Brigham Young University Hawaii
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| Motto | "Enter to learn, go forth to serve" |
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| Established | September 26, 1955 |
| Type | Private coeducational |
| President | Eric B. Shumway |
| Faculty | 183 |
| Students | 2,400 |
| Location | Laie, Hawaii, United States |
| Campus | Rural |
| Newspaper | Ke Alaka'i |
| Colors | Crimson and Gold |
| Nickname | Seasiders |
| Mascot | Kimo the Gecko |
| Affiliations | LDS Church |
| Website | http://www.byuh.edu |
Brigham Young University Hawai‘i, is a private co-educational university in the town of Lā‘ie thirty-five miles from Honolulu, Hawai‘i on the windward coast of the island of O‘ahu in the United States. Brigham Young University Hawaii is an undergraduate institution that educates some 2,400 students from Asia, the Pacific islands, the U.S., and other parts of the world, representing over 70 countries. A campus of the Brigham Young University System anchored in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and named after the American religious leader, colonist, first territorial governor of Utah and founder of Salt Lake City. One of the foremost institutions of Brigham Young University Hawai‘i is the Polynesian Cultural Center, the largest living museum in the State of Hawai‘i.
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[edit] Establishment
The LDS Church was established in the islands in 1850 following the Edict of Toleration promulgated by Kamehameha III, giving the underground Hawai‘i Catholic Church the right to worship while at the same time allowing other faith traditions to begin establishing themselves.
Brigham Young University Hawai‘i was founded in September 1955 as Church College of Hawai‘i to accommodate the burgeoning LDS population in the Territory of Hawai‘i. The college was reorganized in 1959 to become a four-year college. LDS elders established the Polynesian Cultural Center in November 1963 as a means of preserving the Pacific cultures that the Latter-day Saints had encountered in their missionary work. The center also provided jobs for students of the college. In 1974, Church College of Hawai‘i was elevated to the rank of university by the Hawai‘i State Legislature and renamed.
[edit] Athletics
BYUH competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division (NCAA) Division II as a member of the Pacific West Conference. The team name is the Seasiders, they compete in Men's Basketball, Men's & Women's Cross-Country, Men's & Women's Golf, Softball, Men's & Women's Tennis, Volleyball, and Men's & Women's Soccer. Their strongest teams are in Men's and Women's Tennis and Women's Volleyball, which have won multiple national championships.
[edit] Historical Highlights
A brief history of Brigham Young University Hawaii and related events.
[edit] Pre-foundation of the University
April 6, 1830 Joseph Smith Jr. and five others incorporate the Church of Christ in Fayette, New York.
May 11, 1843 Joseph Smith Jr. sends four Latter-day Saint (LDS) missionaries from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands).
May 1, 1844 After almost seven months at sea and one death, the surviving missionaries arrive in Tubuai (now a part of French Polynesia) and decide to remain in that area.
September 25, 1850 LDS Church leaders send 10 missionaries from the California gold fields to the Sandwich Islands Mission.
December 12, 1850 Following a 20-day voyage from San Francisco, the missionaries arrive in Honolulu.
January 26, 1865 The LDS Church purchases the ahupua'a of Laiewai and Laiemaloo as a gathering place for its members. The plantation covers over 6,000 acres, more than a thousand head of livestock, a large frame house and five Hawaiian hale — from Thomas T. Dougherty for $14,000.
October 1865 One of the missionary wives establishes the first two schools in Laie.
October 16, 1875 The Church organizea Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Utah. It eventually becomes Brigham Young University.
June 1, 1915 President Joseph F. "Iosepa" Smith, who served several missions in Hawaii, dedicates the Hawaii Temple site in Laie.
November 27, 1919 President Heber J. Grant dedicates the Hawaii LDS Temple on Thanksgiving Day.
February 7, 1921 On an around-the-world inspection tour of LDS missions Elder's David O. McKay and Hugh J. Cannon attend a flag-raising in Laie; McKay envisions a school to make Laie the Church's spiritual and educational center in the Pacific.
[edit] Founding The Church College of Hawaii
April 9, 1951 David O. McKay becomes president of the LDS Church and almost immediately starts preliminary work to establish the university in Laie that he foresaw in 1921.
July 21, 1954 The First Presidency announces the establishment of a college in Hawaii.
