Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In a congratulatory message to the BYU Class of 2020, President Kevin J Worthen encourages graduates to look forward with optimism, gratitude, and joy, despite the challenging times we are facing as a world community.
"Please know of my love for you and the great faith I have in you. Enjoy this wonderful and important day," President Worthen said, expressing his disappointment that graduation celebrations have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
"On this occasion that no doubt looks a little different from what you’d imagined--I’d like to congratulate you on this important milestone. Your graduation day is a time to not only celebrate what you have accomplished and learned, but also to usher in a new stage of life, full of promise and potential."
"In these challenging times, it is clear that, more than ever, the world truly needs you. We need not only the knowledge you gained at BYU, but also your strength, your compassion, your optimism, and your ideas. We need your faith, your belief in a Heavenly Father who loves His children and, above all, we need your commitment and your unrelenting devotion to walk through life as a disciple of Jesus Christ," President Worthen said.
In a congratulatory message to the BYU Class of 2020, President Kevin J Worthen encourages graduates to look forward with optimism, gratitude, and joy, despite the challenging times we are facing as a world community.
"Please know of my love for you and the great faith I have in you. Enjoy this wonderful and important day," President Worthen said, expressing his disappointment that graduation celebrations have been cancelled due to COVID-19.
"On this occasion that no doubt looks a little different from what you’d imagined--I’d like to congratulate you on this important milestone. Your graduation day is a time to not only celebrate what you have accomplished and learned, but also to usher in a new stage of life, full of promise and potential."
"In these challenging times, it is clear that, more than ever, the world truly needs you. We need not only the knowledge you gained at BYU, but also your strength, your compassion, your optimism, and your ideas. We need your faith, your belief in a Heavenly Father who loves His children and, above all, we need your commitment and your unrelenting devotion to walk through life as a disciple of Jesus Christ," President Worthen said.
