Announcement: Ricks College to Become BYU-Idaho | President Gordon B. Hinckley | June 21, 2000
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In this episode, Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced that Ricks College, a two-year junior college, would change to a four-year university and rebrand as Brigham Young University-Idaho. He gave this press briefing on June 21, 2000, from Salt Lake City, Utah. Ricks College students, faculty, and staff gathered in the John W. Hart Auditorium on the Ricks College campus to view the live broadcast.