to helpstudents return to their nativecountries and build the gospelkingdom,” Hayden added.

Fale’s humble yet inspired ideaproved to be a success on every leveland for everyone involved.


Uatesoni Kafoa, Sela Lasalosi, and Richard Lee Fale deliberated over their newly constructed database for theTongan Ministry of Labour, Commerce, Industry, and Tourism.


$As a student at BYU-Hawai‘i two years ago,

Ariunchimeg Tserenjavin had a great desire to returnhome to Mongolia and contribute. However, she

faced a problem similar to many of her fellow students: likemany countries, Mongolia had few places where she couldland a sustainable job.

Not to worry—Ariuna had access to a fledgling BYU-Hawai‘i center that teaches about income generation incountries where incomes are difficult to obtain. She also knewhow to separate the goats from the sheep and make it pay.

With her eyes on the plentiful goat herds of Mongolia,Ariunchimeg developed an idea to produce and exportcashmere. Through the Center for International Entrepreneur-ship (CIE) she refined that idea, and today she is back homeand well on her way to realizing her dream.

Housed in the School of Business, the entrepreneurialcenter offers a variety of exciting programs to enhance theability of students to return to their home countries andbe successful.

“The Center for International Entrepreneurship is still avirtual center,” explained its interim director, Gregory V.Gibson, J.D., visiting professor of entrepreneurship. “Over thepast six months we have developed a broad framework of

what the CIE will accomplish. We’re now working out fundinglevels and more exact details.”

Integrated Business CoreGibson, who came to L

_a‘ie almost three years ago, said the

foundation of the CIE program is the “integrated business core—an intensive one-semester combination of entrepreneurship,finance, marketing and business communication classes—inwhich students in teams run their own businesses for six weekswith real money and real profits and losses.”

The program started with a donation to the School ofBusiness. “Since then,” said Gibson, “we’ve been adding to itsubstantially. Any excess money not used to replenish the studentbusinesses is used for scholarships.”

One of the more successful student-run teams has been BanzaiProduction, which made more than $7,000 in winter semester2004 by bringing a comedy troupe from BYU to the campus.Another team was called Snookies.

“The students took a proprietary recipe for white chocolatemacadamia nut cookies and perfected their technique in bothsales and production,” Gibson said. “That information was thengiven back to the person who loaned them the recipe, who hassince used it to open a store in Florida.”


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De$tinyEntrepreneurship Center Enhances Returnability

Through Small Business Ventures

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Top, Wing Yi Chu from Hong Kong presents business plan at Entrepreneurship Conference;bottom, Hsi-Shan Yang from Taiwan talks with PCC guests as part of his student business.


Business Plan CompetitionThe CIE also conducts an annual

entrepreneurship conference thatattracts dozens of guest lecturersand features an expanding studentbusiness plan competition.

“Last year we had about 50 plans,”said Gibson. “Of that, there were 15finalists, five of whom gavepresentations to the entire studentbody. A first-place and runner-upprize was given in both developingand developed country categories.”

A major element of the competitionis the orchestrated connection of thestudent participants to mentors whocan supply “real-world” advice andassistance to their business plans,Gibson explained. “Teachers andprominent business leaders come fromthe U.S. mainland and mentor thefinalists in the business plancompetition, as well as any otherswho want to have a mentor.”

Gibson said the CIE is “enlistingadvisors from around O‘ahu toreplace these mentors, so we’ll havean ongoing pool. Thus far, we’veenlisted William K. Richardson, aprominent venture capitalist, andJoseph Berardy, an alumnus andsuccessful import-export entrepreneuron our advisory committee.”

Mentored CapitalismA related initiative is what Gibson

calls “mentored capitalism.” Thisconcept assists entrepreneurial alumnireturning to underdeveloped nationsby pushing beyond the moreestablished micro-financing programsinto the funding of “micro enterprises.”

“Mentored capitalism is a space,” hesaid, “between the large amounts ofmoney needed in venture capitalismand the small amounts usuallyassociated with micro enterprise.” Amicro finance project might requirefunding as low as $25 to $50 andrarely exceeding $1,000 to helpestablish a small individual or familybusiness in a developing country.

By contrast, “A typical business inthe micro venture space … would beone that has capital requirementsbetween $10,000 and $60,000, hastargeted a niche, and needs asophisticated management structurewith employees, supply chainmanagement structure, accounting andcorrect bookkeeping,” Gibson said.

“Our goal is to help studentsovercome the significant learning andcapital barriers by using the businesseducation BYU-Hawai‘i has to offer—along with the mentor network tosupport the fledgling enterprise and

with its access to substantial thoughnot large amounts of capital to createsustainable small businesses.

“At the moment we’re workingwith alumni who have the necessarybusiness skills,” he continued. “We’rehelping them prepare their businessplans so they’ll attract independentfunding. We’re also helping themidentify the niches they can go intoand putting together mentors so theycan exploit these niches correctly.”

A good example of this process isthe aforementioned Tserenjavin, the2003 business plan competitionwinner “whose plan calls for thecreation of a small knitting factoryof cashmere goods in Mongolia.They will take the raw materialwhich is so prevalent there and addvalue to it by creating accessoriesthat will be exported to westernnations,” Gibson said.

To successfully launch theirventures, alumni often need capitalfrom outside sources. Gibson and thecenter have plans for this assistance.He cited Working World, a newventure company formed by 2003-04student association president RichieNorton and his father, Rick. Thecompany works in close conjunctionwith CIE objectives.



“Our main goal is to assistinternational entrepreneurs,” theyounger Norton said. “We are in theprocess of venturing with Ariuna tostart the cashmere company.”

Norton, who became interested in“helping people help themselves”while serving a mission in northeastBrazil, foresees “aspiring BYU-Hawai‘ientrepreneurs becoming employerswho create job opportunities not onlyfor themselves but for members oftheir local communities. As theybecome self-reliant, they will also beavailable to serve their families ingreater capacities and become leaderswho strengthen the Church in theirnative countries,” he said.

“I have a clear vision that I can dothe same to others as Working World isdoing for me and my family,” Ariunaresponded. “My professors ... taughtme one simple principle: When youare helped, then turn around and dothe same to others.”

In-country InitiativesGibson said another CIE

objective calls for establishing in-country mentor networks for thebudding entrepreneurs. During onerecent visit to Mongolia, forexample, he enlisted many key

business and government executivesinto the network.

