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or by visiting speeches.bYU.edu slash podcasts. This university conference address entitled,

Being Deliberate in the second half of the second century of Brigham Young University,

was given on August 25th of 2025 by Clark G. Gilbert, then Commissioner of Education,

and a general authority 70 of the Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints.

Now don't turn me into my assistant.

We worked on version 10 of this message Friday to get the word count down just right.

And on the way down here, I added a paragraph.

So I'm 50 words over, Jeanette, if you hear this message. But I felt impressed

this morning on the way down just to share a little personal introduction. I'd like to share

a little of my own path and progress in church education and specifically my love for this university here at

BYU. In some ways, I feel like the Lord planted in me a love for this place at a very early age.

My parents met here on the debate team. Here at BYU, at the time my grandpa Clark was then

serving as the Dean of Continuing Education. My dad later taught as a visiting professor in the law

school with his partner, Rex Lee, and later served as the alumni president. I was raised as a religious

minority in Scottsdale, Arizona, where I had to constantly stand up for my faith and always

felt like I was different. Watching Danny Aange and Steve Young represent BYU always made me felt like I was part of something bigger, even as a little boy.

When I came to BYU as a freshman, for the first time, I felt like I fit.

I met friends who changed my life, a faculty who modeled the integration of faith and reason.

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