Inspired by business majors to start her own company, Martha Christensen, a previous academic advisor for the Faculty of Business & Government, began her journey towards creating her company J-Slips. Presently, J-slips offers students business internships as the company continues to spread across Polynesia. She said these student interns have brought great ideas and connections to the J-Slips family.

With the continuing advent of social media networking and popular social media apps, Facebook is seeing a significant decline in popularity. New apps such as Instagram, Pinterest, Vine, Twitter and others, are rivaling Facebook in the social media market, as Facebook now finds itself dropping in popularity and losing users due to the increase in competition.

Filled with a desire to help those in need throughout the world, Chloe and Lydia Wilson and Jeteijie Curtis said they started selling treats and their toys on a street corner in Laie to raise money for the Philippines and Australia. After Mark Camiso shared a photo of the girls on Facebook, the picture went viral and received more than 58,000 likes and 46,000 shares.

Ryan Lager, who works for the Honolulu Fire Department, came into the Ke Alaka‘i office for the routine fire safety checks that happen periodically on the BYU–Hawaii campus. Upon inspecting the office, he suggested moving the microwave because it was plugged into an extension cord. He said it was a necessity to have the microwave plugged into a direct outlet to reduce the fire hazard.

Mongolian students who were part of the SION choir band that reached the semifinal of “Mongolia’s Got Talent” said the experience helped them grow as individuals. Members of the choir said their time on the show provided a way to share the gospel through their music.

"Avatar: The Last Airbender," an American animated television series created in 2005, recently had a comeback after it was added to Netflix on May 15. The series became one of the service's most-watched shows, according to the site's top 10 list. BYU-Hawaii student fans of the show shared how the animated series carries universal themes and a great sense of adventure, years after its premiere.

BYU–Hawaii students in the 24-hour Theatre Project class performed 10-minute skits they had only 24 hours to write, prepare and perform on Saturday, May 22. The three skits were performed in the McKay Auditorium with a limited number of people in the audience due to COVID-19 restrictions. But the skits were also lived streamed so people could watch them without being the in auditorium.

Michelle Obama has been in the media more and even announced the Oscars for the Best Picture of 2013 on Feb. 23 It was the first time that a First Lady has made an appearance at the Oscars. Critics think she is getting too much attention. According to The Associated Press, “The first lady says it was ‘absolutely not surprising’ to her that her satellite appearance at the Academy Awards ceremony provoked a national conversation about whether it was appropriate, after some conservative critics accused her of selfishly crashing the event in an attempt to upstage it.“Americans have long been fascinated by their first ladies, scrutinizing everything from their clothes and hair to the issues they promote and how they raise their children. Mrs. Obama acknowledged that she and President Barack Obama have added appeal, and perhaps sometimes are subject to extra scrutiny, because they are the first black family in the White House but also a young couple (she turned 49 last month; he's 51) with young children (daughters Sasha, 11, and Malia, 14),” reports AP.Not only has Mrs. Obama been seen by those watching the Oscars, but also she has been seen by kids on children's programming and various talk shows. Mrs. Obama has started a initiative entitled "Let's Move," which fights childhood obesity. She appeared on Jimmy Fallon's late night show to promote this initiative. According to an article entitled "Michelle Obama dances like a mom," found on CNN, the message of her fitness initiative is: “It doesn’t matter how you move, as long as you do."The article continues, "So first lady Michelle Obama took to her feet and demonstrated the ‘Evolution of Mom Dance’ with Jimmy Fallon on his NBC program Friday night, showing off classic dance steps like the ‘go shopping, get groceries,’ the ‘driving the station wagon’and the ‘just the hands part of “Single Ladies.’”There are varying viewpoints of this media exposure. Some say it is for the initiative while others disagree completely. Jesse Oliva, a senior majoring in business human resources from Maryland, states "I don't care about the Obama's involvement in social programs because I think it's all for publicity."

Adam Ah Mu, a junior majoring in information technology, takes risks and braves heights to get the perfect photo. The city lights have always fascinated him, he said, which has inspired a lot of his photography. “I’ve always messed around photography and video making, but last year I started seriously getting into it.”