カテゴリー: Student Experiences

BYU humanities courses set students up for success in job interviews Highly formalized and conservative, Japanese business culture can be challenging for Americans to navigate. Interviewees at a Japanese company need to know, for example, to wait by the door until invited in and to then say the ritualized phrase “shitsurei shimasu,” meaning “excuse me,…

Have you received a mission call to a foreign language mission, but have some time before you enter the Missionary Training Center (MTC)? Are you worried about how well you’ll be able to master the language or navigate a new culture? The Humanities Center event, Nations, Kindreds, Tongues, and Peoples (NKTP), can help you and…

How chemical engineering student Alyssa Bagoyo paid tribute to her late mother through her Brigham Young University education. Alyssa Bagoyo fondly remembers attending the Education Week workshop: “So Your Daughter Wants to Change the World: How an Engineering Degree Can Make It Possible.” The class struck a chord with Bagoyo; it felt like a heavenly…