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BYU special educator to speak at campus devotional July 10

Tina Dyches, an associate professor and program director for Brigham Young University's Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education, will speak at the university's weekly devotional on Tuesday, July 10 at 11:05 a.m. in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium.

The devotional will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels. For rebroadcast information, visit byubroadcasting.org.

The topic of Dyches' talk will be "Walk as Children of Light," and has reference to the New Testament scripture Ephesians 5:8.

Dyches has taught at BYU's David O. McKay School of Education since 1995. Before joining BYU's faculty she taught at Illinois State University and also spent several years as an elementary school educator for children with disabilities.

She received her bachelor's degree from BYU in special education and elementary education, her master's degree from Utah State University in early childhood special education and her doctorate from Illinois State University in specialized educational development.

Writer: Aaron Searle

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Photo by Mark A. Philbrick/BYU Photo

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