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I have been looking forward to today since May 1st.

Some of that looking forward has been with enthusiasm, some of that looking forward has been with excitement, and some

of it has been building in anxiousness.

Someone might need to check to see whether blood is flowing back into my wife's hand because I was

gripping it so tightly.

I've also heard, by the way, that cameras add some things to people.

I've heard that cameras add 10 pounds.

I'm hoping it adds 6 inches.

My friends and colleagues as we begin another school year together I want to

express to you my deep gratitude for each and every one of you, all 4,500 of you who constitute the

remarkable workforce of Brigham Young University.

It is a joy for me to labor with faculty, staff,

and administrative colleagues who have a clear sense

of our university mission and who tirelessly

work to fulfill it.

Each of you labors daily to help our students become what prophets have said they are

destined to become.

Of that destiny, President Spencer W Kimball said this, quote, I am both

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