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Get to know some incredible BYU Alumni!

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The Unexpected Layover

June 27, 2022 01:04 PM
Read how this alum's unexpected layover led him to BYU
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Staring Death in the Face

June 27, 2022 12:46 PM
“I want other people to live like they, too, have five years to live.”
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From War Zone to Classroom

June 08, 2022 02:02 PM
Leslie Edwards: A journalist in Saudi Arabia and an award-winning educator
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Seasons of Life

June 08, 2022 01:56 PM
“I don’t think anyone expects to lose their mother . . . [her death] blew a big hole in the center of my family’s life.”
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Mighty Baking

June 08, 2022 01:29 PM
A self-taught baker defied the odds--twice--to win Food Network's Cake Wars.
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From Kolkata to Provo

June 08, 2022 12:57 PM
Despite differences in her faith and background, Pritha Lal has found acceptance at BYU and in her Utah community
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Extraordinary Growth

June 08, 2022 12:46 PM
“It's just about the girls. . . I love watching them grow. . .They have my heart.”
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A Mother Who Knows

June 08, 2022 12:37 PM
Julie B. Beck, 2014 Alumni Achievement Award winner, College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences
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Generational Music

June 02, 2022 04:17 PM
Greatly impacted by her grandmother, this alumna uses music to carry Hawaiian culture and the message of aloha around the world
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Seeing Human to Human

May 18, 2022 02:46 PM
An alumna in Houston has mustered the “Minivan Brigade” to provide relief for refugee families.
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Fight for Sight

May 18, 2022 02:17 PM
A mother made it her mission to improve accommodations for children with vision impairment.
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Y We Sing

May 18, 2022 01:17 PM
A Chinese couple has exported “the BYU way” of music performance to their homeland.
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Learning from Forgeries

May 18, 2022 12:40 PM
Recent anthropology grad Chloe D. Burkey has been hunting for fakes and she's found quite a few.
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The Best Biology Class

May 16, 2022 01:07 PM
Nathan J. Cherrington, 2014 Alumni Achievement Award winner, College of Life Sciences
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The Provo Penguins

May 16, 2022 12:48 PM
Delivering “desserts with class” to as many people as they can
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Worldwide Charity

May 16, 2022 12:40 PM
Sharon L. Eubank, 2014 Alumni Achievement Award winner, College of Hummanities
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Engineering for Health

May 16, 2022 12:06 PM
Richard B. Brown, 2014 Alumni Achievement Award winner, Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
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Giving Voice to the Voiceless

May 16, 2022 11:27 AM
Cindy W. Sutton, 2014 Alumni Achievement Award winner, David O. McKay School of Education
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