February 12, 1955 President David O. McKay breaks ground for the university and offers a far-reaching glimpse of the school's impact, saying:
- We dedicate our actions in this service unto Thee and unto Thy glory and to the salvation of the children of men, that this college, and the temple, and the town of Laie may become a missionary factor, influencing not thousands, not tens of thousands, but millions of people who will come seeking to know what this town and it's significance are.[citation needed]
At the time the total annual visitor count to Hawaii was 110,000; but since the opening of the Polynesian Cultural Center in 1963, over 30 million people have visited Laie.
September 1, 1955 The LDS Church begins a labor missionary program throughout the Pacific Islands, building hundreds of chapels, schools and the New Zealand Temple.
September 26, 1955 The two-year Church College of Hawaii classes begin in war surplus buildings with 153 students and 20 faculty/administrators. Dr. Reuben D. Law becomes the first president of CCH.
December 1955 LDS labor missionaries begin work on the permanent campus of CCH.
January 1956 Frank Condie coaches the men's basketball team in its first game against Waimanalo Riding Academy.
June 1, 1956 Ten students graduate with associate degrees during CCH's first commencement in the Laie Ward Chapel
December 17, 1958 President David O. McKay dedicates the first permanent buildings on CCH campus, completed at a cost of approximately $4 million and 280,000 donated hours by the labor missionaries. About 1,200 students are enrolled by this time.
March 1959 CCH organizes the Polynesian Institute to promote the study of Polynesian culture with Jerry K. Loveland as chair.
August 21, 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
August 1959 The Board of Education appoints Dr. Richard T. Wootton as the second president of CCH.
January 1960 Labor missionaries begin work on CCH Construction Project Number Two to add four dormitories, tennis courts, and faculty homes, and to enlarge the cafeteria and install curbing and sidewalks to the campus.
March 1960 The CCH student cast of The Polynesian Panorama, a forerunner to the Polynesian Cultural Center, performs at the Kaiser Dome in Waikiki.
February 23, 1961 The Western Association of Schools and Colleges grants full four-year accreditation to CCH.
[edit] Growing as a University
June 3, 1961 Church College of Hawaii awards its first bachelors degrees to 76 graduates.
Early 1962 Labor missionaries begin construction on the Polynesian Cultural Center.
February 19, 1963 CCH President Richard T. Wootton presents the first annual David O. McKay lecture.
October 12, 1963 With over 1,000 people in attendance, President Hugh B. Brown of the LDS Church's First Presidency dedicates the Polynesian Cultural Center.
August 2, 1964 Dr. Owen J. Cook arrives on campus as the third president of CCH.
October 1964 PCC attendance in its first year of operation reaches 175,000.
January 1968]] The Los Angeles Rugby Union declares the CCH Rugby Team as the number one ranked team in the nation.
February 17, [[1969 The Asia-Pacific Language Training Mission opens on campus to teach outbound missionaries Asian and Polynesian languages.
May 15, 1969 CCH awards its first Honorary Doctorate degree to Edward L. Clissold for his valuable contributions to the Church in Hawaii and Japan.
February 11, 1972 Dr. Stephen L. Brower is inaugurated as the fourth president of CCH.
January 26, 1973 Elder Marion G. Romney dedicates the Aloha Center and states that CCH is a "living laboratory" for developing appreciation, tolerance, and esteem for one another.
[edit] Renaming and Maturity
April 13, 1974 President Spencer W. Kimball of the LDS Church publicly announces that CCH would become Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus and that Dr. Dan W. Anderson would succeed President Brower as the fifth president of the school.
June 1974 Showcase Hawaii, the University's performing group, makes its first tour of Asia.
February 13, 1976 President Spencer W. Kimball breaks ground for the new Ralph E. Woolley Library at BYU-Hawaii.
October 20, 1976 BYU-Hawaii presents an honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree to King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga.
January 23, 1977 Elder Marvin J. Ashton presides over splitting the Laie Hawaii Stake, name Eric B. Shumway as the first president of the new BYU-Hawaii Stake for students.
March 19, 1980 BYU-Hawaii marks its 25th anniversary and stages the first N Makua Mahalo Ia (The Venerable Ones) concert, chaired by Dr. Ishmael Stagner.
June 4, 1980 The Polynesian Cultural Center hosts People's Republic of China Vice-Premier Geng Biao and begins a lasting relationship with mainland China. Early discussions focus on helping develop a cultural center in China and sending exchange personnel from there to train at PCC.
