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Thy Tongue Will Be Loosed
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Thy Tongue Will Be Loosed
One student's speech impediment became a strength when learning another language.
People
Reverberations Through the Decades
What one BYU student learned about practice and progress from professor Carl F. Eyring's legacy.
Campus
Embracing the Whole
Life-sciences student Erika Frandsen honors BYU founder Martha Jane Knowlton Coray and reflects on being "too much."
Students
Parable of the Cane
Isaac James Richards honors James E. Talmage in his essay, Parable of the Cane, about conformity and conviction.
Some people come to college to learn to succeed. The 2019 essay winner learned something infinitely more valuable.
Essay contest winner Emma Stanford writes on Ray Beckham, childhood Christmas pageants, and laying foundations.
LaVell threw out the football bible and wrote his own rulebook. The author of this essay of the year follows his lead.
The George H. Brimhall essay-contest winner shows that bravery is not limited to grand achievements.
Mutual respect and negotiation gave birth to the Constitution—and will preserve it today.
Common and spiritual sense shout to us that thoughtful and discriminating reading can not be ignored.
Journalism student Kristina Smith (’15) won the first-place prize in 2014’s George H. Brimhall Memorial Essay Contest.
Essay winner Megan Armknecht honored George H. Brimhall and his vision to unite the sacred and the secular.
In a life devoted to education and BYU, George H. Brimhall left a lasting legacy.
Alyssa Herzinger's essay on Gerrit de Jong Jr., the first dean of the College of Fine Arts, won the Brimhall contest.
This year participants will research and write about Gerrit de Jong Jr., the first dean of the College of Fine Arts.
Candice Gutierrez was the first-place winner of the annual George H. Brimhall Memorial Essay Contest in fall 2010.
For Homecoming each year, BYU students are invited to learn about a past leader of the university.
Full-time students are invited to learn about a past leader of BYU.
Paul Gabrielsen reads his award-winning essay about Rex Lee at the opening ceremonies of Homecoming 2008.
As part of Homecoming activities each year, all full-time students are invited to learn about a past leader of BYU.
The ballet technique of spotting can be related to our lives today according to award winning student, Jennifer Kellis.