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Archive for January, 2009

• Delicious Tension: Understanding Brigham Young University
  Posted January 29, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  In order to understand Brigham Young University you must first understand the tension that is at the heart of the university’s identity.  This tension revolves around the university’s attempts to integrate academic distinction with spiritual excellence and has been present since the university was founded as Brigham Young Academy in 1875 by Brigham Young, second [...]

• Latter-day Saints Hospital (SLC, UT) Alumni records
  Posted January 23, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  Nursing has been called one of the noblest professions.  A School of Nursing was established at Brigham Young University in the fall of 1952 and it eventually developed into the College of Nursing in 1958.  It shares a common history with the School of Nursing at the University of Utah.  Both programs derive from the [...]

• The Honor Code at Brigham Young University
  Posted January 9, 2009 by Gordon Daines

  One of the things that makes Brigham Young University unique is its Honor Code.  Students and employees at Brigham Young University are expected to abide by the Honor Code.  The origins of the Honor Code lie in the establishment of the Domestic Organization by Karl G. Maeser in the late 1870s to aid students live [...]