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Cougar Query: "I chose to come to BYU because I wanted to be immersed in an environment of faith"

October 04, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Michael Drake, an accounting professor.
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Cougar Query: "You will find what you're looking for, so look for the good."

September 27, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Kendra Hall-Kenyon, interim dean for the David O. McKay School of Education.
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Cougar Query: "I’m currently working on my houseplant collection, I have over 200 of them!"

September 09, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Whitney Hanks, a supervisor for BYU Building Care.
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Cougar Query: "I love to play in the dirt and see the actual fruits of my labors whether that is vegetables or flowers."

August 24, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Coral Taylor, community service coordinator at the Center for Service and Learning.
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Cougar Query: "One item on my bucket list is to visit all the national parks on the Harley."

August 09, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Kelly Jensen, an admissions coordinator.
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Cougar Query: "I get most excited about my work when I travel to Amazonian Ecuador and learn more about the Kichwa language"

August 02, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Janis Nuckolls, a professor of linguistics.
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Cougar Query: "On Saturdays you'll find me on a long run with other crazed runners"

July 26, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Carl Hanson, a faculty member in the Department of Public Health.
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Cougar Query: "You can find me in my garage making something or playing the bass guitar"

July 19, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Chris Mattson, a professor of mechanical engineering.
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Cougar Query: "Living and traveling abroad changed the way I view the world"

July 12, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Stacey Shaw, an associate professor in the School of Social Work.
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Cougar Query: "You'll always find Brie, Greek yogurt and insulin in my fridge."

July 05, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Brooke Smith, policy manager and analyst in the Integrity and Compliance Office.
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Cougar Query: “The title of my autobiography would be 'Loud Librarian'"

June 28, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Rachel Wadham, senior librarian for education and juvenile collections at the Harold B. Lee Library.
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Cougar Query: "The title of my autobiography would be, 'Life Is Hard, But God Is Good.'"

June 21, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Tiffany Turley Bowcut, Title IX coordinator.
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Cougar Query: "Returning to school after being a college dropout for 20 years sparked my interest in my field"

June 12, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Rhonda Sandberg, Marriott School undergraduate advisement center director.
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Cougar Query: "I’m most looking forward to spending time this summer rafting the Payette River"

June 07, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Richard D. Osguthorpe, dean of the David O. McKay School of Education and incoming associate academic vice president for Undergraduate Studies.
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Cougar Query: "My favorite quote is 'your smile is your logo'"

June 01, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Corinne Priest, campus interior designer.
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Cougar Query: "My wife and I have climbed most of the tall peaks in Utah"

May 23, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Paul Savage, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
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Cougar Queries: I dress up with a 1960’s rockstar wig and sing a chemistry parody song

May 17, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Adam Woolley, dean of Graduate Studies.
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Cougar Queries: The title of my autobiography would be “I Will Die When I Am 93, In a Bookstore, Just Politely Toppled Over.”

May 12, 2022
Cougar Queries are a series profiling BYU employees by asking them questions about their work, interests and life. Today, we meet Candilyn Newell, career director at the College of Life Sciences.
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