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Bill Cosby to perform a second night at BYU-Idaho
Bill Cosby will now perform two shows during his visit to Brigham Young University-Idaho in Juneon Thursday and Friday, June 7 and 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium. Tickets will go on sale Monday, May 7, at 8:15 a.m.
BYU-Idaho: 'Face the future with optimism'
"Replace fear with faith," Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve counseled BYU-Idaho's graduating class during commencement exercises April 6. "As you think about your future, you should be filled with faith and hope," he told the graduates gathered in the BYU-Idaho Center on the...
Mormon Media Observer: Enough with the Mormon stereotypes
Mormon Life says: The author suggests the misinformed media who post snarky things about Mormons "Get to know us where we live. Get to know our young people. I say: Come with me to Rexburg."
Each week, it seems that someone in the mainstream press writes something about the church that is annoying or hurtful or misinformed or lazy. Recently, there were the snarky tweets about LDS...
First-edition Book of Mormon on display at BYU-Idaho
The Brigham Young University-Idaho David O. McKay Library recently added a first-edition copy of The Book of Mormon to its collection. President Kim B. Clark accepted the book over a year ago, but after undergoing an extensive restoration process at the Church History Library, it is now on...
Elder Cook charges young single adults to build the kingdom
While serving his mission to Scotland in the late 1890s, then Elder David O. McKay (who served as Church President between 1951 and 1970) and his companion passed a building where the stone above the door was inscribed with a quotation usually attributed to Shakespeare: “What e’er thou art, act...
BYU Idaho tuition increases planned for 2012-2013
Brigham Young University-Idaho has approved a 2.88 percent ($50) tuition increase for the 2012-2013 school year, which will take effect this fall.
Elder Perry: The Church is scaffolding for lives
The Church is the scaffolding for individuals and families as they engage the most important building projects of their lives, Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve told students during a campus devotional at Brigham Young University-Idaho on Jan. 24. Elder Perry addressed the students in...
BYU-Idaho winter semester enrollment largest on record
Statistics released for winter semester 2012 show a total enrollment of 14,937 students, a 5.9 percent increase over last winter.
Elder Quentin L. Cook Speaks at BYU–Idaho Commencement
Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles addressed 1,533 graduates at Brigham Young University–Idaho’s fall commencement on December 16, 2011. Originating from the BYU–Idaho Center at 5:45 p.m. on Friday, graduation addresses from Elder Cook and Roger Christensen, assistant to...
BYU-Idaho to ban skinny jeans?
Mormon Life says: Today, BYU-I released this statement: Wondering if skinny jeans are allowed on campus? They are. BYU-Idaho's longstanding dress & grooming standards promote principles of modesty and restrict formfitting clothing, but skinny jeans are not singled out or prohibited. In addition, the Testing Center issue reported in Scroll has been corrected and is no longer in force.
Some at Brigham Young University-Idaho, a Mormon school, say skinny jeans are too risqué for campus wear: students wearing the hip-hugging pants have recently been refused service at the school’s...
Elder Claudio Daniel Zivic: 'Success has a price'
Perseverance is the key to success, Elder Claudio Daniel Zivic of the Seventy said during a campus devotional held in the Brigham Young University-Idaho Center in Rexburg, on Nov. 15. "To persevere means to maintain the ability to endure, to carry on, to continue in the same state without...
Enrollment nearly doubles in 10 years at BYU-Idaho
On June 21, 2000, President Gordon B. Hinckley made an announcement that would change the lives of thousands of students. "The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Board of Trustees of Ricks College announce that Ricks College will change from its present...
BYU-Idaho: Leading by innovation
Mormon Life says: Last part in a three-part series.
Betty Oldham has seen her fair share of changes at BYU-Idaho. She came to this campus in Rexburg as a student in the late '60s and she's amazed to see how much it's changed. Now the assistant...
From wheat field to innovator: how BYU-Idaho is changing the landscape of higher education
J.D. Griffith walked off the subway and onto the bustling streets of midtown Manhattan. It was an April evening, cold and rainy, and he was a long way from home. As he stepped into a church on Columbus Avenue, the din of the city — the honking cabs, the clattering of trains underground, the...
BYU-I puts first-edition King James Bible on display
A first-edition copy of the King James Bible is on display at Brigham Young University-Idaho’s David O. McKay Library through December. The exhibit, which includes other original texts like Bibles and papyrus fragments, celebrates the book’s 400th anniversary. An open house will be held June 23...
