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Summer 2021 Campus Construction Update
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Expansion of Digital Signage Network Offers Improved Communication
As BYU-Idaho aims to develop students into effective communicators, the university is always working to improve its own communication channels. Walking by the new Career Center in the Manwaring Center, students and employees can easily spot the university’s newest digital signage—two video walls, each composed of nine 55-inch TV screens.?
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BYU-Idaho enrollment continues steady, upward growth
By Brett Crandall, May 14, 2021 04:21 AM
Official Spring 2021 Semester enrollment totals at Brigham Young University-Idaho show growth among both campus and online students who are continuing to pursue their academic goals despite a world-wide pandemic.
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Former Auxiliary Services Building to House New Academic Space
BYU-Idaho is always looking for ways to improve facilities for the learning and growth of its students. It is for this reason that the Mail Services, Surplus Sales, and Stores and Receiving are moving out of the Auxiliary Services Building to a new location west of campus.
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New Visual Arts Studio Designed to Maximize Art Students’ Potential
A project nearly two years in the making, the Visual Arts Studio opened its classroom doors for students at the start of the Spring 2021 Semester. The studio, along with an additional parking lot, stand where the Kirkham once stood on the north end of campus.
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Renovations to Hart Building Improve Facilities for Future Use
Since it was built in 1969, generations of students have enjoyed the facilities the Hart Building has to offer. As the home to many Center Stage events, the fitness center, Wellness Center, campus pool, and racquetball courts, the Hart Building is truly a social center on BYU-Idaho’s campus.??
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BYU-Idaho Radio Interview With the Eyrings
By BYU-Idaho Radio, April 20, 2021 03:38 AM
Learn more from BYU-Idaho President Henry J. Eyring and Sister Kelly Eyring as they discuss their devotional messages this semester.
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Career Center Relocated to Provide Better Accessibility for Students
After more than?a?year-long remodel in the Manwaring Center, the BYU-Idaho Career Center has opened its doors?in?a new centralized location. With?more than?10,000?square feet,?the new space has been thoroughly designed to best meet the needs of?students and?facilitate?one of the most?important?outcomes?to the university:?obtaining meaningful career employment.??? ?
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Elder Gary E. Stevenson to speak in online commencement ceremony
By Kassandra Mackley, March 26, 2021 01:34 AM
We are pleased to announce that Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to recognize our Winter Semester 2021 graduates. Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will address the 2,517 graduates in an online commencement ceremony on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The event will begin at 7:00 p.m. MDT and will be available for viewing at www.byui.edu/live/video.
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University Store Recognized for Convenient and Affordable Services
Like every other department and office on campus at BYU-Idaho, the University Store is focused on helping students. Thanks to the coordination between BYU-Idaho faculty and administrators, BYU-Idaho has some of the best textbook adoption rates in the country. Because faculty submit their class textbook requests to the University Store early, it allows the store to order before other universities, locking in lower prices. This in turn allows the store to offer the most affordable book prices for students.
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BYU-Idaho Fulfills Mission Through Year-Long Pandemic
On March 12, 2020, BYU-Idaho issued an Official Notice canceling all face-to-face classes, with classes to be resumed remotely a week later because of COVID-19. Since then, and amidst a pandemic, the university has continued to adapt to current circumstances to carry out its mission of building disciples of Jesus Christ.
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BYU-Idaho Prepares for Year Seven Accreditation Visit
Just as we individually strive to improve ourselves over time, the BYU-Idaho aims to better accomplish its mission “to develop disciples of Jesus Christ who are leaders in their homes, the Church, and their communities.” April 2021 will mark the third time the university has completed an accreditation cycle since it was announced as a four-year institution in 2000. BYU-Idaho is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). The process is designed to help BYU-Idaho fulfill its mission.
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University Enrollment Strategy Strengthens Student Retention
BYU-Idaho’s Strategic Enrollment Management team, which includes statisticians and data strategists in the office of Institutional Planning, recently met with President’s Council to discuss how to better accomplish the purposes of “Core Theme 3: Reach—Serve as many students as possible within resource constraints.” This group also addressed one of the university’s correlated strategic priorities to “manage enrollments while considering Church-demographic share and student behaviors, strengthen year-round school, and develop a concurrent enrollment program.”
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Faculty Trained to Better Develop Disciples of Christ
BYU-Idaho is fulfilling its mission of developing disciples of Christ by using a strategic plan to train faculty to become strong disciple leaders. As teachers continue developing themselves as devoted followers of Christ, experiences in the classroom will help BYU-Idaho students follow those examples as they become disciple leaders themselves.
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University Holds First Virtual All Employee Conference
University Holds First Virtual All Employee Conference
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University Forum Testifies of Miracles from the Book of Mormon Videos
Over the past couple of years, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have seen the Book of Mormon come to life in new, live action videos based on the Book of Mormon. After completing the first three of five seasons, Church film producer Aaron Merrell spoke to students and employees at the Winter 2021 University Forum about the making of these videos (Watch recording here).
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Blind Music Professor Composes Campus Concert Band
By Logan Miller, February 22, 2021 09:05 AM
BYU-Idaho Radio · Blind Music Professor Composes Campus Concert Band
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President Eyring encourages Good Samaritan service
Keeping with tradition, President Eyring kicked off the Winter 2021 Semester with a virtual devotional address to students and employees on Tuesday, January 10. In the address he praised the campus community for their diligence in following safety guidelines during the fall semester.
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Aaron Merrell Talks About Book of Mormon Video Series
By Logan Miller, February 18, 2021 08:50 AM
BYU-Idaho Radio · Aaron Merrell Talks About Book of Mormon Video Series
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Health Psychology Research Team Studies Healthy Eating
By Logan Miller, February 12, 2021 09:46 AM
BYU-Idaho Radio · Health Psychology Research Team Studies Healthy Eating
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BYU-Idaho Students Help a South African Business Owner
By Isabella Salazar, February 12, 2021 01:50 AM
BYU-Idaho Radio · BYU-Idaho Students Help a South African Business Owner
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BYU-Idaho Students Persist Amid Pandemic
By Brett Crandall, February 11, 2021 05:00 AM
Official Winter 2021 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.
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BYU-Idaho launches learning outcomes messaging campaign
In an effort to fulfill the mission of the university and to produce well- rounded, employable students, BYU-Idaho has developed four university-wide learning outcomes:
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University prioritizes inquiry, innovation, and collaboration
One of BYU-Idaho’s strategic priorities is to foster a culture where faculty can actively engage in inspired inquiry, innovation, and collaboration with one another.