Skip to main content

Michael Kraft

More from this author
data-content-type="article"

Students share they have learned about love from their parents' love stories

By Michael Kraft
March 12, 2020
From a concert to a birthday party to a jewelry store, BYU–Hawaii students reflected on tales of true love as they told the stories of how their parents met and married.
6 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Dr. Jason Hughes uses virtual reality as tool to help educate students in Kahuku

By Michael Kraft
March 12, 2020
Kahuku Medical Center’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jason Hughes said he has invested in a virtual reality system because it makes difficult concepts easier to understand for local students who come to learn at the hospital. He said they now use it in connection with Kahuku High School’s Healthcare Career Pathway program.
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Tyler Lutz’s work ethic landed him an internship with Tesla, says professor and friend

By Michael Kraft
March 03, 2020
Tesla’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, recently welcomed BYU–Hawaii student Tyler Lutz for an eight-month internship at its Fremont, California factory. Lutz, a junior from Ohio majoring in supply chain management, will be doing global supply chain management for Tesla over the next eight months.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Director of BYU–Hawaii’s ‘West Side Story’ wants to present a message of unity to bring students together

By Michael Kraft
February 26, 2020
As BYUH prepares to put on a production of “West Side Story,” the director, along with cast members, discussed how they want to use the diversity of BYUH to show a new side to a classic story.
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Casting a musical with diverse actors brings unique challenges and opportunities, says director

By Michael Kraft
February 26, 2020
“West Side Story” is a musical that traditionally showcases racial tensions between white New Yorkers and Puerto Ricans. Because of the diverse student body and limited number of Puerto Rican and Latin American students, Aaron Densley, the director of the musical, said he had to go a different route.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Bridget Anderson details challenges of playing a traditionally male character in ‘West Side Story’

By Michael Kraft
February 26, 2020
When Bridget Anderson, a junior from Utah majoring in cultural anthropology, first began working on BYU–Hawaii’s production of “West Side Story,” she often wondered if she was a female playing a male character. She was curious if the director would change the character into a female for her. The latter was the case, and her character, Big Deal, will be a female character.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Law Week lecturers say developing legal skills can lead to career opportunities beyond law

By Eden Jones
February 21, 2020
Sponsored by the Pre-Law Society on campus, Winter Semester 2020 Law Week included an information session, a mock law class and an opportunity for one-on-one interviews with Stacie Stewart, the BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School dean of admission, explained Pre-Law Society President Terrence Dela Peña.
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Returned missionaries tell their stories of overcoming adversity after coming home

By Michael Kraft
February 20, 2020
Dalvin Keil, Kayli Whiting, and Kody Finley are BYU–Hawaii students who each faced unique challenges upon returning home from their missions. They said keeping up with the habits they learned on their mission helped them adjust from mission life to student life.
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Adopted students and adoptive parents testify of joys of the gospel and life they learned from adoption

By Michael Kraft
February 19, 2020
According to adopted students at BYU–Hawaii, there is a stigma to being adopted. They said people ask them about their biological family and their relationship to their adopted families.
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
Previous Next