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This list of Brigham Young University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located in Provo, Utah, United States.
Provo College, August 2017. What is now Provo College opened in 1984 under the name of Dental Careers Institute. Its name changed to Advanced Careers Institute and finally, in December 1989, it was named Provo College. The name change reflected the broadened scope of the college with the addition of curriculum in court reporting and medical ...
Smoot Administration Building on the BYU campus. This list of Brigham Young University faculty includes notable current and former instructors and administrators of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private, coeducational research university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo, Utah, United States.
Previously called Utah Valley State College, the school attained university status in July 2008. With an enrollment of over 44,000 students as of fall 2023, UVU is the largest university by enrollment in Utah and one of the largest in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
But later that decade, U.S. military veterans returned to school, and in 1945 enrollment doubled. William F. Edwards oversaw the college's growth over the next several years until 1957, [10] when the school was re-branded as the College of Business and Weldon J. Taylor was appointed as its first dean.
BYU Noteworthy is a seven to nine-member, female Brigham Young University (BYU) a cappella group, based in Provo, Utah, United States.They won 1st place at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) in 2007 and appeared on the first season of NBC's a cappella competition reality show The Sing-Off in 2009.
Bert McCracken, born in Provo, lead singer of Utah-based band The Used; Kurt Mortensen, author; Neon Trees, new wave, synthpop-rock band; Dallin H. Oaks, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [11] The Osmonds raised all nine children in Provo, some of whom continue to live there. [12]
Kimball graduated second in his class at the University of Utah College of Law and was elected to the Order of the Coif. [3] Order of the Coif is an honorary scholastic society consisting of members graduating in the top ten percent of their class. In 1996, Kimball was honored by the Utah State Bar as the "Distinguished Lawyer of the Year". [3]