Crystal E. Tania said it’s rewarding to be back on campus after persevering through the pandemic because she can see the beauty that came from the difficult situation. “Everything is beautiful in its time, so don’t lose hope,” she explained.

Sterling Kerr, a senior biology major from Utah and the teaching assistant for the animal behavior class, said crickets are “one of the only animals on the earth actively going through an evolutionary process [people] can see with [their] eyes. … They’re a small cog in a really big wheel of things we don’t get to see every day.”

Discovering more than 5,000 names, photos and sources of her family, Suzanne Blattberg Bowen said she is devoted to genealogy work, inspiring those around her to do the same. Through family history work, she met her husband, Religion Professor Matthew Bowen.

The BYU–Hawaii Willes Center for International Entrepreneurship has a 3D printer, cameras, underwater cameras, podcasting systems, a virtual reality headset, and a green screen that all students can use for free. Students who used the resources shared how they used them to jumpstart their business ideas.

During the Winter 2021 Semester, BYU–Hawaii implemented saliva-based COVID-19 testing, known as Seasider Testing. Since testing began in December, Nomi Health’s marketing lead said they have issued around 20,000 tests and have recorded 36 positive cases during Winter 2021.

During the Wiley Efficient Learning Info Session on Feb. 18, Carla Ng, a CPA and regional director of Wiley CPAexcel from California, introduced the CPA exam’s educational and experiential requirements and application process to BYU–Hawaii students. More than 30 students attended the event.

During the COVID-19 quarantine, the BYU–Hawaii Sustainability Center conducted projects to benefit the BYUH ohana, including creating sanitizers, giving away food and travel commodities and supplying materials to make face masks.

Brooke Guryn shared how her faith grew after starting a fundraiser to raise money for a young girl from Ecuador to receive prosthetic legs after she was injured in an auto accident.

After a life dedicated to service in the Church, Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors’ Center Director Stephen B. Allen said coming on a mission to Hawaii was inspired by the Lord, and he and his wife have been following the Spirit ever since.