Recap: 2025 Fall PLC Meeting and Family Reunion

The once-every-three-years PLC Family Reunion coincided with the launch of the BYU 150 celebration—and the result was epic! Thanks to everyone who participated: We hope you made memories, learned something new, and connected meaningfully with family, friends, and BYU. Recap or relive the reunion and the meetings through the videos and summaries below.

Letter from the Chairs

Realtime Highlight Reel

This video was made during the two-day event and shown at the finale in the Music Building.

Business Meeting

President C. Shane Reese and Vice President Keith P. Vorkink shared university highlights and gratitude for members of the President’s Leadership Council.

Fundraising Reports List of Members

Student Presentations

Belonging at BYU

We strive to create a community of belonging composed of students, faculty, and staff whose hearts are knit together in love (Mosiah 18:21).
—BYU Statement on Belonging

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DeLaney Anderson

“I found my passion in cancer research, and now I’m hoping to pursue a career in it. I love the integration of science and faith at BYU, and I’m so grateful God gives us gifts we can use to bless others.”
—DeLaney Anderson College of Life Sciences

Ammon Shurtz

“The members in Cambodia, and members across the world, deserve to learn of Christ in their own native language. That motivates me to work hard every day to solve difficult problems so that many more people can have access to these tools and opportunities.”
—Ammon Shurtz College of Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences

Love and Serve

A service ethic should permeate . . . each student’s heart, leading him or her to the ultimate wellspring of charity—the love for others that Christ bestows on his followers.
—The Aims of a BYU Education

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Simone Apostol

“Out of the loss I experienced, God gave me strength and brought me to BYU, where I could find new ways to give and to share light. Even the smallest acts . . . can bless lives when done with love.”
—Simone Apostol College of Life Sciences

Carter Bird

“Thank you for enabling students like me to continue to share the light of BYU and the light of Christ at home, in our communities, and abroad. The light you’ve given me has blessed countless lives.”
—Carter Bird College of Nursing