When the announcement was made that Spring 2020 classes would be held remotely, the services housed in the Manwaring Center quickly adapted to aid students whether they were staying in Rexburg or going home.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty have adjusted their classes to a remote setting using the software, Zoom, to teach their students. Teaching the last few weeks of winter semester remotely, many faculty members discovered new ways to interact with and teach their students through various software programs and engaging strategies. Faculty met through Zoom at the end of the semester in a series of “remote round-up” meetings to discuss the different ways they have been shifting their teaching methods.
The core mission of BYU-Idaho is to develop disciple leaders of Jesus Christ, and while on that journey, the university expects its students to have fun as well. Starting Spring Semester 2020, the renovated ropes course will open for the BYU-Idaho community, with new features and activities filled with adrenaline, a couple drops of sweat, and fun for everyone who decides to adventure in it.
Constructed in the late 1960s, the Hart Building has reliably provided a space for employees and students to exercise and recreate for more than 50 years. With hopes to sustain that space for another half a century and more, many areas of the building are undergoing renovations. Provided below is a status update on each of the projects currently taking place in the Hart Building:
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The mission of BYU-Idaho is to develop disciples of Jesus Christ who are leaders in their homes, the Church, and their communities.
BYU-Idaho is taking a focused approach to achieving its mission through the use of 11 strategic priorities to keep the university’s aim on target.
One of BYU-Idaho’s four core themes is to provide a high-quality education that prepares students of diverse interests and abilities for lifelong learning and employment. How does the university measure if students have achieved the desired learning outcomes of their program and of a general BYU-Idaho education?
With 21 BYU-Idaho internship missionaries currently serving around the country, BYU-Idaho students are well equipped to find an internship or a job anywhere in the country that is in harmony with their respective degree.
With 21 BYU-Idaho internship missionaries currently serving around the country, BYU-Idaho students are well equipped to find an internship or a job anywhere in the country that is in harmony with their respective degree.
BYU-Idaho’s first administrator, Jacob Spori said, “The seeds we are planting today will grow and become mighty oaks, and their branches will run all over the earth.”
The BYU-Idaho Financial Aid Office is delivering student aid faster and more efficiently than ever before. Over the past few years, the Financial Aid Office has implemented and adopted new policies, software, procedures, and processes to improve its efficiency, boost its capabilities, and bless the lives of BYU-Idaho students.
Jill Evans, Student Development Managing Director and the final keynote speaker at the All Employee Conference, not only encouraged BYU-Idaho employees to fail, but to fail quicker.
“Do we recognize the practical work in building Zion?” That’s what Religious Education Faculty Member Bill Riggins asked employees at the morning session of the 2019 All Employee Conference. Riggins’ message focused on the role each employee plays in establishing Zion here at BYU-Idaho.
Whether you teach in a classroom, supervise student-employees, or work alongside students, every employee at BYU-Idaho is a mentor. To more effectively mentor students to aid them in becoming disciples of Jesus Christ, the Student Success Council has created a website for BYU-Idaho employees: www.byui.edu/mentoring. If you aren’t quite sure how to help a student, this new website contains great information and links to resources that will help you make an impact in students’ lives.
To successfully navigate students through their college experience and secure employment upon graduation, the Department of Design and Construction Management has learned through recent efforts that there are more ways than one to provide advising for students.
Tropical plants can’t survive in sub-50-degree weather. However, they are thriving in the Rexburg winter inside of the Benson greenhouses.
BYU-Idaho Radio student reporters are going more in-depth with the local stories they cover. BYU-Idaho Radio recently launched a new radio show on KBYI 94.3 FM called, “Tell Me About It.” The new show is produced and co-hosted by Radio News and Programming Coordinator Brandon Isle, and BYU-Idaho Radio student employees. The program is made up of student-written stories and packages, interviews, and contributing faculty.
In order to help students develop more skills, the Department of Human Performance and Recreation will be implementing curriculum changes starting April 2019. The changes include dividing the current recreation management major into two majors—recreation management and therapeutic management. The recreation management major will then be built by stacking five 15-credit certificates.
BYU-Idaho is now extending the opportunity for all its courses to be available as “dual enrollment courses” for high school students who are seeking a head start into their college career.
In his address titled, “A Steady, Upward Course,” President Henry B. Eyring said, “I hope I live long enough to someday meet some employer who employed one of you and says, ‘Where did that come from?’… And I’ll smile and say, ‘Well, come with me to Rexburg... And I may not be able to show it to you, and I may not be able to prove it to you, but you’ll feel it.’”
BYU-Idaho employs more than twice as many students for part-time positions than full-time employees. These student employees are an essential tool to accomplishing the mission of BYU-Idaho to develop students into disciple leaders of Jesus Christ. Over the past year, BYU-Idaho Human Resources has made some recent revisions to the Student Leadership Model (SLM) to help student employees and full-time managers accomplish their goals.