Adams Cowley, M.D Pioneer of trauma medicine He is known as the father of Emergency Medicine and Shock Trauma His pioneering work in open-heart surgery, trauma care and the development of emergency medical services systems is a monumental legacy that continues to...
Ruth V. Watkins is about to make history. On Thursday, 18 January 2018, the Utah State Board of Regents unanimously voted her as the 16th president of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Not only will she begin her presidency in the spring, but she also...
The year 2020 is notably marked as the start of a new era – a new decade. Now, only six months into the year, with so much happening in the world daily, people around the globe can unequivocally agree that these are indeed difficult and challenging times in which we...
The NFL Draft begins Thursday, 25 April 2013, in New York. With that, Kenneth Arthur reporting for SB Nation states that there is a lot to think about, including a question about the birth certificate of Ezekiel “Ziggy” Ansah, a member of The Church of...
Tony Finau, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is a 28-year-old professional golf player from Lehi, Utah, where he resides with his wife and four children. He was seven years old when he saw his first golf tournament on television, watching...
This is a story of faith, patience, endurance, and love. It is the story of a foster child named Brittany who longed to find someone to fight for her and her five siblings, and Alo and Ashley Moli, a childless couple who wanted a big family. In God’s time, Brittany...
William Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, is quoted as having said, “Thus out of small beginnings greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing, and gives being to all things that are; and, as one small candle may...
Elder Larry Carr, a former BYU linebacker, and his wife, Sister Laurie Carr, were 60-something senior missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as “The Mormon Church”). They had been sent to Boston in October 2016...
Thirteen years ago, 34-year-old entrepreneur, Trevor Chapman, was a broke college who earned extra money by going door-to-door selling pest control. In time, he was able to launch his own business, installing solar panels, that rapidly expanded across three states....
According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, 30-year-old Jimmer Fredette, the former BYU shooting guard and first-round NBA draft pick that took the nation by storm nearly a decade ago, signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, 21...
Thurl Lee Bailey was born in Washington, D.C. on 7 April 1961. He is a graduate of Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Maryland. Family is extremely important to Bailey. He is a devoted family man with six children. He and his wife Sindi currently live in Salt...
The Aces are an all-girl band that started in Provo, Utah. They made their late-night debut on May 17, 2018, on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. They sang “The Last One” a song from their new album “When My Heart Felt Volcanic.” After...
Matteo is a music group made up of four members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who served their missions in Taiwan, China. While on their missions they discovered a passion for Chinese music. That passion led them to learn new instruments that have...
Brigham Young University (BYU) sports fans are all too familiar with the school’s mascot, Cosmo the Cougar. From 2015-2018, Charlie Bird, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), performed as the school’s...
Russell Marion Nelson, the 17th and present president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was born on 9 September 1924, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were Marion C. and Edna Anderson Nelson. He was sustained and ordained an Apostle in April...
Paulo Gallardo from Peru is a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as “the Mormon Church”). He loves soccer and is a sports star in his own right. Just a few months ago the 18-year-old attacking player scored his...
Kahanu Kia, a native of Kaneohe, Hawaii, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dubbed as the “Best Linebacker in Hawaii,” Kahanu is an outside linebacker for Notre Dame. In just a few short weeks, he will be stowing away his football cleats...
When John Peter Lewis was 23, he cashed in his college loan money to take a big risk—he auditioned for American Idol, a reality television program that helps to “discover” pop music stars. Although Simon Cowell and Rolling Stones Magazine predicted that he would win,...
Josh Jones, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as “the Mormon Church”), was recently sent home early from his mission in northern Colombia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He served four months there in the city of Monteria....
Scott Warner from Orem, Utah, who the Deseret News daubs “the idiosyncratic entrepreneurial heavy hitter on Twitter, has almost 348,000 followers. According to the Deseret News story, Scott has built a “massive social media following on a foundation of love for...
Melanie Roach ranks among the most popular women athletes from the Beijing 2008 Olympics.Her perfect hair, make-up, and stern look of concentration that turns in to a smile that radiates pure joy every time she lifts a massive bar of weights over her head, has...
Christmas. That magical, wonderful time of the year when people embrace the spirit of giving and open their hearts to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Such is the case of an anonymous donor, a “Secret Santa” if you will, who enlisted the East Idaho...
In 2014, Jonathan and Kylene Jones, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as the “Mormon Church”), wrote a book called “The Provident Prepper.” Ever since writing the book, the couple has maintained that their food storage...
The largest management and leadership development organization in the world. Stephen R. Covey is perhaps best known as the author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, which is ranked as a No. 1 best-seller by the New York Times, having sold more than 12 million...
