Ulisses Soares

Keepers of the Light

The light you carry from this campus is meant to shine in places only you can reach. It is not merely institutional progress or academic distinction—it is the light of Jesus Christ.

Mirabella Archibald Keogh

The Pursuit of Lifelong Discipleship

Each of you have been given unique gifts, bestowed with the sacred purpose to build the Kingdom of God. God Himself will accompany you in this pursuit.

C. Shane Reese

Covenants and Service: Shoring Up Your Foundation

As you stay true to your covenants, keep your foundation in Christ, and serve in ways big and small, your light will shine brighter and brighter in a world that needs illumination.

Derek Miller

Carrying Christ’s Light from BYU to the World

You have a great opportunity, and a great responsibility, to do something far more important than making a name for yourself, and that is to make a name for Christ in the world.

Clark G. Gilbert

A Light to the World: The Paradox of the BYU Graduate Student 

As you leave BYU, you will need to balance an expectation for professional and academic distinction with integrity to your faith. You might consider these dual responsibilities a simultaneous call for excellence with a call for discipleship.

J. Clifford Wallace

A Question of Priorities

I found that if I carefully and prayerfully made the most important parts of my life consistent with their eternal worth, I accomplished much more of real value in my life’s endeavors.