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The Purpose for BYU-Pathway Worldwide The announcement of BYU-Pathway Worldwide marks the beginning of a new experience for all online Church Educational System students. Though anticipated changes haven’t been finalized at this time, the vision for BYU-Pathway Worldwide is to provide students with one secure vehicle for offering online education. The transition between Pathway courses to BYU-Idaho online courses will be a consecutive and smooth experience, making it possible to reach their educational goals without the necessity of switching interfaces at any time. “From the day they start to the time they graduate, they will be a BYU-Pathway Worldwide student,” said Pathway Support and Outreach Communication Manager Andy Cargal. “That’s the goal, for students to have one fluid support system throughout the entire experience.” While the face of online educational programs will be BYU-Pathway
Worldwide, BYU-Idaho will continue to act as the host for delivering the accreditation for each program. “BYU-Pathway Worldwide is enhancing the student experience for Pathway and online students,” Cargal said. “But without BYU-Idaho, BYU-Pathway has nothing to offer. That relationship will continue to remain strong.” As reported by News & Notes last month, about 50 Pathway employees will make the move to Salt Lake City over the next year, in order to lay the foundation for such a monumental change in the lives of online students around the world and in the Church Educational System. “The Pathway program, now BYUPathway Worldwide, provides the hope of achieving an educational goal and dream that students may have thought was impossible for various reasons,” Cargal said. “BYU-Pathway Worldwide will continue to offer that hope for people.”
Student employees in the Pathway program have played a significant role in the success of the program thus far. Pathway Support Director Nathan Relken shared that the future of BYU-Pathway Worldwide is foreseen to offer the possibility of part-time jobs and internships for previous student employees as well. “Because we value what the students have done for us, we wanted them to know that they were needed, as long as we could have them,” Relken said. “We didn’t know exactly what the needs would be with the move to Salt Lake, so now with an extra year we’ll have a really good idea of how to move forward with our student workforce and the future opportunities we’ll have available for them.” As BYU-Pathway Worldwide continues to move forward in various phases, the objectives of the program remain constant in the effort to provide temporal and spiritual blessings in the lives of online students everywhere. “If they have developed confidence in a way that blesses their lives, than that’s a success for Pathway students,” Cargal said. “Pathway is about helping students gain some sort of educational degree, but it’s also so much more than that. It’s about blessing people’s lives and helping people draw closer to God. That’s what the Church Educational System is all about.” President of BYU-Pathway Worldwide Clark G. Gilbert shared something similar in a comment reported by Deseret News.
Pathway student employees Camilla Parada Leon, Thamirys Cabral, Carina Tovar share why they’re grateful for Pathway on social media.
“BYU Pathway Worldwide opens doors to education,” Gilbert said. “One of the ways it does that is by building confidence, teaching the students what they can do and showing them that there is a possibility to do more than many of them thought.” & F E B R UA R Y 2 0 1 7
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Students compete at national level music competition Three BYU-Idaho students fine tuned their skills to compete at a high-level music competition with some of the nation’s best young musicians in Baltimore, Maryland this March. The Teton Trio competed after having placed first at the state level as well as at the northwest division event. The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) is one of the largest and oldest music competitions in the country and hosts the competition annually in conjunction with the MTNA national conference in March. Few BYU-Idaho students get to participate in the divisional and national level of this event and it is a great accomplishment to be able to do so.
Lizz Shill, Annie Brown Taylor, and Kendyl Hollingsworth—the three of them constituting the Teton Trio—are the BYU-Idaho music students who won the northwest division competition
“The BYU-Idaho Teton Trio played very well, and represented themselves admirably and on a similar level of their peers.” —STEPHEN THOMAS, FACULT Y
for the chamber winds category in January of this year, allowing them to move on to the national event. “It was an absolutely amazing experience for me,” said Taylor. “I had never been at that high of a competition before. It was very humbling seeing and meeting all of the other students there and seeing how talented they are and how hard they work. There were students from Arizona State University and Michigan University and we all became good friends.” Taylor said even though they didn’t place at the national competition, she felt honored to be there. Music Department faculty member Stephen Thomas accompanied the trio in Baltimore. Thomas says he hopes this experience will prepare the girls for their future work in their chosen fields. “I would say it was very valuable for the students to get to hear the level of playing of the other competitors and to be inspired by it, as well as to recognize their own levels of attainment in relation to their peers nationally,” Thomas said. “I felt that the BYU-Idaho Teton Trio played very well, and represented themselves admirably and on a similar level to their peers.”
Lizz Shill, Annie Taylor, and Kendyl Hollingsworth recently competed in a national music competiton.
