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Metro

Chief meteorologist at KSL-TV shares impact of faith, optimism on his career

Emily LeFevre
By Emily LeFevre
October 28, 2024 12:02 PM
Kevin Eubank, chief meteorologist at KSL-TV, discussed how faith and optimism have shaped his career.
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Campus Events

Cougstival is back this week with new prizes and new ways to serve

By Alyse Clark
November 08, 2023 12:00 AM
Cougstival, BYU's week-long, service-oriented scavenger hunt around campus, begins Nov. 6 and will continue throughout the week until Saturday, Nov. 11.
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Nation

Hong Kong, Macau missionary service suspended because of coronavirus

By Arianna Davidson
February 05, 2020 12:00 AM
See also Missions respond to coronavirus outbreak
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Tweet Beat

Tweet Beat: 7/30/19

July 30, 2019 12:00 AM
https://twitter.com/i/moments/1152243367704555521?s=13
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Good in the Universe

Video memories capture a day in the 'Lifey'

By Abby Hobbs
May 31, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU alumnus Alex Balinski is the founder and videographer of the YouTube channel “Prepare to Serve.” At the start of 2017, Balinski kicked off a service called “Lifey” where he records and edits life histories for anyone wanting to cherish their life memories through video.
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Campus

Stateside missionaries face inferiority stigma

By Carley Porter
February 08, 2017 12:00 AM
Colton Spilsbury said the drop in enthusiasm is noticeable when he responds to the question, 'Where did you serve your mission?' Spilsbury served in Federal Way, Washington.
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Uncategorized

How to prepare for a full-time mission

By Lea Tucker
September 26, 2016 12:00 AM
Serving a full time LDS mission requires physical, emotional and spiritual preparation. The missionary lifestyle can be overwhelming to many missionaries, according to Elder David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve. He advises young men and women to “become” missionaries long before entering the mission field.
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Religion

Education Week: 10 ways to help young adults adjust to post mission life

By Cassidy Hansen
August 17, 2016 12:00 AM
After unpacking bags and spending a couple weeks home, it’s not uncommon to hear a returned missionary say longingly, “I just wish I could go back.” Former South Sau Paulo mission president Stephen Richardson and his wife Marianna Richardson taught a class during BYU'S Education week on Tuesday, August 16 to help young single adults transition into post-mission life.
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Religion

Mission marriage culture changing

By Samantha Sappenfield
January 28, 2016 12:00 AM
Annalise and Cole Gardner pose on their wedding day. They are one of many couples who have met on their mission. (Facebook/Annalise Gardner)
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Life

BYU doctor enjoys 26 years of foreign experience, family time

By Savannah Hawkins
December 18, 2015 12:00 AM
Nearly 200 single adults gather in a large classroom in the Joseph F. Smith building on the BYU campus every Sunday to participate in services for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To a visitor in the Provo 99th Ward of the YSA 16th Stake, the white-haired man sitting in the front of the room may seem like an average singles' ward bishop.
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Life

Some female non-RMs feeling disadvantaged

By Emilie Stiles
October 28, 2015 12:00 AM
Memes concerning the missionary age change were popular after the October 2012 General Conference. Many women chose to serve missions because of the change in policy. (BYU Memes)
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Soccer

BYU soccer player Paige Hunt still a missionary at heart

September 30, 2015 12:00 AM
Paige Hunt with her companion at Purdue University. Hunt returned from her mission and back to the BYU women's soccer team in July 2015. (Paige Hunt)
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Campus

BYU professors serve missions and come back RMPs

By Jacob Amezcua
March 26, 2015 12:00 AM
Returned mission presidents have to adjust to coming back into the 'real world' just like young LDS missionaries do, and they have to go through many of the same adjustments.
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Religion

Prepare to Serve website connects future missionaries with RMs

By Alayna Pehrson
February 09, 2015 12:00 AM
A new website called Prepare to Serve connects pre-missionaries with returned missionaries from their prospective mission via personal interviews on YouTube.
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Readers' Forum

Mission or marriage?

By Universe Contributor
March 18, 2014 12:00 AM
Envision yourself in the turn lane in the middle of the road. There are two lanes of traffic on either side, both headed in a definite direction. And there you are, trying to get somewhere, but you are stuck and quickly growing frustrated.
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Life

Learning how to talk the talk

By Hailey Gengler
January 21, 2014 12:00 AM
Future missionaries prepare to learn new languages using many different methods some of which include self-help books. (Photo by Maddi Dayton.)
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Life

Universities with LDS populations weigh in on the effect of the LDS mission age on enrollment

By Lindsey Williams
November 26, 2012 12:00 AM
When Heejin Yi heard the news of the lowered mission ages for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, her mind turned not only to the prospect of serving a mission but also to the effect it would have on the college she would attend next year.
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Life

Dating while waiting: how missions affect 'the search'

By Amberly Asay
March 27, 2012 12:00 AM
Derek Welch was in his first week in the mission field when his trainer got the infamous “Dear John” letter.
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