President Susan H. Porter, Primary General President, will be the featured speaker during BYU–Hawaii's Winter 2025 Commencement.
Commencement Schedule
- 7:45 am: Graduates assemble in the Aloha Center Ballroom for the academic procession.
- 8:00 am: Cannon Activities Center doors open.
- 9:00 am: Family and friends to be seated in the Cannon Activities Center.
- 9:15 am: Academic procession departs from the Aloha Center.
- 9:30 am: Commencement exercises begin.
- Lei giving to follow outside the CAC at the conclusion of the ceremony.
View the locations for visitor parking, entrance to the ceremony, and lei giving.
About the Speaker
Susan H. Porter was sustained as Primary General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2022.
Church Service
President Susan H. Porter was sustained as Primary General President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 2, 2022. At the time of her call, she was serving as First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency.
President Porter has served on the Relief Society General Advisory Council and as a stake Relief Society presidency counselor, ward Relief Society and Young Women president, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and Primary music leader.
Professional Life
President Porter graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Brigham Young University. She has worked as a lab assistant for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as a math teacher. She also volunteered in her children’s schools and with various community organizations.
Personal Life
Susan Elizabeth Holland was born July 31, 1955, in Ponca City, Oklahoma, and grew up in New York. On February 2, 1977, she married Bruce D. Porter, who later served as a General Authority Seventy. He passed away in 2016. They are the parents of four children.