Fulfilling the Dream | John S. and Susan W. Tanner | October 2023

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

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The Tanners share five principles of a Christlike education that will allow us to fulfill the dream and vision of Brigham Young University and its founders. John Tanner, former president of BYU–Hawaii (and academic vice president of BYU), and Susan Tanner, former president of the Young Women's organization, delivered this forum address on October 31, 2023. You can access it here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the recent speeches podcast presented by BYU speeches
0:05.0	featuring inspiring new devotional and forums given each week on BYU campus.
0:10.0	Be sure to check out our other podcasts by searching BYU speeches wherever you get your podcasts
0:16.4	or by visiting speeches dot BYU.edU slash podcasts. Poodcasts. Thank you. Greetings.
0:27.0	John and I are happy to be here with you on this Halloween forum. We're especially grateful to share the stand with my
0:35.5	former student Justin Collins. Thank you Justin for that generous introduction
0:40.1	and for these lays what a surprise.
0:43.0	We were asked to speak on the mission of BYU,
0:47.0	so this may feel more like a devotional than a forum.
0:50.0	We've also tried to connect our talk to Halloween, but that's not been easy to find an
0:56.0	uplifting Halloween theme. Well actually Halloween did begin as a religious festival, All Hallows E. In fact, in the traditional Christian
1:07.7	calendar, Halloween is followed by All Saints Day on November 1st and All Souls Day on November 2nd. The whole season is called
1:16.7	All Hallows Tide. The larger meaning of these holidays is that this is a time to remember the dead which actually does
1:25.2	connect to our topic fulfilling the dream of BYU so let's talk about it.
1:30.3	Okay first as I've often said,
1:33.0	B. Y. is built on the dreams and hopes of its founders more than most universities.
1:39.0	In fact, to continue the Halloween theme, you might say that we are haunted by their dreams.
1:46.6	We hope that through this Halloween forum you will feel the presence of those who have dreamed
1:51.6	the dream of BYU, many of whom have passed
1:54.8	away. They had a vision of what this university would become. You inhabit their
2:00.1	hopes and dreams. They are now yours to fulfill and that's what we want to talk
2:04.9	about today. Also while we don't celebrate all Hallows tied in the church, it's a good
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