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Campus Comment: How can your major help your people and country when you graduate from BYUH?

Pristine V. Domingo wears a gray shirt and stands with one hand on her hip.
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Pristine V. Domingo, a junior from the Philippines studying clinical psychology, said, “First, I want to prepare myself to be qualified so I can serve the best I can. ... After I graduate, I am going to take the GRE ... and do an internship so I have the experience to back up my service.” She said she also plans to apply at BYU in Provo for a doctorate in psychology. “That way I could help people with their psychotherapy and career counseling. So those are my ways of leading, helping people and building the kingdom of God after I graduate.”

Mark Maslar is wearing a gray shirt and smiling
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Mark Maslar, a junior from California majoring in theater management, said, “Though I’m from California and I plan to learn from Hollywood in the different industries that are there, what I plan to do is take my skills back to the Philippines where my mom is from. At least then I can go to the different places where film and theatre aren’t that big and at least help it become something more than what it might be in some of the places in the Philippines.”

Lositika Vaka is wearing a yellow shirt and a flower behind one ear, while sitting at a table in the Aloha Center.
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Lositika Vaka, a junior from Tonga majoring in mathematics and math education, said, “When I go back home, I’ll be teaching [math] in secondary schools and later on maybe go for my master’s degree. ... Teaching math in Tonga is very helpful. We do have a lot of good math teachers, but I feel like there’s need of more math teachers back home.”

Solongo Norov wears a beige sweater and light blue shirt and stands in the Aloha Center.
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Solongo Norov, a junior from Mongolia majoring in marketing and economics, said she wants to help Mongolia improve how businesses use marketing strategies by moving from traditional ways to modern ways. “In Mongolia, offline marketing or traditional marketing is popular. I would like to evolve it to online or digital marketing,” she explained.

Kate Woodruff wears an orange T-shirt with BYU-Hawaii Facilities Management written on it.
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Kate Woodruff, a freshman from Idaho whose major is undecided, said, “I want to go into ultrasound, and I feel like I can help people in the medical field and teach them about OB-GYN. ... I’ve always kind of wanted to go into the medical field because it just sounds like a career I want to do.”

Buyanbat Dagvadorj wears black-rimmed eye glasses, a beige hat and orange T-shirt and stands outside the McKay building on campus.
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Buyanbat Dagvadorj, a junior from Mongolia studying psychology, said, “In Mongolia, I want to help high school and middle school students to make better choices and ... [help them] to be better students in their city or college and be better moms or dads.”