BYU-Idaho Newsroom

This past weekend BYU-Idaho held the Barbershop Music Festival on campus and Sound Check Quartet from Salt Lake City came to perform for the festival.

BYU-Idaho dancers are nearly ready for Extravadance, a dance performance by BYU-Idaho dance students who share their talents with the community. This semester’s show is called “Celebration in Color,” which celebrates dance. Brenna Olsen is a performer and representative for the show, she said one emotion she feels before she dances is adrenaline.

From modern to religious art, from Argentina to Japan, Jorge Cocco has impressed the world with his unique perspective of the life displayed through his paintbrush. Now, March 5 through April 9, his newest art exhibit, “Sacred events from the Book of Mormon,” will open in Brigham Young University-Idaho’s Spori Art Gallery. An artist reception with Jorge Cocco will also be held on March 4.

“How do we figure out what’s true?” That’s the question the BYU-Idaho Forum speaker tried to answer in his presentation called, “Learning from Science; Learning from Faith.”

Brigham Young University-Idaho will be hosting its 15th Annual Hymn Festival on Friday, February 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrus Concert Hall at BYU-Idaho in Rexburg.

The mighty Viking mascot vanished from BYU-Idaho back in the year 2001 when the athletics program was phased out of the school. The change came with going from a junior college to a 4-year university. Intercollegiate athletic teams were gone but what about the experiences of having sports and being part of a team? The school then had the task of making use of the intramural program.

With the recently released general handbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church Educational System has updated the CES Honor Code to be in alignment with the doctrine and policies of the Church.

BYU-Idaho is putting the classic tale of “Wind in the Willows” on the stage of the Snow Drama Theatre starting Wednesday, Feb. 19. There are many things that will make this play a unique performance in the school, but one big aspect is that it’s a kid show.

Broadway actor Bryan Terrell Clark will perform at BYU-Idaho on Valentine’s Day. He’ll talk to the audience about the how passion leads to purpose and he will share his story from being in Baltimore to Broadway through song.

Tuition, books, housing, food, the cost to go to college is expensive. To pay for it all, many students find a job, or two, maybe even three. With 20,000 or so students at BYU-Idaho, it may be a struggle to find a job in Rexburg especially for international students.