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Bart J. Kowallis at BYU devotional Oct. 14

Bart J. Kowallis, a professor of geology at Brigham Young University, will speak at a campus devotional Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 11:05 a.m. in the Marriott Center.

The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and on byubroadcasting.org.

It will be rebroadcast Sunday, Oct. 19, on KBYU (Channel 11) at 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., on KBYU-FM (89.1) at 8 p.m. and on BYU-Radio at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Kowallis is a former chair of the Geology Department and was awarded a Karl G. Maeser General Education Professorship at the Annual University Conference for faculty and staff members last August.

He received his bachelor's degree from BYU in 1977 and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979 and 1981. He began teaching geology at BYU in 1982.

Writer: Thomas Grover

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