The CIE is also working with BYU-Hawai‘i’s new Center for InstructionalTechnology and Outreach (CITO) toestablish remote learning centers incountries of Asia and the Pacific.

CITO—recently reorganized fromthe Division of ContinuingEducation under the direction ofDean Robert Hayden—has begun todevelop basic business coursescarried on CDs or DVDs that includeoutlines, filmed lectures, andinteractive problem-sets. The courseswill focus on how to develop abusiness idea, basic principles ofaccounting and record keeping,fundamentals of small businessmanagement and funding, andprinciples of marketing.

Catalyst for Returnability“The Center for International Entre-

preneurship will eventually impact thelives of hundreds of students per yearthrough the main office in L

_a‘ie and the

remote learning centers,” said Gibson.As the university sends graduates

back to their homelands, “Wedon’t have to rely on anemployer” to launchtheir careers, Gibson

explained. “We’re allowing students torely on their own destiny in providinga livelihood. By teaching them theapplicable skills, they will be able tosearch out the many, manyopportunities that are available intheir home countries.”

This is possible even in developingcountries, “because a lot of the nichescan easily be attacked or exploitedwith the wealth of knowledge ourstudents have. For example, inUlaanbaatar, Mongolia, there are noWestern fast food franchises, yetthere’s a large expatriate community tosupport them. The first one to start afast food franchise there will probablybe very successful.

“At present there are a lot ofopportunities available for someonewith the skill, funding andknowledge to take advantage ofthem. We want to train our graduatesand others to locate and exploit theseopportunities,” Gibson added.


L to r, BYU-Hawai‘i students Kieiki Kahalepuna,Joaquin Gellor, Vanja Kalabic, Todd Simpson,

Naheiura Simpson, and Baigalmaa Dorjgo-tov promote their chocolate dipped

bananas at the PCC as part oftheir student business; Ari-

unchimeg Tserenjavin iswell on her way to estab-

lishing a cashmere busi-ness in her home

country of Mongolia.


Ask people associated withBYU-Hawai‘i if they can

name the best hidden treasureon campus, and you may get avariety of answers—a statue inone of the McKay quads, aparticular item on the Seasidercafeteria menu, or a certainunheralded faculty member.

No doubt, few would be able to name the university’s real hiddentreasure: the BYU-Hawai‘i Natural History Museum. That’s becausenot many folks on campus have ever seen or are even aware of thegems of nature preserved in this small but valuable space.

Despite the relative anonymity of the natural historymuseum within the campus community, the facility certainlydoes not go unused. Indeed, thousands of off-campus visitorsand school children may know and appreciate the museumbetter than the university ‘ohana (family).

“This is the only university natural history museum in thestate. We have lots of public use. More people in Honoluluprobably know about the university because of the museum thanfor other reasons,” said assistant professor of biology Phillip L.Bruner, a Church College of Hawai‘i alumnus (‘70) who is alsothe museum’s director. Bruner works closely with Richie Kiyabu,the museum’s curator, to keep the facility in peak condition.

Bruner recalled that the museum was forming its roots whenhe began to teach full-time in 1978. “Even when I was a


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student, we had collections of birdsand things that were used in zoologyclasses. As they grew, we felt that itwas worthwhile to have a museum.”

For the past 10 years, the museumhas been tucked into a “mauka side”

hall of the meandering McKayBuilding. Old-timers may rememberhow McKay 125 was used as aclassroom, then a planetarium andtesting center before its conversioninto the museum.

“We have lots of school groups thatcome from all over the island to seeour collection. There’s a whole seriesof classes,” Bruner said, listing schoolssuch as Punahou, Aina Haina, Heeia,and Kalihi as among the many thatbring their students to the museum.

“There’s actually a lecture given onnative water birds, and then afterthey leave us, they usually go to the[James Campbell] National WildlifeRefuge in Kahuku.”

Bruner, who is sometimes known asthe “bird man” of BYU-Hawai‘i, is a goodchoice to present information on hisspecialty. He has conducted field studies

throughout the South Pacific—FrenchPolynesia, Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji—theCentral Pacific, and Micronesia.

“I really got into birds when I wasa student here,” he said. “Dr. DelwynBerrett, an ornithologist, was my

mentor. That’s how I ended up goingto Louisiana State University.”

“I’ve been focusing the past 20years on migratory shore birds—especially the Pacific Golden Plover, orthe k

_olea. We’ve been working on that

since 1980, and since 1988 in Alaska.”Bruner explains that k

_olea, which

have an average life span of six orseven years, “migrate 3,000 milesnonstop between Hawai‘i and theirbreeding grounds in Alaska. It’sestimated it takes them about 48hours of nonstop flight.

“They usually start arriving fromAlaska in August, with the juvenilebirds coming in September,” Brunersaid. “They get pushed out of Alaskawhen the weather gets bad.” He addedthat the highly territorial birds, whichoften come back to the same place eachyear, use stars and the sun to navigate

and have been known to fly as high as20,000 feet to get above turbulence.

The museum has an excellentcollection of k

_olea as well as over

4,000 other bird specimens. Brunerpointed out that there are also about

2,500 mammals and the same numberof amphibians, reptiles, and fish.

“It’s strictly a vertebrate collection,”he continued, noting that 99 percentof the specimens have been collectedor purchased.

“We’re trying to develop the NorthAmerican mammal exhibits. Eventually,we’re planning to put them in a lifelikeexhibit; but in order to do that weneed to put the research collectionsinto another room.”

Imported Alaskan BearAs visitors enter the main collection

room, the most dominant display is anAlaskan brown bear, which isapproximately 10 feet tall and isestimated to have weighed about1,000 pounds when it was alive.

“Before the bear, kids used togravitate immediately to the gray wolf.



You could tell it was high on their list from the notes they sendback, even though they came here to study water birds.Afterwards, we talk to them about all the exhibits,” said Bruner.

But now the immense bear looms over everything. “It’s acoastal brown bear, the same species as a grizzly bear, butthis one had access to salmon. Grizzlies are located more onthe interior, so they don’t usually get as big,” he added.

He noted the bear was donated in 2001 and was mountedthis past spring, after the skin was cured and tanned, byLeon Metz and Lee Martin of Artistic Taxidermy andNorthland Furs in Soldatna, Alaska. Metz was also a researchbiologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, whichdonated the bear.

