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Elder Rasband discusses “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” at BYU devotional

September 23, 2025 02:38 PM
Elder Ronald A. Rasband from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles addressed the BYU student body at the devotional on Sept. 23.
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BYU dance professor shares message on agency and God’s plan

August 05, 2025 06:12 PM
Amy Jex, associate chair and associate professor in the BYU Department of Dance, spoke at the BYU devotional on Aug. 5 about the importance of utilizing agency to follow God’s plan throughout one’s life.
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BYU English professor gives devotional on finding direction amid times of 'wobble'

July 01, 2025 04:23 PM
Dawan Coombs, an associate professor of English at BYU, gave the devotional address on July 1, speaking on the importance of finding direction amid times of “wobble.”
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Dean Sarah Clark speaks to students on letting Jesus Christ be a co-author in their stories

May 21, 2025 09:43 AM
Sarah Clark, dean of the David O. McKay School of Education, spoke to students about letting Jesus Christ be a co-author in their stories at the campus-wide BYU devotional on Tuesday, May 20.
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Budget analyst speaks to BYU students on creating patterns that bring us closer to God

May 14, 2025 10:38 AM
Salani Lesā Pita spoke at the campus-wide BYU devotional at the Marriott Center on May 13 about creating patterns in our life to bring us closer to Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father.
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BYU Chief of Staff Hal Boyd urges students to keep the ‘fire of faith’ burning

May 07, 2025 08:16 AM
Hal Boyd, chief of staff for the president of BYU, shared the importance of keeping the “fire of faith” alive through revelation, reason and repentance at the BYU devotional on May 6.
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President and Sister Reese share messages of connection and miracles at first 2025 devotional

January 14, 2025 03:12 PM
President C. Shane Reese and Sister Wendy Reese invited students to seek connection and overcome the impossible through Jesus Christ during their remarks at the first devotional of the Winter Semester 2025.
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Eye on the Y: Fall 2024, week 12

November 19, 2024 12:28 PM
BYU journalism students cover the presidential election from Washington D.C.
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Professor Hopkins speaks to BYU about the value of endurance

November 13, 2024 11:28 AM
Professor J. Ty Hopkins, department chair of the BYU Department of Exercise Science, spoke to the campus community about the values of endurance at the Marriott Center on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
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BYU law professor teaches how gospel laws unite our hearts with God

October 01, 2024 06:00 PM
Shima Baughman, Woodruff J. Deem professor of law at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, taught the importance of uniting our hearts with God through the principles of the gospel in her devotional address delivered Tuesday, Oct 1.
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Elder Kearon challenges students to seek, be ‘flecks of gold’ in campus devotional

September 18, 2024 10:07 AM
Elder Patrick Kearon of the Quorum of the Twelve and his wife, Sister Jennifer Kearon, spoke about God’s loving plan for His children at the BYU devotional on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
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President Reese encourages students to accept the ‘challenge to become’

September 10, 2024 06:53 PM
BYU President C. Shane Reese and his wife, Sister Wendy Reese, invited students to focus on positivity and becoming what God would have them become in the first devotional of Fall Semester 2024.
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Elder Neil L. Andersen invites members to reflect on their righteous desires

August 20, 2024 03:42 PM
Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve delivered the devotional address on Tuesday, Aug. 20 during BYU Education Week, speaking on the importance of having righteous desires.
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BYU business professor invites students to learn of Christ

August 06, 2024 01:57 PM
Darron Billeter, an associate professor within the BYU Marriott School of Business, taught students the importance of learning of the Savior in his devotional address on Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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Tonya Fischio encourages students to let Christ's light shine through them

July 16, 2024 12:00 AM
Tonya Fischio, assistant dean of communications and public relations in the College of Life Sciences, compared stained glass and polished agate to the light of Jesus Christ at the July 16 devotional.
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Dean of Undergraduate Education speaks on navigating spiritual journeys

July 09, 2024 12:00 AM
Richard Gill, the dean of Undergraduate Education and the BYU Biology Department chair, gave a devotional counseling students on how to navigate their spiritual journeys on Tuesday, July 9.
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BYU language studies professor shares her 'rays of light'

July 02, 2024 12:00 AM
Ellen Knell, associate director of curriculum and instruction for the Center for Language Studies gave the campus devotional on Tuesday, July 2.
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Kim Jenkins encourages BYU students to 'bring light into your life'

June 25, 2024 12:00 AM
Kim Jenkins, the communications manager for the BYU College of Computational, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, urged students to find the light of Christ in times of darkness during her devotional address on Tuesday, June 25.
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