Every Tuesday at 11:05 a.m., students, faculty, staff and the greater BYU community attend the weekly devotional or forum address. Unless specifically marked below, the devotionals and forums will be held in the BYU Marriott Center.
Most devotionals and forums will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org (and archived for on-demand streaming) and BYUradio and will be archived on speeches.byu.edu.
Please plan to join students and employees each Tuesday at 11:05 a.m. for a truly unique experience as the campus gathers to receive spiritual and temporal edification.
Fall 2025 Devotional and Forum Schedule
September
- 9 - Sesquicentennial Kickoff
- 16 - President C. Shane Reese and Sister Wendy Reese, BYU
- 23 - Elder Ronald A. Rasband, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 30 - Jane Clayson Johnson, Emmy award-winning journalist
October
- 7 - Shayla Bott, Fine Arts and Communications
- 14 - Homecoming Opening Ceremony
- 21 - Mike Roberts, Alumni and External Relations
- 28 - Catherine Pakaluk, economist and social philosopher
November
- 4 - Elder Edward B. Rowe
- 11- Elder B. Corey Cuvelier
- 18 - Presidents Panel
December
- 2 - Devotional TBA
- 9 - Elder John A. McCune
About the Fall 2025 Speakers
President C. Shane Reese
September 16, Devotional
President C. Shane Reese was named BYU’s 14th president March 21, 2023. He had been serving as the academic vice president at BYU since 2019. He previously served as dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences from 2017 to 2019 and joined the BYU statistics faculty in 2001.
He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in statistics from BYU and a doctoral degree in statistics from Texas A&M. His research has focused on sports analytics, Bayesian hierarchical models and optimal experimental design. He is an elected fellow of the American Statistical Laboratory.
President Reese has used his work in solving problems in professional sports franchises, national security and business. At BYU, he received the BYU Young Scholar Award, and the BYU Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award. He was also the Melvin W. Carter Professor of Statistics. Prior to BYU, he worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory as a technical staff member.
He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Taiwan Taipei Mission from 1990 to 1992.
Sister Wendy Reese
September 16, Devotional
Wendy Wood Reese was born and raised in the small town of Holden, Utah, as the fourth of five children. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from BYU in 1995.
Sister Reese is known for her kindness, and she can often be found delivering treats to others. She loves baking and has her own side business making wedding cakes when she can find time from her other responsibilities. Sister Reese comes from a BYU family and loves the university and all it stands for.
Elder Ronald A. Rasband
September 23, Devotional
Elder Ronald A. Rasband was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on October 3, 2015, after serving as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy since 2005. He has served as a counselor in the Europe Central Area Presidency, president of the Utah Salt Lake City Area, executive director of the Temple Department; and has supervised the North America West, Northwest, and three Utah areas as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy.
Elder Rasband attended the University of Utah. In 1987, he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Huntsman Chemical Corporation. When he left Huntsman Chemical Corporation in 1996 to serve as a mission president in New York, he was also serving as a member of the Board of Directors.
Jane Clayson Johnson
September 30, Forum
Jane Clayson Johnson is an Emmy award-winning journalist, widely known for her work at CBS News in New York, ABC News in Los Angeles and as a regular guest host on two nationally syndicated programs at NPR, based in Boston. Jane began her career at KSL Television in Salt Lake City. She started BYU on a violin performance scholarship and graduated with a degree in broadcasting.
Jane is the author of two best-selling books. I Am a Mother (2007) chronicled her decision to leave network news to have a family. Silent Souls Weeping (2020) is a candid and personal examination of those who suffer with depression.
Jane and her husband, Mark Johnson, are members of the President’s Leadership Council at BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Jane has served on the boards of Deseret Management Corporation and the Wheatley Institute at BYU. She was recently appointed as a Trustee at the U.S. Naval Institute Foundation. Jane & Mark live in Boston with their family… and just sent their youngest son on a mission to Stockholm, Sweden.
