Accreditation is Officially Done! (for at least five years)

Our accreditation visit was held last Wednesday-Friday, March 26-28. March 26 was actually a holiday (Kuhio Day) and March 27 was my birthday--so it was interesting timing for the visit. We had five team members plus the representative from the accreditation office. We have been preparing for several months, including a 50-page report I worked on during the Christmas holiday that was due in January, a schedule for the team appointments for those three days, a team room with material they requested, an assessment "best practices" display and reception, just to name a few of the aspects that kept me busy. But the brief oral report on Friday by the team chair was extremely positive and many expressed appreciation for the work and organization shown during their visit. We'll get the first draft of the written report sometime this month or next, make any revisions in errors, and then get the final results during July.

To celebrate, Dianna and I enjoyed a relaxing Saturday, including lunch at a Thai restaurant in Haleiwa.

Then on Monday our SIFE team competed in the regional competition in Honolulu. It was actually some close competition--both HPU and BYUH were selected to go to the national conference last year but only one could attend this year--there were a total of four schools in the league and we won. We took 21 students from BYUH (the largest delegation we have taken to a regional meeting), and the presentation team was incredible--much time and effort was dedicated to this presentation. Our student leadership with Al Doan and his support team are exemplary, committed leaders. Now we're planning for the national conference in Chicago.

That conference will come at the tail-end of our visit to Jenny's and Aaron's graduations, which will include visits to Palmyra. Dianna's been successful in making some arrangements there. We're looking forward to the break in routine and time with the Jensens.

We enjoyed Family Home Evening last night with Lindsey and the boys--John is on Molokai for the construction project. Trevor conducted the meeting, Devin lead the music (sound familiar) and then Trevor selected a game for us all to play (the Stars game). It's fun to have little ones again for a Family Home Evening--we really do miss those fun years (most of the time).

Megan was excited to receive an email yesterday offering a scholarship at LDS Business College (half tuition for two semesters) but she's also waiting to hear from BYU Idaho. It's nice that she's beginning to have some options and to be selected for some special freshman awards.

This will be all of my musing for now--look forward to reading yours!