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Leiani Brown

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Leaders and students reflect on experiences with China in light of Shanghai Temple announcement

By Leiani Brown
July 29, 2020
Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, paused and, voice wavering, finished the list of new temple announcements in the April 2020 General Conference with, “Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.”
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Spring 2020 Commencement talks encourages students to face the future with faith and courage

By Leiani Brown
July 28, 2020
Following the prophet is the key to facing the future with faith, said General Sunday School President Mark L. Pace, during the Spring 2020 Commencement, which was live-streamed on June 27.
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BYU-Hawaii work projects offer solutions to loss of jobs, boredom and skill development

By Leiani Brown
July 28, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic left roughly 1,000 BYU–Hawaii students stuck on campus and many without a job, explained David Fonoimoana.
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Laie-raised BYUH alumna graduates from law school with aspirations to become president of the United States

By Leiani Brown
July 02, 2020
She finished at Kahuku High School as a junior. She finished her undergraduate studies at BYU–Hawaii in two years. Now, just months before her 23rd birthday, she has graduated from BYU Law School with her juris doctorate degree (JD) and master's of public affairs (MPA).
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Leilani Tafili-Arnett looks to law school and hopes to make her dad proud

By Leiani Brown
May 14, 2020
Four years in the political science major, three minors, four certificates and a plan to take the LSAT by the end of the year, and yet, Samoa native Leilani “Lani” Tafili-Arnett, who graduated last semester, said she has never really liked school.
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University president’s wife, Susan Tanner, shares life lessons of love and healing

By Leiani Brown
May 11, 2020
The love of God surpasses all, shared Sister Susan W. Tanner on May 5 in her “last lecture,” a devotional address patterned after an assignment she and President John Tanner gave their students last semester.
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Students and leaders share uplifting messages during global pandemic

By Leiani Brown
May 04, 2020
With the rapidly changing nature of the global pandemic and surrounding circumstances, unprecedented challenges and stressors popped up worldwide. Amidst the chaos and panic, professors and students at BYU–Hawaii banded together to provide hope for one another.
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Church announces first temple in Middle East, students discuss the UAE’s religiously inclusive community

By Leiani Brown
April 27, 2020
Just before the closing hymn at the April 2020 General Conference, which included a worldwide, multi-lingual choir singing “We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet,” President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced eight new temples. The temples announced included one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates– the Church’s first official temple in the Middle East, according to Church Newsroom.
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Students and faculty start in Laie, Affirmation Hawaii, a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community

By Leiani Brown
April 03, 2020
National non-profit organization Affirmation LGBTQ Mormons Family and Friends, began its first Hawaii chapter in the Laie community this year, said organizers, due to a need voiced by BYU–Hawaii students and faculty.
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