LDS apostle visits Upper Valley, speaks at BYU-I commencement
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REXBURG — A top Mormon official spoke highly of his recent visit to the Upper Valley and Brigham Young University-Idaho.
In a social media post on Saturday, Elder Ronald A. Rasband, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said it was a privilege to be able to address students at Friday’s winter graduation.
“I know the Lord is pleased with these righteous, faithful, and obedient graduates. They are prepared to make a difference in a world that needs them and their strength,” Rasband wrote.
Yesterday I was privileged to meet and speak with students of the April 2016 graduating class at Brigham Young…
Posted by Ronald A. Rasband on Saturday, April 9, 2016
Rasband spoke to 2,012 graduates at the BYU-Idaho Center during Friday’s commencement. The focus of his message was on real success in life.
“What I told the students applies to all of us,” Rasband wrote Saturday. “Real success in life means also helping others to reach their goals. The Lord has commanded each of us: “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” What does that mean for us today?”
Rasband was called to his position in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in October 2015.
Accompanying the LDS apostle was Elder Kim B. Clark, commissioner of the Church Educational System. Clark, who also spoke to students, served as president of BYU-Idaho from 2005 to 2015.
During the ceremony, the university awarded 472 associate degrees and 1,565 bachelor’s degrees. Of the graduates, 1,203 are women and 809 are men, according to a university news release.
