Waking up every morning at 5:30 to work out isn’t easy, but it’s the price for competing as a No. 1 seed at the national racquetball championship. Adrienne Schneider has always loved a challenge, and her next one will come as she competes in Raleigh, North Carolina from March 11 through 15 at the 2014 USA Racquetball National Collegiate Championships.
When Schneider is not practicing or competing, she is busy studying in …
When Jacob Burdis created his “LDS Book of Mormon Promises” app, he never expected it to be so successful that it would garner more than 15,000 downloads in two years. But it has.
Burdis, now an Instructional Psychology and Technology (IP&T) PhD student, started this project during his mission to Russia and Kazakhstan for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. During his personal scripture study, Burdis cross-referenced covenants and promises …
The pressures of rigorous academic coursework, employment, and a social life are a struggle for many students. But balancing a full-time job, part-time school schedule, and family of four is not uncommon for the students in the ExSL Program.
To become a school administrator requires a master’s degree. Many potential school leaders have taught full time for many years, and they find it difficult to leave their jobs to attend school. …
Author Brandon Sanderson will be the keynote speaker at the 4th biennial Literacy Promise Conference in Salt Lake City. The conference, which targets issues in teaching literacy for grades 4-12, will feature several well known researchers and professionals in the field of literacy and literacy education.
Sanderson, a BYU alumnus, is author of the popular fantasy series Mistborn. He has also published several novels including Elantris, Warbreakers, The Way of Kings, …
The Guinea worm plagues Africa during two of the most important farming seasons—planting and harvesting. Those who become infected are unable to work and can only attend school for as long as three months, crippling the economy and resulting in food shortages.
The Guinea worm disease plagued as many as 3.5 million people in 1986; today the same disease affects only 150. This once prevalent disease is now controlled—not by medication—but …