Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
China journal: Shanghai’d!
[Blog and photos by Mike Foley: Originally published July 17, 2009] Shanghai, 2006, with the Yellow River and Bund in the foreground In July 2006 a small group of BYU–Hawaii students, professors and family, and I participated in the China Study Abroad program that took us to Shanghai for four weeks of intensive Mandarin and […]
This just in: Watch out for third-hand smoke!
I’ve blogged before about my feelings and experiences on first- and second-hand tobacco smoke . . . but I have to admit I was kinda’ surprised this past week to learn there’s such a thing as third-hand smoke — tobacco smoke contamination that lingers in the environment after a cigarette has been extinguished. A quick […]
Three principles for success in starting a business
[Story and photo by Mike Foley: Originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, August 2008] An entrepreneurship professor at the BYU Marriott School of Management told BYU-Hawaii business students they don’t necessarily need a lot of experience, exceptional training or even much money to start a successful business. Gary Williams [pictured at right], a successful […]
Owners preserve Kualoa Ranch heritage through diversification
[Story and Morgan photo by Mike Foley, originally published online in the BYU-Hawaii Newsroom, November 13, 2003] The descendants of the first doctor to move to the Sandwich Islands still own the family ranch at Kualoa and have significantly diversified its resources over the past 15 years to preserve the unique heritage and scenic beauty […]