Shayla Bott
October 7, Devotional
Shayla Bott serves as the College of Fine Arts and Communications Associate Dean of Faculty and the Chair of the Department of Dance. She has taught in private studios and in the university setting at Utah Valley University (UVU) and the University of Utah and has served as Artistic Director of BYU Theatre Ballet, BYU Theatre Ballet Studio Company, and Repertory Ballet Ensemble (UVU). After retiring from a professional career with Utah Metropolitan Ballet, she has continued to choreograph and teach in professional and academic venues. Shayla’s choreography has won several choreographic awards including Utah Metropolitan Ballet’s Choreography Design Project Competition (1st place in 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2nd place in 2012) and the National Choreographic Recognition Award in 2012 from Regional Dance America in Montréal
Mike Roberts
October 21, Devotional
Mike Roberts is the managing director of BYU Alumni and External Relations and directs Brand and Creative, University Relations, Special Events and Ticketing, Aspen Grove Family Camp & Conferencing, Hinckley Visitors' Center, BYU Management Society, and Worldwide Alumni.
Before his role at BYU, Roberts was a vice president at Hewlett-Packard Corporation with more than 25 years of executive management experience in the high-tech industry. During his career, he has held global executive leadership roles in marketing, branding, finance, corporate strategy, research and development, and operations.
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk
October 28, Forum
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk: (Ph.D, 2010) joined the faculty at the Busch School in the summer of 2016, and is the founder of the Political Economy academic area, where she is an Associate Professor of Political Economic Thought. Formerly, she was Assistant Professor and Chair of the Economics Department at Ave Maria University. Her primary areas of research include economics of education and religion, family studies and demography, Catholic social thought and political economy. Dr. Pakaluk is the 2015 recipient of the Acton Institute’s Novak Award, a prize given for “significant contributions to the study of the relationship between religion and economic liberty.”
Pakaluk did her doctoral work at Harvard University under Caroline Hoxby, David Cutler, and 2016 Nobel-laureate Oliver Hart. Her dissertation, “Essays in Applied Microeconomics”, examined the relationship between religious ‘fit' and educational outcomes, the role of parental effort in observed peer effects and school quality, and theoretical aspects of the contraceptive revolution as regards twentieth century demographic trends. Beyond her formal training in economics, Dr. Pakaluk studied Catholic social thought under the mentorship of F. Russell Hittinger, and various aspects of Thomistic thought with Steven A. Long. She is a widely-admired writer and sought-after speaker on matters of culture, gender, social science, the vocation of women, and the work of Edith Stein. She lives in Maryland with her husband Michael Pakaluk and eight children.
Catherine Pakaluk is an economist and social philosopher, serving as an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where she directs the Social Research academic area within the Busch School of Business. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Her research spans the economics of education and religion, family studies, demography, and Catholic social thought. Pakaluk is the author of "Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth". She has received awards including the 2015 Novak Award from the Acton Institute and the Freedom and Opportunity Prize from The Heritage Foundation in 2023. Pakaluk is married to philosopher Michael Pakaluk and they have eight children.
Elder Edward B. Rowe
November 4, Devotional
Elder Edward B. Rowe was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Twelfth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah Area.
Elder Rowe received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from BYU. He then received a master’s degree in public policy and a juris doctor degree from the University of Chicago.
Elder B. Corey Cuvelier
November 11, Devotional
Elder B. Corey Cuvelier was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the April 2025 general conference. At the time of his call, he had been serving as a member of the Eleventh Quorum of the Seventy in the North America Southwest Area.
Elder Cuvelier received a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from BYU in 1994. He joined Shell Oil Company in 1996 and spent his career working across various business units throughout North America. He has also served as a director on several national and regional boards.
Presidents Panel
November 18, Forum
As we celebrate our sesquicentennial — honoring our past and envisioning our future — we remember the many people who have built this school into what it is and celebrate the divine gifts of light that BYU cultivates in all of us.
This forum will feature a panel discussion with current BYU President C. Shane Reese and previous presidents Kevin J Worthen, Cecil O. Samuelson and Merrill J. Bateman
Elder John A. McCune
December 9, Devotional
Elder John A. McCune was sustained as a General Authority Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on April 6, 2019. At the time of his call, he had been serving as an Area Seventy and a member of the Fifth Quorum of the Seventy in the Utah South Area. He is currently serving in the Asia North Area Presidency.
Elder McCune received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Brigham Young University. In 1992 he received a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of California Los Angeles. He worked as a senior vice president and managing director for Capitol Investment Advisors from 1997 to 2012, at which time he was called to serve as a mission president.
