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REXBURG,
Idaho -
The first devotional of the winter semester will be January 11, at 2 p.m.
in the Hart Auditorium. Brigham Young University-Idaho Interim President
Robert M. Wilkes and his wife Estella will speak.
President
Wilkes served at Ricks
College as a faculty
member, a department head, a division chair, and from January of 1999 to
December 2003 he served as the BYU-Idaho student life vice president.
President
Wilkes, 64, was born and raised in Afton,
Wyoming. He served a
full-time mission as a young man for The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in the Central States Mission. He received his bachelor’s
degree from BYU in history and physical education and his master’s
degree in educational administration.
He
began at Ricks
College in 1970
teaching in the religion department. He served five years as chairman of
the Department of Recreation Education and five years as chairman of the
Division of Education. He was awarded the BYU-Idaho Man of Excellence Award
in February 2004. He also presided over the Wisconsin Milwaukee Mission
from 1995 to 1998.
He
and his wife Estella have six children and presently have 19 grandchildren.
Devotionals
are held every Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium. Overflow locations
are available in the Kirkham Auditorium, the
Taylor Chapel and the Hinckley Chapel.
Students
attending devotionals should comply with devotional etiquette, which
includes the following: dress appropriately for the occasion, remove hats,
arrive early or on time, do not bring or use laser pointers at any
BYU-Idaho assembly or gathering, save only one extra seat and only until
five minutes before the hour, refrain from talking, turn off cell phones
and pagers, help promote a spiritual environment, no food or drink, refrain
from applause, refrain from doing anything that would disturb the concentration
of others or detract from the spirit of the meeting and remain seated until
the closing prayer has been said.
The
following week’s devotional speaker will be Elder J. Ballard
Washburn, a former member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Devotionals are broadcast live on
Tuesdays at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on KBYI, FM 100.
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