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The Mission of OUTLET

"Will we as BYU-Idaho be engaged in scholarship?  Absolutely yes.  We must!.... Within that overarching domain of scholarship, there are two specific subsets of types of scholarly activity--one of which is research, one of which is artistic creation.  I want to be very clear in emphasizing that both research and artistic creation are types of scholarly activity....Research is one type of scholarship; it is not totality of scholarship....At BYU-Idaho we emphasize both research of various types and artistic creation of various types."

                                                                                                            President David A. Bednar

"Outlet fits, in our minds, into the overall mission of BYU-Idaho.  Obviously, it's important in an academic environment to encourage student creativity and excellence; we try to do this every day, as faculty, within our classrooms.  But often the work produced there has no purpose or audience beyond the immediate assignment.  Outlet provides a channel for students to express their ideas and talents to an audience beyond the classroom."

                                                                                                            Stephen George, Former Director