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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.
Each morning for the last four years, John and Rhonda Bell have gone plogging, which is jogging through Laie, picking up trash they see along the way. They shared a desire to plog wherever they live. Inspired by the Bells’ love for the land, others have started to pick up trash as well.
Helena Hannonen, a professor of the Faculty of Business & Government, retired at the end of the 2019-2020 academic school year. While at BYU–Hawaii, she established the BYU Management Society and more. Even after her retirement, she said she is determined to continue serving the BYUH ohana and gives advice for student success.
June 2020 graduate Sean Somoray reflected on the highlights of his academic journey, which he said he dedicated to his grandfather who supported him coming to BYU-Hawaii from the Philippines and who passed away the same year he started school here in 2016.
Students reflected on their experiences of living in different countries and shared how their views were broadened and they learned to adjust to them. World traveler Cannon Curtis shared his passion for discovering new things and advised students to make international friends at BYU–Hawaii.
Bret Grow, the director of digital marketing and digital commerce at the Polynesian Cultural Center and an adjunct instructor of advanced digital marketing at BYU–Hawaii, said he wants to help BYUH students by sharing his knowledge and experience of business, marketing and software technology.
An associate professor and a BYU–Hawaii junior participated in the 2020 census ads, and they encouraged BYUH faculty and students to take a few minutes to complete the census. A special instructor at BYUH also stressed the benefits of census records in family history research.
People in the various stakes in Laie said they have utilized justserve.org to improve community life quality. The Laie Hawaii Stake has completed more than 100 service projects including the Laie Cemetery digitizing project where 120 volunteers participated.
Leonil Mosquera said he is feeling accomplished even though his commencement was canceled and there is a low chance he may get a job because of COVID-19. But he said he is putting his trust in the Lord and is looking forward to a brighter future, he shared.
Students from Mongolia, Fiji and Thailand shared their experiences of being stuck on the island due to their countries’ border closures. Countries around the world closed their borders to curb the global pandemic.
The April 2020 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 4-5 proved to be memorable, according to students. The conference celebrated the bicentennial anniversary of Joseph Smith’s First Vision and the subsequent Restoration, which was an overarching theme in the conference.
School resources like TVA missionary nurses provide necessary care and relieve stress, said BYU–Hawaii student mothers. Also, efforts from the BYUH Women’s Organization to give student mothers new-mom kits made being a mother in school less challenging, they said.
Tulga Enkhbold and Janlavtsogzol Battulga are both students, hardworking employees, and parents who are balancing academics, extracurricular and raising three children. They are both from Mongolia and majoring in accounting. They said their lives require a large amount of management, but they put their relationship over everything.
Despite coming from different cultures around the world, twins and triplets at BYU–Hawaii said they experience many similar things, including being confused for the other, fighting for identity, people assuming they have magical powers and being best friends.
With its prophetic beginning in 1955, the North Shore’s sole university now plans to roll out $500 million of projects over the course of five years.