BYU Speeches

Judge Wallace shares that we will have successful lives if we prioritize our families and church service above our other pursuits. J. Clifford Wallace, senior judge and chief judge emeritus of the United States Court of Appeals, received an honorary doctorate when this BYU commencement address was given on April 24, 2025. You can access the talk here. [https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/j-clifford-wallace/a-question-of-priorities/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Let us retain our dual heritage and continue to be “bilingual” in the languages of scholarship and spiritual things. Amy Ortiz Sanchez spoke as the representative of her graduating class at BYU commencement on April 24, 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

What seems like coincidence is often divine design. Even in uncertainty, the Lord guides our paths with love and purpose. Hillary Nielsen, president of the BYU Alumni Association, delivered this commencement address on April 24, 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Even as students leave BYU, they are called upon to simultaneously maintain spiritual integrity and be a light to the world. Clark G. Gilbert, commissioner of the Church Educational System, delivered this commencement address on April 24, 2025. You can access the talk here. [https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/clark-g-gilbert/a-light-to-the-world-the-paradox-of-the-byu-graduate-student/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Christ's sacrifice teaches us to embrace both sorrow and joy and seek a higher perspective through daily connection with Him. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered this devotional address on April 15, 2025. You can access the talk here. [https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/dieter-f-uchtdorf/joyfully-receive-the-unexpected-messiah/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.