“In Alaska, if a person shoots a bear in defense of life andproperty they have to give it to the state, both hide andskull. The state’s first obligation is to give it to the schools,”Metz explained. “We donate the hides to any educationalinstitution that wants one. Phil put in a request about sevenyears ago, but big bears are hard to come up with.

“You measure bear skulls from the front teeth to theback of the skull, and from side to side. This onemeasures 27.5 inches, while 28 inches is minimum on theBoone and Crockett scale [a record-size game animalmeasuring system].

“This is not a huge, record bear, but it is a big one,” Metzcontinued. “It was shot on the Kenai Peninsula in the springby a man walking through the timber with a permit for blackbears. In Kenai, you can shoot two black bears a year with apermit—one in the spring and one in the fall. In fact, Alaskahas areas where you can shoot six bears a year; the state is sobig that there are different management units.

“This bear had killed a moose, had cached it and was inthe process of eating it when the man walked up on it. Itcharged him, and he shot it,” Metz said, noting the bear wasfairly well known because it only had one ear and a healedbroken jawbone. He adds it would have cost a licensedhunter about $30,000 to create such an exhibit.

Metz and his partner used foam to form the shape of thebear’s body. The foam started as a two-part liquid that issculpted after it dries. Before Martin sewed on the skin, theycovered the foam with a soft material to give the animal amore lifelike shape and feel. The inner form and skin weighonly about 90 pounds.

Martin said she has been sewing for Metz’ taxidermy worksince 1974. Together, they have mounted thousands ofanimals, including most of the mammals in the BYU-Hawai‘imuseum and the world’s record moose, which now stands inAnchorage, Alaska. They add they would like to bring amoose to BYU-Hawai‘i.

“For now, the bear is the largest mammal we have,”Bruner responded.

“This is one of the finest museums I’ve seen,” Metz said.“It’s a beautiful museum, and when Phil gets done it will beeven better.”

“We’re proud of all our displays,” Bruner added. “Forexample, Doug Pratt, a world-renowned artist, did theKalalau Valley [Kauai] exhibit; but there’s no questionthe bear will be a big draw. I believe it’s the only onethat was mounted in Hawai‘i. We invite people to comein and see it.”

The Museum of Natural History is

located in McKay 125 and is open Monday

and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Tuesday and Thursday from 10-1:30, and

Friday by appointment.

Walk-in visitors are welcome during those

hours. Groups are encouraged to call three to

four days in advance for guided tours. For more

information, call (808) 293-3861 or log onto

http://w3.byuh.edu/academics/nhmuseum.

The website includes a pictorial history of

mounting the bear exhibit.


About 100 days remainuntil the calendar ushersin a landmark year for

BYU-Hawai‘i—the Golden Jubilee,marking 50 years from the timethe campus opened its doors asan institution of higher educationoperated by The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints forstudents throughout the Asia andPacific regions.

In 2005—all year long—we’regoing to celebrate!

“The year 2005 will mark agreat moment in history for ouruniversity and what used to beThe Church College of Hawai‘i,”said Napua Baker, vice presidentof university advancement. “Wefeel this will be an importanttime to commemorate thelegacy of our campus and tobuild a solid foundation for apromising future.”

Every month will carry aspecific theme, with activities tosupport the theme. For example,August will be “families month,”complete with a children’sconcert and a campus “familyday.” In September, “beauty”month, the campus will join thecommunity of L

_a‘ie on clean-up

service projects.Some activities through the

year will be orchestratedspecifically for the Jubilee, whileother annual events, such asFounder’s Day in February, willbe spruced up with Jubileeembellishments.

But the big week to mark onthe calendar occurs in the fall.From October 16th to 23rd, theuniversity will have a

culminating Jubilee CelebrationWeek, full of reunions, lu‘aus,devotionals and receptions,exhibits, “connection”opportunities between alumniand current students, carnivals,and parades. Another alumnishowcase performance at the


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Quality Educationat Top Value

External Affirmation Continues

For several years, BYU-Hawai‘ihas enjoyed outside verificationof its educational quality. After

two prominent magazines releasedrankings over the summer, theuniversity can now add the term “bestvalue” to that quality.

In its annual rankings of the bestcolleges and universities, U.S. News andWorld Report again placed BYU-Hawai‘iin the top tier of Western U.S.universities in the category “BestComprehensive Colleges” that offeronly bachelor’s degrees. Released inAugust, the latest listing marks thesixth straight year the university hasranked among the top tier of the West,and fourth year in a row in the top ten.

“It means a lot to us to receive aconsistently high assessment from areputable third party like U.S. News,"said Keith Roberts, vice president ofacademics. "It shows that year in andyear out, we’re doing many things well.We now officially have a reputation,and that reputation continues to grow."

As usual, the U.S. News rankingsshowed that BYU-Hawai‘i is the mostselective university in its category. Thismeans BYU-Hawai‘i admits a smallerpercentage of all applicants from theU.S. (17%) than any othercomprehensive university in the West.In addition, the campus continues to bethe most international per capita of allU.S. universities, with 47 percent of thestudents from outside the United States.

This year the rankings also listedBYU-Hawai‘i as “best value” among allcomprehensive universities in the West,as indicated through a formula that“relates a school’s academic quality …to the net cost of attendance,”

according to the U.S. News report.Therefore, it noted, “the higher thequality of the program and the lowerthe cost, the better the deal.”

Supporting this data, BYU-Hawai‘iwas ranked second in its category for“debt load,” meaning that studentsgraduate from this campus with lessdebt than their peers at mostcomprehensive undergraduateuniversities in the West.

The “best value” ranking affirmsanother assessment by ConsumersDigest in June. After evaluating 3,500universities, the magazine rated BYU-Hawai‘i as the number one valueamong all private universities in thenation, ahead of prestigious institutions

like Dartmouth, Rice University, andBrigham Young University in Provo,Utah, which was ranked second.

According to Consumers Digest, theranking was determined by a formulathat balanced widely accepted factorsof academic excellence “with theeducational quality offered by eachinstitution.” This score was then“applied to a formula to determinewhich schools offered the mostacademic value per dollar.”

Polynesian Cultural Center isalso scheduled.

“We’ve already heard frommany people who say they’replanning to come to the Octobercelebrations,” said Baker.“Housing demands during thattime will be at a premium, so wehope people will make plansearly,” she added.

