BYU is Inspiring Learning

In 2016, President Kevin J Worthen launched an initiative to transform the educational experience of BYU students by providing them with experience-based learning including internships, hands-on research, field studies, and other mentored learning.

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Inspiring Students

“I hope we inspire our students to learn. And I hope that learning leads to inspiration,” President Worthen says. “When both things happen, inspiring learning occurs, and we can then know we are on the right track to achieve the core goals set forth in our mission statement.”

Since its introduction, Inspiring Learning funding has provided more than 30,000 experiences for BYU students. President Worthen’s fundraising goal is to endow $120 million, and achieving that goal is within reach. This flexible resource allows the university to assist thousands of students each year, and that help will continue for many years to come.

With your support even more students will have access to life-changing inspiring learning experiences. You can make a difference for good and bless individuals and families for generations to come.

Inspiring Learning Stories

BYU|College of Life Sciences Video (3:54)

BYU Biologists Seek to Create First Dragonfly Family Tree

Video: The BYU team’s goal is to piece together the first-ever phylogenic (genealogical) tree of all 6,300 known dragonfly species and their ancestors.

BYU|Fulton College of Engineering Video (3:25)

BYU Students Build and Launch “Selfie Cam” with NASA

Video:More than 60 students over a five-year period helped build the inexpensive 10-centimeter CubeSat.

BYU|Fulton College of Engineering

Student-Created Device Helps Young Violinist

Adia Cardona is a 10-year-old violinist who has exceptional skill for her age and the determination to match it. The young Provo girl also has just one hand.

BYU|College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Learning to Be a Disciple Scholar

Brookelyn Harvey is a 2023 Wheatley Scholar. As such she has been mentored while conducting and reporting on research on family life. She says, “Every interaction, whether academic or personal, feels like a ministering visit.”

BYU|College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences

An Education Filled with Light

Last fall, Roan attended an event sponsored by Wheatley Institute featuring legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar, who was on campus to speak at a forum. “I learned from him that to share, I first must acquire,” Roan says.

BYU|J. Reuben Clark Law School

Sharing and Acquiring Are Linked

Last fall, Roan attended an event sponsored by Wheatley Institute featuring legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar, who was on campus to speak at a forum. “I learned from him that to share, I first must acquire,” Roan says.