Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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Commit to Excellence was the theme of the executive council of ASBYU during the 1984-85 school year. ASBYU Student Govern- ment consists of ten elected student body officers and three appointed officers who are united to help serve the student's interests. ASBYU was committed to helping BYU students recognize the best that they can be through offering programs that cater to variety of in- terests and needs. Students were encouraged to gain involvement and leadership exper- ience through the hundreds of programs of- f erred by the student government. ASBYU was every student at BYU working together to achieve common goals and values, to make BYU and ourselves better. ? ■ 18 ASBYU

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President Holland surrounded by his administrative vice-presidents. Front row: Wm. Rolfe Kerr. Executive Vice President: Jeffrey ?. Holland, President: Jae R. Ballif. Provost and Academic Vice President. Second row: Marin tvl. Mouritsen. Executive Assistant H. Hal Visick, General Counsel: Dee F. Andersen, Administrative Vice President. At my first press conference, when asked what my hopes were for BYU, I innocently stammered, To achieve academic excel- lence in the context of Lotter-Day Saint values, Well, the Lord blesses fools, children, and new university presidents because now nearly five years and a formal mission statement , later, this is where I still firmly stand. To succeed in this mission the university must provide an envi- ronment enlightened by living prophets and sustained by those moral values which characterize the life and teachings of the Son of God. In this regard, BYU holds a unique and critical place among institutions of higher education, As a university, we will be engaged in the inextricably linked task of seeking truth and acquiring virtue. As students at BYU, I hope you feel a shared responsibility for seeking this kind of success we describe. However, when the final test of your education comes somewhere ages and ages hence as Robert Frost might say, it will not be the grades you received or the particular configuration of your courses or even the length of time it took you to get them or the jobs they may have helped you obtain. What your education will have meant is what hunger and respect and honor you have shown for truth and what virtues, in both the Greek and Hebrew senses of the word, that truth has helped you acquire and demonstrate and share with the world. M ( resident Jeffrey R. Holland, his wife Patricia and children Matthew, David dnd Mary Alice.

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As the official representatives of the student body, Rob Miller and Steve Col- ton oversaw and coordinated all ASBYU programs. The Presidency encouraged feedback from the student body in the community. Rob and Steve offered a unique challenge to the students of BYU by telling them to Commit to Excel- lence. 4 ASBYU 19