Details about the JubileeYear and the Jubilee Cele-bration Week in October arelisted in the Jubilee pages ofBYU-Hawai‘i’s website. Thereyou can find information aboutthe specific events, about traveland lodging, and many othertidbits. Click on the flashingJubilee icon in the lower leftcorner at www.byuh.edu tolearn the details, and plan tocome and see us!

BYU-Hawai‘i is thenumber one value amongall private universities inthe nation...

–Consumers Digest


Computer science professorTim Stanley had no idea whathe was starting by taking his

robotics class to an underwater robotdemonstration in Honolulu. Two of hisstudents, Anuj Sehgal from India andJason Kadarusman from Indonesia,were so inspired that they immediatelywent to work on their own robot for ajoint senior project.

Their robot was designed torecognize and track objects in anunderwater environment, “technologythat is used to inspect underwaterpipeline, mechanical, or electrical

systems and explore deep-sea marinelife and ship wreckage,” explained LeslieFife, assistant professor of computerscience and faculty supervisor of theproject along with Stanley.

Sehgal and Kadarusman workedon the project five hours a week, putin 40 hours the week before finals inApril, and refined their robot over thesummer in preparation for theseventh international autonomousunderwater vehicle (AUV)competition in San Diego.

Organized by the Association forUnmanned Vehicle Systems

International and the Office of NavalResearch, the contest advances AUVtechnology by challenging aspiringengineers to perform realistic missionsin an underwater environment.

“This year’s task was for each AUVto locate and head towards a blinkingLED light,” explained Kadarusman.“The AUV must drop a small markerinto one of four bins near the light.Each bin is scored differently, with theones closer to the LED having higherpoints. After the drop, the vehiclemust then listen to a sonar ping,approach the source of the ping asclose as it can, and resurface in amarked off recovery zone.”

This year’s competition attractedeighteen student teams—some ofwhich (MIT, Cornell, Duke andEcole de Technologie Superieure)-have competed all seven years. Theaverage budget for each team was$20,000-$30,000, with somespending as much as $300,000through university funding andcorporate sponsorships.

The BYU-Hawai‘i team, bycontrast, had no previous experience,no sponsors, and limited universityfunds. For just $600, Sehgal andKadarusman crafted their robot,which they affectionately namedLUV—low-cost underwater vehicle.

“A lot of money and good facilitiesdon’t necessarily mean you have thebest ideas,” Fife said. “Sometimes thesimplest ideas work out really well.”

And work they did. LUVsuccessfully completed the course, afeat not all entries were able toaccomplish, and captured one of five


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Robotics Team Makes Splash atUnderwater Vehicle Competition



awards: $1,000 for the lightest andmost inexpensive robot.

“Winning the award … was a greatsurprise to both Jason and me,” saidSehgal, “but we feel it was a welldeserved award since we had to workextremely hard to keep the robotlight and inexpensive. Our AUVdisplayed proof that underwatervehicles need not be complicated andhigh-tech. Our making of an AUVthat weighed only 20 pounds andcost only $600 changes the way theengineering community now looksupon AUV problems.”

True to Sehgal’s word, the maximumweight limit for next year’s competitionhas been dropped from 140 to 60pounds. This opens doors for hobby-robotics and researchers with lowerfunding to experiment with AUVs.

Sehgal and Kadarusman had anotherpurpose for entering the competition.

“We wanted to be able to create aname for the university and thecomputer science department,”Sehgal said. “This victory is a bigachievement for … the departmentbecause it proves to the internationalengineering community that eventhough we might lack resources, westill have first rate skills available thatcan also innovate technology.”

“We will be looking at ways thatwe can use this competition to createlinks with other secondary schoolsand universities in Hawai‘i,” Fifeadded. “We have also submittedconference papers on the algorithmsdeveloped and the robot design.Hopefully, we will be in Singapore inDecember presenting this research.”

The new BYU-Hawai‘i Center for Instructional Technology andOutreach (CITO) has recently combined the Division ofContinuing Education, Academic Center for Excellence (ACE),

media laboratory, and Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) underone administration headed by Dr. Bob Hayden, to better provide mediacapabilities and learning opportunities for students and alumnithroughout the university’s target area of Asia and the Pacific.

Hayden’s appointment is part of a larger reorganization of BYU-Hawai‘i computer-related entities which included Brett Ellis taking overHayden’s former position as Dean of the School of Computing and JimNilson, former professor in the School of Computing, replacing Ellis asChief Information Officer.

“Essentially, CITO is a business entity within an academic setting thattakes technology and provides curriculum opportunities throughout ourtarget audiences,” said Hayden.

This process incorporates several major initiatives. One of CITO’s firstobjectives is to reach former students who have not finished theirdegrees. “We will develop a method of identifying those courses theyhave not taken that can be offered online,” said Hayden, “so that theseindividuals can satisfy their graduation requirements.”

CITO will also work closely with the English as an InternationalLanguage (EIL) program to help students be better prepared in Englishbefore coming to BYU-Hawai‘i for the first time. “This will betechnologically delivered, which means we’ll use computers to deliverand monitor success. The materials might be delivered on a CD or aDVD, or even be Internet-based,” Hayden explained.

“We’re primarily going to broker courses that have already beendeveloped,” he said. “If there’s a need for a unique course, we’ll developit here; but first we’re going to do everything we can to help expand theindependent studies program at BYU in Provo to our target audience.”

CITO will also offer several community programs and professionaldevelopment courses for visiting faculty and other guests, whilecontinuing to provide and enhance media services on campus.

“These ideas have been here for a long time,” Hayden stressed. “Greatwork has been done in the past. Many people have been working oncomponents. Theresa Bigbie [former Chair of the Division of ContinuingEducation] did a wonderful job of setting the stage. Dwight Miller, GaelWeberg, and Ed Jensen [of the ACE program] have also done wonderfulwork in getting us ready.

“BYU-Hawai‘i is ready to touch the lives of our constituents prior to,during and subsequent to a BYU-Hawai‘i experience,” Haydencontinued. “To me, that’s what makes the difference between an averageinstitution and this university.”

CITO UnifiesFour CampusPrograms


Behind every championship team is a dedicatedcoach with a vision—and under Dr. David Porter’sleadership, tennis at BYU-Hawai‘i has reached the

greatest heights of all.As coach of the men’s and women’s tennis teams at BYU-

Hawai‘i, Porter’s influence on his athletes has helped thembring home nine national titles.

Porter has been in L_a‘ie since 1982, and he has had

many ups and downs along the way; but while exercising agreat deal of patience and determination, it has been aworthwhile trip.