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Students play world-renown bass Students at BYU-Idaho are given many opportunities to expand their learning and develop professional skills through internships, practicums and student employment. But for one senior double bass performance major, Nathan May, it was the opportunity to play on the bass of a world-renown conductor of the 1900’s, Serge Koussevitsky, that helped him appreciate his education that much more. “That bass is so fun to play on,” May said. “It made me realize the incredible opportunities that I’ve been given as I’ve been here at school, that I may not have gotten at any other place.” As a member of the International Society of Double Bassists (ISB), Music Department faculty member Aaron Miller was offered the chance to host the Koussevitsky bass in his office for students to play on. “I think all of the students in my studio felt that it was a unique experience to be a part of,” Miller said. “It’s an education for everybody to hear what a high quality instrument like this sounds like in person.” The real value that this opportunity had for Miller’s students, lies behind the bass’ age and history.
Years after Koussevitsky’s passing in 1951, his wife attended the debut recital of a talented young bassist named, Gary Karr in New York’s town hall where he performed her husband’s famous double bass concerto Op 3. During the performance, Madame Koussevitsky saw the ghost of her husband embrace Karr. Because of this experience, she felt strongly that Karr was to be the gift recipient of her husband’s most prized double bass. Since then, Gary Karr has been named perhaps the best known bassist in existence.
Construction Updates New and Replacement Steam and Condensate Lines – May-September 2017 Construction on the sidewalk between the I-Center and the David O. McKay Library will take place from May 22 to September 29 of this year. The construction will affect sidewalks in the area and pedestrians should plan to reroute during this time. The construction will update existing steam and condensate lines.
Today, Karr has donated the instrument to the ISB where it is passed on to its members at universities all over the world, where students like May, can experience the precious sound of Koussevitsky’s famous double bass, the very instrument that Karr built his career upon, in an intimate and personal way. Miller shared his appreciation for the unique opportunity this was for both him, and his students. “For me, it reinforced the importance that we have as faculty, to stay in our professional organizations,” Miller said. “These types of opportunities don’t just come. You have to be actively involved in your field for those things to happen. It just reminds me to make sure that I’m still in contact with other professionals to make sure the education my students get here is of the highest quality.” May expressed his gratitude for the faculty he’s worked with that made this opportunity possible for him.
Clarke Interior Remodel – June to September 2017 Construction on the Clarke Building will begin on June 1. Select classrooms will be expanded to accommodate the growing number of nursing students. The building’s large cooling fan will be replaced with multiple, smaller fans. New classroom configuration will also allow for more student wards to meet in the building while providing greater flexibility with classroom sizes. During the reconstruction of the fan wall, airflow will be restricted to the building.
“Brother Miller is a fantastic faculty mentor, and that goes for all the faculty I’ve worked with here,” May said. “They are all so dedicated to giving their students opportunities to really learn outside of the classroom. It just made me appreciate our faculty a lot more and the dedication our administration has toward furthering education.” & A modern look at the world renown bass of Serge Koussevitsky. F E B R UA R Y 2 0 1 7
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Continued: Music Competition Thomas pointed out Shill, the horn player in the trio, graduated this past semester and has been accepted to a prestigious graduate program at Boston University. “At the regional competition in Spokane, Washington I had one of the most special music performances I’ve ever had,” said Taylor. “I wasn’t nervous at all, Lizz, Kendyl, and I connected and got in a groove and just expressed ourselves
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and made music together. Usually I get nervous, but I don’t remember being nervous at all. Instead, I just had fun.” Taylor expressed the trio’s gratitude for the mentors their group found at BYU-Idaho, who gave them so much time beyond the classroom.
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“When you’re a musician, who your teacher is matters,” said Taylor. “It’s more than they tell you what you do right and wrong and correct it. You need to have a relationship with each other and make connections in the music with each other. Each of us in the trio feels the same about our teachers that coached us and we are so grateful for the counsel and guidance that each of us received from them.” &
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Health & Wellness Six ways to stay active while busy Does your Living Healthy Wellness Challenge have physical activity requirements? Are you feeling too busy to meet them? Sometimes it can be hard to find time to be physically active when your day is spent at a desk, or if your schedule is packed full of other demanding activities. The good news is that it’s still possible to be active even on the busiest schedules! Here are six ways that you can fit exercise into your busy day:* 1. If permitted, walk the indoor track in the I-Center or the outdoor track in the stadium during your lunch breaks. It will help clear your mind and reenergize your body so that it can tackle the rest of the work day!
2. Parking your car farther away so you have more of a walk into work.
3. Now that the weather is warming up, ride your bike or walk to work if you live close enough.
4. Take a lap around the office and stretch by your desk for 10 minutes every hour. 5. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. 6. Have walking meeting instead of sitting in a conference room. Not only does this help you to be more active, but the activity helps fuel creative ideas! *Information provided by Human Resources
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