August 1, 1980 Dr. J. Elliot Cameron succeeds Dr. Andersen as the university's sixth president.
September 1981 The university admits six students from the People's Republic of China.
January 7, 1984 Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China makes a visit to BYU-Hawaii and the PCC.
July 1, 1986 Dr. Alton L. Wade becomes the seventh president of BYU-Hawaii.
June 1988 Dr. Patrick Dalton and Wylie Swapp, the last of the original CCH faculty, retire.
June 15, 1988 The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs in Laie en route to Australia and New Zealand.
September 1991 Peterson's Guide rates BYU-Hawaii among the top 10 universities in the U.S. for a low-cost fully-accredited education.
October 5, 1992 V. Napua Baker becomes Vice President of University Advancement, the first female university vice president in the Church Educational System.
November 1994 Church President Howard W. Hunter installs Eric B. Shumway as eighth president of BYU-Hawaii.
February 12, 1998 BYU-Hawaii launches the Center for Hawaiian Language and Cultural Studies program, with William K. Wallace III as director.
[edit] The 21st Century
January 11, 2001 BYU-Hawai'i President Eric Shumway launches the Keith and Carol Jenkins Matching Fund as part of the goal to raise $20 million in endowed scholarship funds by the University's golden anniversary in 2005.
February 8, 2001 With the arrival of seven huge hardwood logs from Fiji, master carvers Tuione Pulotu and Kawika Eskaran begin to shape BYU-Hawaii's 57-foot traditional double-hulled Hawaiian sailing canoe that will eventually be used as a floating classroom in the University's Hawaiian Studies program.
November 3, 2001 Several thousand people throng Hukilau Beach for the Polynesian ceremonial protocol, blessing and launching of BYU-Hawaii's voyaging canoe, Iosepa. Elder M. Russell Ballard of The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a descendant of Joseph F. Smith, delivered the blessing.
November 15, 2002 BYU-Hawaii launches its first Asia-Pacific Basketball Tournament with teams from Japan, China and the Fiji national team.
April 25, 2003 The Polynesian Cultural Center, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout the year, welcomes its 30-millionth visitor.
May 12, 2003 The BYU-Hawaii men's and women's tennis teams, under coach Dr. David Porter, become the first university joint teams to win two consecutive NCAA Division II national tennis titles.
May 16, 2003 Elder Henry B. Eyring informs the BYU-Hawaii administration that the university now reports directly to the Board of Trustees, instead of BYU in Provo.
October 25, 2003 President Hinckley joins HRI President & CEO R. Eric Beaver in breaking ground for the $5 million-plus project that will beautify Hale La'a Boulevard. The project also includes a new front entrance for Brigham Young University Hawai'i, which was funded by a private donor.
June 19, 2004 BYU-Hawaii honors its largest and most international graduating class: 400 students from 37 countries.
January 2005 BYU-Hawaii begins a year-long Golden Jubilee celebration of its 50th anniversary.
February 24, 2005 In conjunction with BYU Hawaii's Golden Jubilee Anniversary, the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor Mufi Hannemann and the Hawaii State Senate and House of Representatives all honored BYU-Hawaii with ceremonial certificates and proclamations of recognition and congratulations.
April 12, 2005 Alberto Hotus, 75, president of the hereditary council of elders and a former mayor of Rapa Nui, visits BYU-Hawaii and the Polynesian Cultural Center.
May 23, 2005 BYU-Hawaii women's tennis team head coach Dr. David Porter was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year.
August 19, 2005 The 2006 U.S. News' "America's Best Colleges" Brigham Young University Hawaii is listed as the fourth best comprehensive college-bachelor's in the Western United States. This latest ranking, is the highest ever for the university.
September 21, 2005 His Excellency Nambar Enkhbayar, President of Mongolia, visited with the 54 Mongolian students at BYU-Hawaii on September 20, answered their questions, listened to their accomplishments and encouraged them to help provide similar educational opportunities for others by creating jobs when they return home.
October 16-23 2005 Thousands of visitors and alumni help BYU-Hawaii celebrate it first 50 years through a week-long series of conferences, concerts, special programs and performances, pageants, a ball, community parade, speeches, food festivals, and a devotional and regional mini-conference addresses by Elder Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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