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Purpose, passion, and people: 2024 GE Professorship awarded to Jon Ostenson

By Rebecca Tarbet
November 07, 2024 02:01 PM
At the heart of Jon Ostenson’s teaching is a passion not only for literature and writing, but also a love for teaching and connecting with the students at Brigham Young University.
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Emphasizing the BYU mission through UNIV 101

By Rebecca Tarbet
December 20, 2024 03:50 PM
As thousands of new students arrived on campus this fall semester, Jonathan Sandberg, recently appointed associate dean of Undergraduate Education, is determined to help their college journeys be deeply rooted in the mission and aims of Brigham Young University. Sandberg is responsible for overseeing the administration of the new general education course UNIV 101: BYU Foundations for Student Success.

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Learning the Y

In a game-changing new general-ed course, students dive deep into BYU’s distinctive mission and find their place in a community of belonging.

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Led by Inspiration: 2023 GE Professorship Recipient Rickelle Richards

November 20, 2023 04:52 PM
Rickelle Richards, Ph.D., MPH, RDN knows the places the Lord guides us aren’t always the places we expect. Each day at Brigham Young University, Richards teaches large and small groups of students about the principles of nutrition. From general education classes to complex high-level courses, Richards embraces the challenge of teaching students with a wide variety of backgrounds and knowledge bases.

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2022 General Education Professorship Recipient

December 07, 2022 03:15 PM
For Professor Bob Hudson (French and Italian), nothing captures the human spirit quite like encounters with another culture. Born in Arkansas and raised between there and Kentucky, Hudson experienced such an encounter when he left the rural South to serve his two-year Church mission in Paris, France.

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General Education associate dean creates unexpected connections

For most people, trolls, the environment, International Cinema and general education do not have a lot in common. But for Christopher “Chip” Oscarson, associate dean of General Education, these things have shaped his life and helped him create unexpected connections.

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2021 General Education Professorship Recipient

Hannah Childs
By Hannah Childs
January 14, 2022 09:33 AM
At 6 feet 4 inches, Richard Watt towers above his CHEM 101 students and patiently answers question after question to bolster their confidence for the upcoming midterm. As Watt brings chemistry alive, his love for chemistry and his students is apparent. In no small part, this is the reason Undergraduate Education at Brigham Young University awarded the 2021 General Education Professorship to Richard K. Watt.

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Instructions for satisfying the General Education Quantitative Reasoning Requirement

August 19, 2021 10:39 PM
The General Education Quantitative Reasoning (QR) requirement is designed to help students develop “the capacity to understand and explain the world in quantitative terms; ...

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Dear Faculty Letters

April 01, 2021 09:24 PM
The General Education Design Committee has worked tirelessly to help develop an improved general education program. Committee members reveal their unique insights into their experience in creating a new program through a series of “Dear Faculty” letters.

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General Education Redesign Highlighted in Race, Equity, and Belonging Report

Hannah Childs
By Hannah Childs
March 15, 2021 10:47 AM
In February 2021, Brigham Young University released a report conducted by the Committee on Race, Equity and Belonging (CoREB).

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