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Provo, Brussels, Cork—classics student gets a broad BYU education

 This past summer student John Russell had what he calls his most memorable BYU experience—he was a political analyst intern at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium. “I am convinced that my fellow interns, my lunch mates, will one day be prime ministers or presidents of their home countries,” he says.  Full Story

 

Nurse, immigrant from Czech Republic cares for U.S. veterans

 As final preparation for their careers, student nurses at Brigham Young University take a course that allows them to experience the breadth and diversity of the human condition. In this course Petr Ruda, a native of the Czech Republic, focused on veterans.  Full Story

 

Real investments prepare student for venture capital career

 MBA student Cody Campbell is serving as managing director of Cougar Capital, BYU’s $850,000 student-managed venture capital and private equity fund. “The work I am doing with Cougar Capital is identical to the work I am currently doing at a real venture capital firm,” he says. “My Cougar Capital experience has been the most meaningful, useful, and realistic preparation of my academic career.”  Full Story

 

Student from Germany documents Church members’ wartime experiences

Judith Sartowski

 Judith Sartowski, a student from Germany, is part of a BYU research team interviewing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived in Germany during World War II. “I am blessed to listen to these faithful people and hear their heroic stories,” she says. “They stayed strong in very trying circumstances.”  Full Story

 

Eight law students accept federal and state clerkships

BYU law students

 In recent months eight students from BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School have accepted federal and state judicial clerkships. All say that their BYU experience was enhanced thanks to donors.  Full Story

 

Scholarship enabled student to prepare for career as a special educator

Elizabeth Lobendahn

 Elizabeth Lobendahn graduated in December from the David O. McKay School of Education with a degree in special education. Her BYU studies and time as a student teacher focused on students with severe disabilities.  Full Story

 

Studying floods in Mexico kindles enthusiasm in future engineer

Joshua Draper

 In 2006 Joshua Draper, a civil engineering major in the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, conducted research on flooding in Mexico. Draper, his BYU peers, and colleagues from two local universities built a computer model to map potential flood areas, which was then used to predict flooding’s effects.  Full Story

 

Communications student receives prestigious Ed Bradley Scholarship

Jennifer Borget

 College of Fine Arts and Communications student Jennifer Borget was awarded the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation’s Ed Bradley scholarship for 2007. The scholarship provides Borget with $10,000 and a trip to the foundation’s annual conference and exhibition.  Full Story

 

Aspiring historian defined his future thanks to Lee Library research grant

 Recent BYU graduate Rob Taber was muddled in graduate-school applications when he learned about Harold B. Lee Library research grants. “The grant I received played an important role in my education,” says Taber, an aspiring historian.  Full Story

 

Intern works for U.S. Speaker of the House in Washington, D.C.

Diane Bailey

 As part of BYU’s Washington Seminar in 2007, Diane Bailey, an international relations major in the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences, interned with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as the Interparliamentary Affairs Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Full Story

 

CS students study proteins to better understand Down syndrome

Students Nathaniel Gustafson and Kendell Clement

 Developing sophisticated computer algorithms that model key interaction among human proteins, computer science students Kendell Clement and Nathaniel Gustafson are part of a mentored-student learning project in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences that may lead to a better of the causes of Down syndrome.  Full Story

 

Vanderbilt medical student discovered passion for lab work at BYU

Niki

 Mentored learning opportunities in the College of Life Sciences opened the eyes of Niki Winters to lab-based medical research, which has become her academic passion. She is currently a student at Vanderbilt University’s School of Medicine training to be a medical scientist with a combined MD and PhD degree.  Full Story