How Giving Is Helping
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, 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
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 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
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
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.
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
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
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
