Brigham Young University-Hawaii Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Hyrum

This school is best known for its background, culture, and beleifs. It is primarily a Latter Day Saint (Mormon) school and one of the main goals of the school is to provide the students with a good, clean, wholesome atmosphere to allow students to grow spiritually as well as academically. The students are expected to live in accordance to the Honor Code, which is a guideline for students to live honest and virtuous lives. People from countries all over the world come to attend this school and to feel of the great spirit that presides on the campus.

Nephi

Brigham Young University of Hawaii is best know for its ethnic diversity.

Caitlin

Brigham Young University is known for its diverse and multi-cultural campus. There are students here from several different countries around the world. It is a great place where people from extremely different backgrounds can meet and learn to work and grow together.

Bethany

BYUH is accredited as being the most diverse student body in the United States. This university represents over 70 nations with students from around the world. I have friends from India, New Guinea, New Zealand, Belgium, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Australia, and so many other countries. The school embraces this diversity and everyone is welcome and friendly. Students of all different cultures here are able to work side by side with the goal of an education. I am continually impressed at how the school is able to incorporate this diversity through the food, clubs, activites, and classes.

Meghan

Ithaca COllege is best known for the music and theater programs. It is also a highly environmentally aware school.

Veronica

My school is best known for having students from all over the world attend and become successful.

Zachary

My school's best known for their percentage of international students compared to domestic students. There is a vast variety of cultures at the school. This helps our students become enculturated and broadens our mind’s capacity for higher learning. The school consists of students from over 70 different countries. The school is also known for its honor code which entails of being well groomed and well dressed and abstaining from drugs or alcohol.

Spencer

BYU-Hawaii is best known for its ethnic diversity and ability to help underprivileged students gain an education

Haley

BYU-Hawaii is bet known for its diverse culture and unique atmosphere. There are so many ways to learn and grow in an academic environment such as this. BYU-Hawaii offers a top of the line education with the added bonus of learning about so many different types of people from so many different countries. The interation is one of a kind and worth it.

Taylor

Moral and ethical standards in the highest degree. To teach not only educational excellence but also to help people in their spiritual endevours and to become a more wholesome person.

Mary

BYUH is best known for having a diverse campus, including ethnicity, and career choices. They are extremely kind, and willing to help you gain your education in any way they can. Their campus is small, but beautiful. And is surrounded with the wonders of nature found on the island of Oahu, They are very helpful.

Elizabeth

My school is known for its cultural diversity. We have students from over 70 different countries; it is one of the most internationally diverse schools in the country. I have had many wonderful opportunities to learn and participate in cultural sharing activities, with clubs, activities, and simply interacting with the students who attend here. We are taught not only how to be international leaders, but also leaders in our homes and communities. Our teachers and administrators encourage the developement of integrity and a moral code, which is what makes a good leader.

Ariana

My school is best known for its high standards. As a mormon school, we follow a honor code that keeps our minds and body clean and pure that we might have the most focused and cultivating college experience. Our students strive to be honest and hardworking. We value goals and support one another through friendships and church organizations. Basically, we are a family all striving together to make ourselves and the world a better place one person at a time.

Katie

Brigham Young University Hawaii is a unique school, but full of a very rich culture. When you look at other universtities, they lack in diversity and cultural backgrounds, but not BYUH. There are students from mainland USA, but BYUH strives off it's international students and the way all the cultures interact peacefully. The moto of the university is come forth to learn, go forward to serve. The university believes we all have a duty to live peaefully with all these amazing cultures around us. That's what the universtity is best known for.

Leilani

Ethnic Diversity

Sitha

The school is best known for its most friendly and the spirit of aloha.

Amy

Foreigners

JOSEPH

BYU Hawaii is known for quality education in a cultural environment where working and learning with people of different cultural background is encouraged. Professors have time for students since there is good sizable amount of student in each class as compared to other University.

Margarita

My school is best known for the diversity of people who attend this school. Its program and the polynesian cultural center which attracts every tourist.

Natalie

BYU Hawaii is best known for the embracing and understanding of everyone and their cultures. It is a school that represents over seventy-two different nations and strives to create a sense of unity among all. It has an attitude of acceptance and strive of dedication and hard work. It is very community/student oriented and prides itself on giving back to the community, donors, etc for everything. BYUHawii realy focuses on the importance of understanding every culture around the world and being diverse.