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BYU is Inspiring Learning
In 2016, President Kevin J Worthen launched an initiative to transform the educational experience of BYU students by providing them with experience-based learning including internships, hands-on research, field studies, and other mentored learning.
Inspiring Students
“I hope we inspire our students to learn. And I hope that learning leads to inspiration,” President Worthen says. “When both things happen, inspiring learning occurs, and we can then know we are on the right track to achieve the core goals set forth in our mission statement.”
Since its introduction, Inspiring Learning funding has provided more than 30,000 experiences for BYU students. President Worthen’s fundraising goal is to endow $120 million, and achieving that goal is within reach. This flexible resource allows the university to assist thousands of students each year, and that help will continue for many years to come.
With your support even more students will have access to life-changing inspiring learning experiences. You can make a difference for good and bless individuals and families for generations to come.
Inspiring Learning Stories
BYU Biologists Seek to Create First Dragonfly Family Tree
Video: The BYU team’s goal is to piece together the first-ever phylogenic (genealogical) tree of all 6,300 known dragonfly species and their ancestors.
BYU Students Build and Launch “Selfie Cam” with NASA
Video:More than 60 students over a five-year period helped build the inexpensive 10-centimeter CubeSat.
Student-Created Device Helps Young Violinist
Adia Cardona is a 10-year-old violinist who has exceptional skill for her age and the determination to match it. The young Provo girl also has just one hand.
Orchestrating “Awe and Wonder”
Alana Portzline needed one final capstone experience—to record a full orchestra playing her original composition. But doing so would require some travel.
Building Language Empathy
With only six weeks left on her mission in Salem, Oregon, Rachel Edmunds was asked to serve in a Spanish-speaking area. It was an eye-opening experience.
From Soldier to Shepherd
Since middle school, Thomas Garsnett dreamed of a career in the military. He envisioned himself “knocking down doors and blowing things up.” Something changed.