After serving as assistant coach to the men’s basketballand women’s volleyball teams, Porter was handed the reinsto the men’s tennis team in 1984. In 1992, a women’stennis team was formed and he started coaching bothgroups—a dual role that has continued until this day.

During his lengthy coaching tenure, the women’s tennisprogram has amassed an incredible seven nationalchampionships, including the last three years consecutively,while the men captured back-to-back titles in 2002-03.Those two years marked the first and second time in NCAA

Division II history that men’s and women’s teams led by thesame coach had won the national championship in thesame year.

Of all his titles, the most memorable thus far was thefirst one for the men in 2002.

“We came very close twice in the early 90’s with teams Ithought were the best. For the guys to win the first one waspretty exciting,” Porter said.

With all his expertise, Porter is the first to admit that it isnot completely up to him whether the team wins on anational level. Good recruiting is Porter’s number one keyin creating a team of champions.

“It’s less about me and more about the players,” Portersaid. “They say you can’t win a Kentucky Derby riding adonkey. We’ve been very fortunate to have outstandingplayers that wanted to get an education in a BYUenvironment, and because of that we’ve been able to besuccessful.”

Of course, BYU-Hawai‘i offers a great overall experiencefor students, which helps create an appeal for athletes whoconsider the university.


M ldingChampionsFor 20 years, coach David Porter has helped men andwomen from all over the world achieve success on the court.

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“There’s a combination of academics and the spiritualenvironment, but also the fact that we have a tennistradition,” Porter said. It also helps to have a tennis coachwho is dedicated to helping the athletes.

“I work hard with them and have a legitimate goal to tryto help them become better so they’re not just putting intime in exchange for a scholarship,” he added. “They realizethey’re getting something back on the tennis end as well asthe academic end.”

Even with great athletes and coaching, however, attainingchampionships is not easy. The team is allowed to practice20 hours a week by the NCAA. Porter uses about 15 hoursduring weekdays and then allows his athletes the option ofpracticing on Saturday mornings.

“I think it’s an appropriate amount of time considering thatthey’re not professional players and that many of them havejobs as well as full-time studies,” Porter said. Then it comesdown to the actual matches, and sometimes it can be difficultto get athletes to perform at their best; but somehow Porter hasa knack for getting the best out of his players, as evidencedparticularly with this year’s national title for the women.

“I suppose that this year, as much as any other year withthe women, we were able to do that,” Porter said. “In thematch in the semifinals against a very good team, I thoughtthat our three doubles teams played the best matches of theyear at the same time, and that gave us a lead that was toomuch for our opponents to overcome.”

Once a team reaches the top it is not easy to stay there.Players graduate and move on, and it is a challenge torecruit players with comparative talent year after year.However, Porter does not rely just on talented new playersto improve his team.

“My goal is to be always learning new things andtrying to find out what’s on the cutting edge to makesure that they always have their top advantage to playbetter,” he explained. “So, as I continue to learn, I’m surethings will change because my goal will be to teach themnew things and not just continue to do what has beendone in the past.”

Whatever those new things may be, rest assured thatPorter will always be trying to lead his teams to evengreater heights.



When the Brigham Young University Hawai‘iwomen’s tennis team brought the 2004NCAA II national championship back to

L_a‘ie, it marked the 22nd national title for the Seasiders’

athletic program—a continuation of athletic excellencethat makes BYU-Hawai‘i one of the premier athleticprograms in the nation.

In fact, it can be argued that the Seasiders are the bestin the nation, if one looks strictly at the number of

national championshipswon as a percentage of

total teams in theuniversity’s sports

program. Such anassessment would

represent a

much different, and perhaps more realistic, view ofathletic excellence than the current formula.

The current standard of excellence forintercollegiate sports is the NACDA Director’s Cup(formerly the Sears Director’s Cup), which ranksschools in each of the NCAA divisions and the NAIAaccording to overall athletic performance.

The formula is based on awarding points for eachteam that participates in national championship eventsbased on their order of finish. One hundred points areawarded for a team that wins a national title and thescale decreases to a minimum of five points for finishingbelow 64th in a tournament field. Obviously, the moresports a university sponsors, the more potential forpoints toward the Director’s Cup rankings.

In NCAA Division II competition, however, there isa wide disparity in the number of total sports differentuniversities sponsor. The University of California atDavis, for example, competed in 25 sports beforeadvancing to Division I in 2004, and Grand ValleyState operates 17 sports. BYU-Hawai‘i, by contrast,sponsors only eight sports—four men’s teams and fourwomen’s teams.

The Director’s Cup formula attempts to reduce thisdisparity by awarding points to any one school in nomore than seven men’s sports and seven women’s sports.

Still, smaller universities like BYU-Hawai‘i have adisadvantage in the Director’s Cup competition. One of

the Seasider sports, men’swater polo, is a cross-

divisional sport that isnot considered in

the formula; so,even though the

team has been


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nationally ranked in the past two seasons, it receives noDirector’s Cup points. Therefore, with only sevensports currently eligible, BYU-Hawai‘i will be short-changed even after it adds two new sports, men’s andwomen’s golf, next year.

According to the Director’s Cup formula, theSeasiders would amass 700 points if they capturedNCAA II titles in every one of the seven sports offered.This would still not be enough to win the trophy.

With its 17 sports, Grand Valley State won the 2004trophy with 810 points and UC-Davis, which won sixDirector’s Cups in eight years before moving toDivision I, won the 2003 cup with 857 points. BYU-Hawai‘i finished 34th in the 2003 standings despitewinning three national championships that year.

Championship Success RatePerhaps a better way of examining collegiate athletic

excellence is simply to look at national championshipswon compared to opportunities to win—referred toas championship success rate, or CSR. With thismeasurement, the Seasiders excel.

BYU-Hawai‘i has won 10 national titles inwomen’s volleyball, seven in women’s tennis,two in men’s volleyball, two in men’s tennis,and one in rugby. Fifteen of those titleshave come in the last 10 years and ninein the six years since the Seasiders joinedNCAA Division II play.

By comparing BYU-Hawai‘i’s recordover those time spans with other topuniversities and with schools in theSeasiders’ conference and region, a greaterappreciation can be gained for what theSeasiders have accomplished.

With 15 championships in the last decade in onlyeight sports, the Seasiders own a sparkling 18.75percent CSR. This is determined by multiplying theeight sports by 10 years to obtain the number ofpossible championships (80), and then dividing the 15championships won by the 80 possible titles.

