Serving Arizona Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
March – April 2020 • Vol 46 • No 2 • Est 1975
A Perfect Brightness of
HOPE Photo courtesy of US Embassy from New Zealand
Brigham Young University's Living Legends perform Seasons.
There is No End to the Progress of Knowledge — Brigham Young
Church Education System Schools Offer Spiritual and Scholastic Growth By Merry Gordon
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ummer is around the corner… and for many students, so are decision about college. “For members of the Church, education is not merely a good idea—it’s a commandment,” said President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. The Church takes that commitment to higher education seriously. While other institutions uphold Latter-day Saint values, only four are considered part of the Church Education System (CES) network: the three campuses of Brigham Young Uni-
versity (Provo, Idaho and Hawaii) and LDS Business College. The schools have many things in common, including certain admission policies: all member applicants to CES schools are reviewed based on church endorsements, academic achievement and seminary attendance and graduation. Upon acceptance, students must adhere to an honor code in keeping with Church standards that includes moral uprightness, dress and groomPhoto courtesy of Jaren Wilkey [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]
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BYU’s Provo campus offers mountain views and nearby temples.
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