Character

The adage “Enter to learn, go forth to serve” is a slogan many BYU students are familiar with. The calling inspires students and graduates to use their education to make a meaningful impact in the world.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

The tradition continues in 2024 for the third year, as local alumni chapters have organized “Cougs Care” pregame tailgates featuring service projects for local nonprofits, beginning with the game at SMU on September 6.

Cougar Queries is a series of profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series of profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series of profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series of profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

Cougar Queries is a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life.

At BYU’s commencement exercises this week, University Honors student Macy West will represent the graduates as the student speaker.

When Kyla Balser took her first twirl on the dance floor at her local studio in Salem, Utah, she was only eight years old. Ever since that time, she dreamed of someday leaving her small town and six-acre farm to pursue a career as a professional dancer.

With its forced grading curve, law school is infamously competitive. But when she started at BYU Law in her thirties, returning to the university as a mother with two degrees already under her belt, Carly Madsen decided that rankings wouldn’t define her achievement.

Last summer, in the mountains of Nepal, thousands of miles away from Provo, BYU student Leilani Harmuth knew her global health internship was not just a fun vacation.

In her years as a student, Bates has packed in many such opportunities to learn, grow and serve. In addition to her internship in France, she did a summer study abroad in Spain, completing the 470-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage to Saint James’ tomb.

Sisters Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes and Alena Ellsworth shared nearly everything at BYU: classes, homework, two majors, track workouts and even a track and field national title. They have so much in common that they are often mistaken for fraternal twins despite their two-year age difference.

Growing up in Houston, Texas, Garrett Mast had always envisioned attending college on the East Coast, home to some of the nation’s oldest and most iconic campuses. But after joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a 16-year-old, the opportunity for an education at BYU was something he couldn’t resist.