BYU-Idaho Commencement set Friday

Winter semester commencement ceremonies will begin at 5:15 p.m. Friday at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg. The university will award 1,659 bachelor’s degrees and 400 associate degrees. Of 2,079 total graduates, 1,243 are women and 836 are men. More than 50 percent have served as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Keynote speaker will be General Authority Seventy Elder L. Whitney Clayton. Clayton was named Senior President of the Quorums of the Seventy in October 2015. Former BYU-Idaho President Kim Clark will accompany Clayton. Clark is currently serving as a General Authority Seventy and Commissioner of the Church Educational System.