Using this same formula, UC-Davis has a 1.6percent CSR over the past 10 years. Looking atjust the past six years, BYU-Hawai‘i’s CSRremains at 18.75 while UC-Davis improvesslightly to 2.3. Clearly, the advantage



goes to BYU-Hawai‘i despite UC-Davis’ seemingsuperiority in the Director’s Cup competition.

The Seasiders even compare favorably to some of thetop athletic programs in NCAA Division I play.

Stanford University has won nine consecutive Director’sCups and is arguably the top athleticprogram in the nation. Applying theCSR to Stanford’s 32 sports, theCardinal show a 10.3 CSR over thepast decade with 33 NCAA titles, anda CSR of 6.8 in the past six yearswith 13 titles.

UCLA, which offers 22 sports andhas won more NCAA championships(94) than any other school, owns aCSR of 10.4 over the last 10 yearswith 25 titles and a glossy 12.9 CSRfor the past six years. However, eventhese two athletic giants do not winchampionships at the same rate as the Seasiders.

BYU-Hawai‘i also stacks upwell against its sisterschool BYU in Provo,Utah. With 21 varsitysports, the Cougars havewon 10 NCAA nationalchampionships, withseven of those coming in

the past decade and sixin the past six years.BYU’s CSR works outto 3.3 for the pastdecade and rises to 4.8over the last six years.

Pacific RegionComparisons

Of course,comparing BYU-Hawai‘i to powerslike Stanford, UCLA,or BYU is likecomparingporpoises to whales.

The Seasiders arebest assessedagainst their peersin Division II and,more particularly,

in the PacificWestConference

and Pacific region.In the PacWest Conference,

CSR is irrelevant because there is little to

compare. Three schools, Chaminade, Montana State-Billings, and Western New Mexico, have never won anational championship. University of Hawai‘i-Hilo wonfive titles in NAIA women’s volleyball but none in thepast 10 years. Hawai‘i Pacific is the only other PacWest

school to win a championship inthe past decade—two NCAA IIwomen’s volleyball titles. The SeaWarriors have won four nationaltitles overall.

Teams from the GreatNorthwest Athletic Conference,which broke off from the PacWestthree years ago, have won onlyeight national championships inthe last decade. Just one of those,Humboldt State’s women’s softballtitle in 1999, was an NCAA title.The rest came in the NAIA.

(Alaska-Fairbanks won seven NCAA rifle championships,but rifle is not an official championship sport.)

Seattle Pacific leads the Great Northwest with sixNCAA II championships overall but none since 1993.Central Washington also has six titles, but they all werein NAIA and the latest came in 1995. Alaska-Anchorageand St. Martin’s have never won a nationalchampionship. The title tally for other GNAC schoolsshows Western Washington with one, Humboldt Statewith two, Seattle with two, Western Oregon with two,Northwest Nazarene with one, and Alaska-Fairbankswith just the rifle titles.

A look at the other Pacific conference, the CaliforniaCollegiate Athletic Conference (CCAA), reveals a greaternumber of national championships. Cal State-Bakersfieldtops all region teams with 29 titles, seven more than BYU-Hawai‘i. The Roadrunners offer 15 sports, though, andonly eight titles have come in the last 10 years, givingCSUB a decade CSR of just 5.3 percent. Only four, all inmen’s swimming and diving, have come in the last sixyears for a CSR of 4.4 percent.

Other CCAA schools that have won national titlesinclude Cal Poly-Pomona with 11, but none in the pastdecade; Grand Canyon with nine but only one in NCAAplay since 1988; UC-Davis with eight; Chico State withsix; Cal State-LA with four but none since 1978; SonomaState, UC-San Diego, and Cal State-Dominguez Hills withtwo apiece; and San Francisco State with one. Cal State-Stanislaus and Cal State-San Bernardino have never won anational championship.

With these data, one fact becomes obvious: BYU-Hawai‘ihas been blessed with great success in intercollegiateathletics. With 22 national titles (and eight individualnational champions), the Seasiders are among the eliteprograms in the nation. To win that many titles with so fewvarsity sports is nothing short of incredible.


BYU-Hawai‘i has been

blessed with great success

in intercollegiate athletics,

with a CSR of 18.75.


It is a privilege to follow otherassociation presidents who haveserved BYU-Hawai‘i over its first 50

years. I particularly wish to thankoutgoing president Mike Foley for hisexemplary leadership.

From my travels on behalf of BYU-Hawai‘i and the Polynesian Cultural Center,I am convinced that: (1) the two entities’complementary missions—to preparestudents to be leaders and positive rolemodels—are becoming increasinglyimportant as spiritual and moralfoundations erode around the world; and(2) our alumni can do much to supportthese vital endeavors. Below are a fewthings we are doing to strengthen our alumni association, the university, and our students:

• We’re moving! The alumni association office will move to the old Plantation Store area in theAloha Center, which—along with a new student alumni program—should enhancerelationships between students, the association, and our chapters worldwide.

• We’re establishing more chapters around the world, like those just started in New Zealand andChina, to better represent our diverse ‘ohana.

• We’re working to improve communication and strengthen our chapters; strong chapters are atthe heart of what we can accomplish in the coming years.

• We’re harnessing technology to make campus activities more available to alumni.• While the monthly e-newsletter will continue, we encourage more alumni to give us your

email addresses and feedback! • I’m also excited about the potential for alumni to help provide more career opportunities for

our new graduates and to offer donations for student scholarships and programs.

We hope everyone visits campus during 2005, but also encourage all chapters to conductyour own jubilee celebrations. To learn of events and other information, please access the GoldenJubilee site at the lower left corner of the byuh.edu home page. We especially invite everyone backfor Jubilee Week, October 16-23, 2005. Chapters may want to develop a travel package forinterested alumni.

These are exciting times for the campus and the alumni association. We invite all of you toparticipate in some way in maintaining lasting connections with BYU-Hawai‘i.

Warmest regards,

Les StewardPresident, Alumni Association


Alumni ‘Ohana

Aloha Alumni,

On choir tour, alumni president Les Steward shares moments with BYU-Hawai‘ialumni Choi Yoon Hwan, executive director of the LDS Service Center in Seoul,and his wife, Goo Bon Kyung.


