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006 Next: Mosaic Mural
004 Back: McKay Foyer front entrance
This ceramic tile mosaic at the entrance of the campus depicts an experience that happened on February 7, 1921. While visiting Hawai'i, David O. McKay participated in a flag raising ceremony with Elementary School children in La'ie. As he looked over the sea of children he envisioned an institution of higher learning here. In 1955 he returned for a groundbreaking ceremony attended by over 3000 people, which was the beginning of Church College of Hawai'i. Twenty years later the name was changed to Brigham Young University-Hawai'i Campus.
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008 Inside: Hawai'i Mural
003 Back to front entrance: BYU-Hawai'i
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