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An email notification informed Megan DeJong, a junior from Colorado majoring in psychology, she was being offered extra money to walk dogs. To give service and earn money, DeJong said she fell victim to a scam costing her $4,850 and didn't receive any help from her bank.
As concerns surrounding the coronavirus outbreak spread across the world, there are reports of discrimination, harassment and violence against people of Asian heritage. As the world is forced to deal with the racial ramifications of the coronavirus, BYU–Hawaii, Hawaii and the world as a whole, are dealing with these issues.
Email scams have cost BYU–Hawaii students thousands of dollars in the past year, according to U’i Keala, BYUH’s IT security coordinator. In order to prevent scams, students need to be educated about them, she said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BYU–Hawaii married couples said having a spouse motivates them to work harder in school, strengthens their spirituality, and helps them maintain a healthy balance between school, work and home life.
Once the executive vice president of a security firm with 500 employees, political science Special Instructor Dr. John Tsukayama is one of the few members of the BYUH faculty who is not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Laie Hawaii Temple includes several pieces of art from the friezes near the top of the temple to the sculptures around it. Members of the Laie community said this art tells a story. Kap Te’o Tafiti, a carver, sculptor, performer and senior cultural ambassador at the Polynesian Cultural Center, said all the art he creates has a purpose. He said in regards to art, its purpose is to tell a story.