Increasingly, it seems, the fine art of effectivemothering is crafted and honed in little L

_a‘ie—and it

doesn’t go unrecognized.Beth Pi‘ilani Parker Uale is the most recent in a growing

list of women from BYU-Hawai‘i and The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints who have been recognized asmother of the year by the Hawai‘i Chapter of AmericanMothers, Inc. (AMI).

Uale, who graduated from BYU-Hawai‘i in 1985, andher husband, Hawai‘i District Family Court judge BodeUale (‘87), are the parents of four children—two of whomattended BYU-Hawai‘i and another who was student-bodyvice president at BYU in Provo, Utah.

Sitting in the music room of her home in Hawai‘i Kai,which features back-to-back baby grand pianos, Uale saidshe never expected such an honor.

“I was very surprised, because I thought that title wasfor women who had 10 kids and foster children,” sheexplained. “I didn’t think I qualified. When I asked themwhy I was nominated, they said part of the reason wasbecause of the success of my children.”

Amanda DuPont, a member of the Kaimuki Ward ofThe Church of Jesus Christ and president of the AMIHawai‘i Chapter, confirms this contributing factor.

“Not only has Beth done an outstanding job of raisingher children, every one of them is an example in thecommunity,” said DuPont. “Two are currently servingmissions (for the Church): Her daughter is in Venezuela

and a son is in a Spanish-speaking mission in California. Theoldest son served in a Spanish-speaking mission, and theyoungest is a senior at Kamehameha [High School]. Theyhave been outstanding in school work and service.”

DuPont added that Uale has also been “a great influenceon thousands of youth” through her teaching of piano, voiceand music in private lessons, private schools, 13 years ofpublic school and 18 years of conducting the children’s choirin the annual Honolulu Stake Christmas concerts at thehistoric Honolulu Tabernacle.

Early InfluencesUale started her own music training when she was just

eight years of age and living in Pasadena, California, whereher well-known father, Ed Parker—a martial artist,businessman, actor and author—first established hisworldwide school of karate.

“I took piano lessons for 10 years,” Uale recalled. “I had awonderful teacher. She was a very patient, loving LDS ladywho lived down the street. If she wasn’t that way, I don’tthink I would have continued.”

Even so, Uale said she was ready to quit after four years.“Then my mother told the bishop I played, and he askedme to play for Primary. I was only 12. That was whenPrimary was on a weekday. I agreed, but told my mom thatI would have to take lessons again. She never told me untilyears later she had done that because she didn’t want me toquit, and it worked.”


Alumni ‘Ohana

Motherfor All

Seasons‘85 Alumna Beth Uale Continues Trend


Though both her parents were partHawaiian, Uale said she had not reallyconnected with her Polynesian heritageon the U.S. mainland. “Growing up inCalifornia, there were threepredominant nationalities in thosedays: the whites, Chicanos and blacks.I didn’t really fit in anywhere, so I feltlike I really needed to find my heritage.

“All of my friends went to BYU inProvo, but I purposefully came toBYU-Hawai‘i … to find my culture.”

Once in L_a‘ie, she said, “the

Polynesian Cultural Center was the thingthat helped the most—being able tolearn the dances and how to make poi,how to braid coconut husk and makerope out of it, and I learned how to playthe ‘ukulele. There were so many thingsabout the culture that I didn’t know, butbeing around other Polynesians was verycomfortable for me.

“I felt it was the place for me to be,yet I needed to learn more about myculture. I remember I had to learnwhat hana bata days meant [little kidswith runny noses]. That wasn’t a termI heard growing up.

“I’m definitely a Hawaiian now,”said Uale, who is also a director ofthe Hawai‘i Youth Opera Chorusbased at Kawaiaha’o Church inHonolulu. “We do a lot of Hawaiianmusic and dance. We practice there,and every so often we perform duringtheir services as a payback.”

During the national AMIconvention in Puerto Rico in April2004, Uale shared the aloha spirit at aluncheon honoring the outgoingnational mother of the year, MervalynKitashima, another LDS Hawaiianwhose husband, Daniel, is a BYU-Hawai‘i graduate.

“We got permission to turn thatluncheon into a Hawaiian affair,”said DuPont. “We gave out kukui nutleis donated by the PCC and wehanded out brochures. Beth and[former Hawai‘i young mother of theyear] Lianna McMillan … dancedhula. After that, for the remainder ofthe convention all the Puerto Ricanwomen would welcome everybodyat the convention with bienvenidosand aloha.”

Connecting with Her Husband

Coming to BYU-Hawai‘i also put BethParker in the path of Bode Uale, a youngSamoan from L

_a‘ie who was born in Salt

Lake City while his father was attendingthe University of Utah. Bode and Bethwere both members of the campusperforming group, Showcase Hawai‘i.

Laughing, she admitted, “I heardabout him before I got there, becausemy sister told me he had written asong for her roommate. I wondered,who’s this guy who’s written a song?”

She soon found out. Two monthsafter meeting, they were engaged.Six months later, in May 1978, theywere married in the Los AngelesTemple while the L

_a‘ie Temple was

under renovation. “Three children later,” she

graduated from BYU-Hawai‘i in 1985with a degree in music. She earned aprofessional diploma in 1997 and amaster’s degree in music education in1999 from the University of Hawai‘i.

When she was not teaching or “beinga mom,” Uale has served as president of


The Uale family relaxes in a recent photo; l to r, Travis, Justin, Andria, Bode, Beth, Crichton.


the Hawai‘i Chapter of the AmericanChoral Directors Association and isincoming president of the Hawai‘i MusicEducators Association. She also servesas Young Women’s president of the LDSHawai‘i Kai Ward and is a Boy Scoutmerit badge counselor for family life,music and speech.

When she has time to herself, Ualeturns to music.

“That’s why work is such anenjoyable thing for me,” she said. “Idon’t feel like I have to be away frommy family. Music is my passion.”

Of her BYU-Hawai‘i days, Ualerecalled that she “enjoyed being inShowcase. That was a good experience.I enjoyed being in the dorms andgetting to know people. I liked thesmall class sizes. I loved working atPCC. I was a narrator for the matineeshow, and I also worked in theMarquesan tohua.”

These experiences have helped herteach Polynesian heritage to herchildren. “Luckily, three of my kidswere also able to get intoKamehameha School. My oldest sonand daughter also worked at PCCwhile they were at BYU-Hawai‘i. Myoldest son, Crichton, was on thepromo team . . . and my daughter,Andria, was on it for one summer.

