The Mission of BYU-Idaho

1. Build testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and encourage living its principles.
   
2. Provide a quality education for students of diverse interests and abilities.
   
3. Prepare students for lifelong learning, for employment, and for their roles as citizens and parents.
   
4. Maintain a wholesome academic, cultural, social and spiritual environment.
   
   

Service-learning is a way that teachers assist in fulfilling all four of these objectives.

1. Acts of service help students build testimonies of Jesus Christ and encourage living gospel principles. Involve- ment in the community enhances the classroom experience and improves the overall education received at BYU-Idaho.
   
2. Students receive an exposure to the real-work experiences and environment of various careers.
   
3. This experience prepares students for their future roles as citizens and parents.
   
4. Students involved in service-learning are more engaged in their education and more readily contribute to a wholesome academic, cultural, social and spiritual environment.
   
   

Guiding Principles at BYU-Idaho

BYU-Idaho has adopted Six Guiding Principles to aid the administration, faculty, and staff to focus their efforts on the highest priorities. The sixth Guiding Principle for BYU-Idaho involves service by the students.

“Service provides opportunities for growth. As students and staff fulfill callings in their respective wards and stakes; follow through with classroom, club, and other assignments; and carry out responsibilities in their homes, apartments, or elsewhere; they grow in character and in their commitment to become more like the Savior.”