The worldwide pandemic has created chaos and opportunities. One opportunity was for the BYU-Idaho Theatre Department to produce a radio drama.
Official Fall 2020 Semester enrollment totals at Brigham Young University-Idaho show growth among our total population of students who are continuing to pursue their academic goals despite a world-wide pandemic.
This Saturday, Oct. 24, and next Saturday, Oct. 31, you can listen to a BYU-Idaho produced radio drama. "The War of the Worlds" is the classic radio drama from Orson Welles and adapted by Howard Koch.
Members of the BYU-Idaho community (students, faculty/staff and community) are invited to submit original hymn texts for use in the sixteenth annual BYU-Idaho Hymn Festival to be held in 2021. While this event usually occurs in late February, due to COVID-19 restrictions it will be scheduled for a later date in 2021, yet to be determined.
BYU-Idaho is deeply concerned by the increase of active COVID-19 cases in our region and on campus. Students and employees are asked to carefully follow the required health restrictions established by Eastern Idaho Public Health (EIPH). We are committed to honoring civil authority. The university’s ability to keep campus open will be determined by EIPH thresholds, including active cases and hospital bed capacity.
The BYU-Idaho campus is ready for students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure a safe environment for students and employees who are returning back to campus, the university has implemented new course offerings and adjusted campus activities to create the best learning and social experiences possible for students and their individual needs.
Coming in Contact with COVID-19
Brigham Young University-Idaho will hold its annual Education Week conference exclusively online this year. As a health and safety precaution due to COVID-19, a face-to-face conference will not take place on the BYU-Idaho campus. In place of the traditional three-day conference, a free one-day virtual conference will be held on Friday, July 31.
We are pleased to announce that Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to celebrate and recognize our Spring Semester 2020 graduates. Elder L. Whitney Clayton, Senior President of the Quorums of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address the 2,558 graduates of Brigham Young University-Idaho in an online commencement ceremony on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. MDT at www.byui.edu/live/video.
With the anticipated approach of Fall Semester 2020, BYU-Idaho is coordinating a safe return to campus and continued delivery of high-quality, flexible education. University faculty and administrators have organized several course delivery options in order to better protect the health of students and employees and to meet the academic needs of all students wherever they are physically located. The course options for Fall Semester 2020 will include:
Idaho is carefully monitoring COVID-19 and planning to potentially open campus this fall semester. While an official decision has not been made, the university is working to make the following course-delivery options available. Each option satisfies state, federal, and Church guidelines—with emphasis on health, sanitation, and safe practices.
Official spring semester enrollment totals at Brigham Young University-Idaho show growth among our total population of students who are continuing to pursue their academic goals amid a world-wide pandemic.
We are pleased to announce that Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to celebrate and recognize our Winter Semester 2020 graduates. Elder Craig C. Christensen, General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will address the 2,458 graduates of Brigham Young University-Idaho in an online commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. MDT at www.byui.edu/live/video.
Get back to school sooner! There is still time to apply for Spring 2nd Block and Summer Session classes. Spring 2nd Block classes begin June 8. This block lasts 7 weeks and ends July 22. Summer Session classes begin July 27 and end September 9. Visit this webpage to see a list of courses offered and to apply.
One of the greatest fears about college doesn’t even involve what happens at college. It’s what happens after graduation. Many significant decisions and life changes occur once someone receives that diploma, such as where to live, where to work, when to buy a house, how to buy a house, etc.
Brigham Young University-Idaho has extended its application deadline to invite the thousands of recently returned missionaries who are looking for a productive, uplifting learning opportunity, to take classes at BYU-Idaho during its upcoming Spring 2020 Semester! All classes for this semester will be offered online with a flexible schedule or remotely (meeting online at specific times on specific days). This strategy will give students more access to distance learning than ever before! This is a great time for individuals to gain new skills and knowledge or to simply challenge themselves. If anyone is interested in taking classes at BYU-Idaho, fill out the simplified application at www.byui.edu/admissions today! The application is simple and allows applicants to self-report many data points like high school GPA and ACT/SAT scores. If applicants have not previously taken the ACT or SAT, email admissions@byui.edu to learn about an option for a test waiver for Spring 2020 applicants.
For students at BYU-Idaho who haven’t graduated yet, it’s a great idea to learn from those graduates about what they wished they could have done better and what life is like since they graduated. Janessa Wright graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in piano. She said there are some things she has learned since graduating when it comes to careers.
Thursday was the very last day of the Winter 2020 semester and it has been a very different semester compared with past semesters at BYU-Idaho. Many graduating students are wondering where their life will take them and how they will use their degree in the work field.
This week is the last week of the Spring 2020 semester for BYU-Idaho students. Many students are preparing to use their degree in the work field. Many might wonder if they are ready and what it will be like. John Michael Bradley is an alumnus from BYU-Idaho who graduated in December 2016 and said many times it takes those recent graduates time to adjust to the work environment.
With so much happening because of the COVID-19 coronavirus, health professionals say it’s important to remember your mental health too.
With the ongoing concerns related to COVID-19, Spring Semester 2020 courses at BYU-Idaho will be held remotely and online. Students will be able to complete courses wherever they reside. It is anticipated that campus will continue to be open and functioning.
BYU-Idaho alumna Kammy Shepherd recently returned from her trip in Europe with her husband and her mother. They went to Italy, France and Spain. There they were able to see how the COVID-19 coronavirus situation played out in that part of the world and how it contrasts with the United States and its situation.
Last week, BYU-Idaho faculty and students received an email saying, for now, there will only be online classes due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. One of the precautions for the COVID-19 coronavirus is avoiding large gatherings. One of those restrictions is on-campus classes and other events.