“The kids are also familiar withtheir Samoan heritage,” shecontinued. “Two summers ago Itaught a music education class inAmerican Samoa, and I took thewhole family with me.”

Uale believes spending time withher family is one of the keys to hersuccess as a mother. “When I gotmarried my dad got very depressedbecause he thought we wouldn’t havetime to do things together. When Isaw that, I realized I needed to spendtime with my kids, so I wouldn’t haveregrets,” she said.

“Even though I’ve had a career, wedo a really good job of calendaringand spending time together,” Ualeadded. “For example, on holidays thekids always wanted to go someplaceand do things with their friends, butwe’ve told them we’re doing thingstogether until after lunch, and thenyou can take off. There have alsobeen many family vacations.Whenever we have free time we try tospend it together, but you have to putit on the calendar.

“Music was another thing that broughtour family together. We have our ownlittle choir. Everyone knows how to sing,and we can have all the parts.

“At times I had to be a super mom:While I was getting my professionaldiploma and master’s degree, andwhile Bode was a bishop, that was alot of work; but it was a team effort,”she said. “Bode was always veryhelpful with the kids, especially withtransportation and sports. He also seta good example, and he’s been activein Scouting from the very beginning.That’s been very helpful: All threeboys are Eagle Scouts. My kids arealso very strong in the Church.”

Gospel-Centered Parenting“You have to set a good example

for your children. You have to showthrough example how important theChurch and your relationship withHeavenly Father are,” she said.

“Beth is really grounded in thegospel,” Bode interjected. “I think inour married life, sometimes I wanted

to slack off, but she never let me. I’mhuman, but she has a deep convictionto the gospel that’s helped memaintain my conviction as well.

“Beth has always been the one tokeep us on track. She’s always kept usdoing the Church programs and makingsure the kids were attending Seminaryregularly. She’s pulled me along. I’vebeen a bishop. That was a greatexperience, but if I didn’t have thesupport from my wife, I don’t know if Iwould have been able to do that calling.”

Asked her advice on motherhood,Uale said, “You have to set rules inyour house. You have to be very firmwith the children. For example, oneday I told the kids if they weren’t inthe car in 10 minutes, I would leavefor Church without them. They dilly-dallied, and I left. They waited athome for over an hour and I nevercame back to pick them up. Afterthat, they were on time. They realizedthey had to follow the rules. Thoserules have to be set early, when thekids are young—not when they’re 16or 17 and you’ve already lost control.

“I also think parents have to realizethat when they have free time, theyshould spend it with their familiesand not be anxious to spend time bythemselves. Kids pick up on that.They need to know you want tospend time with them.

“I’m grateful for the children I wasblessed with and a good husband, thatI was raised in the LDS Church, andthat my children all have testimonies. Ilove being a mom.”


Amanda DuPont, serving her second term as president of theHawai‘i chapter of American Mothers, Inc., reported, “There’s beena strong LDS influence in the organization. We try to branch out,but LDS women just naturally gravitate to the standards and princi-ples of American Mothers. We’ve had two national mothers of theyear from Hawai‘i: Carolyn Shumway in 1996 and MervalynKitashima last year. They were both outstanding.”

Along with Uale, past “mothers of the year” or “young mothers ofthe year” from Hawai‘i include Leilani Auna, Cheryl Ann Chun, Lau-rie Clark, Pamela Tseu Gasinski, Kathy Ho, Lanett Ho Ching, TrinetteKaui, Louise Kim, Susan Kunz, Lianna McMillan, Patricia Lei Ander-son Murray, Susan Spangler, Donnette Tew and Lisa Wagner.

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New Zealand (Wellington)Lynn & Elisapeta Scanlan Home: (644) 237-4064Email: [email protected]

NiueSally-Maka HekesiHome:(683) 4182Cell: (683) 1115Email: [email protected]

Tahiti (French Polynesia)Eriki & Patricia MarchandHome:(689) 48-0391

TongaSuliasi & Peggy KaufusiHome: (676) 25-039Bus: (676) 23-455Email: [email protected]

SamoaGwen & Daniel MeredithHome: (685) 20316Bus: (685) 27009Email: [email protected]

CONTINENTAL U.S.

AlaskaCarolyn S. FautanuHome: (907) 332-2005Email: [email protected]

ArizonaKepiloni FoliakiHome: (480) 357-5722Cell: (602) 740-6541Email: [email protected]

California (Los Angeles)Dean & Cynthia SchwenkeCell (D): (310) 663-9289Email (D):

[email protected] (C): (310) 489-0067Email (C):

[email protected]

California (San Diego)Adolf & Avis SinghHome: (760) 434-6473Bus: (760) 931-9180Email: [email protected]

California (San Francisco)Raymond JouHome: (408) 436-8925Bus: (510) 743-4977Email: [email protected]

ColoradoMichael & Kerry BrightHome: (303) 971-0945Bus: (303) 763-4721Email: [email protected]

IdahoGrant & Stephanie GuinnHome: (208) 855-9644Bus: (208) 331-4911Email: [email protected]

NevadaMichael & Kara SanftEmail: [email protected] Home: (702) 869-1030Cell: (702) 497-0503

OregonKathleen & Motekikai TaukoloHome: (503) 762-8334Email: [email protected]

TexasRuel & Pam LacanientaHome: (817) 453-9532Cell: (817) 360-6692Email: [email protected]

UtahDavid & Susanne SettleCell (D): (801) 592-3485Email (D): [email protected] (S): (801) 592-3486Email (S): [email protected]

WashingtonBenjamin & Cathryn LimHome: (425) 255-8201Cell: (206) 541-3308Email:

[email protected]

Washington D.C.Joseph & Salei’a Fa’amuliEmail: [email protected] Home: (301) 251-6629

U.S. MidwestHector & Allison Amezcua (MN)Home: (651) 731-1084Email: [email protected]

HAWAI‘I

HiloTo Be Assigned

KonaJames & Laurai DumaguinHome: (808) 325-3229Bus: (808) 323-4500Email: [email protected]

KauaiGaugau & Fiapapalagi TavanaHome: (808) 332-9107Email: [email protected]

MauiDavid & Melony NesmithHome: (808) 877-4428Email: [email protected]

Oahu (Ko‘olauloa)Mark & Choon JamesHome: (808) 293-9111Email (M): [email protected] (C): [email protected]

HonoluluMary Lou & Robert HardistyHome: (808) 396-0713Cell: (808) 258-2193Email: [email protected]


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