$1.3 million
Amount of grant given to BYU’s mathematics department by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the department’s new undergraduate mentoring program
102
Professors from 87 universities in 35 states who have expressed interest in learning how BYU’s math department has used mentoring to help its students engage in meaningful research
$12,500
Amount awarded to B. Tyler Tiberius (’07) for his patented paintball gun in the Student Entrepreneur of the Year contest
9,100
Miles traveled by Alwi Shihab, former Indonesian minister of foreign affairs, to address students in an October 2006 BYU forum
$700,000
Amount awarded to BYU’s IDeA Lab (Information and Decision Algorithm Laboratories) by the NSF
182
Students who received the daily $100 giveaway in celebration of the Bookstore’s 100th birthday in 2006
3,000
Cupcakes given away to celebrate the Bookstore’s 100th birthday
1,000
Hershey bars sold for 5 cents during one of the Bookstore’s 100th anniversary sales
