By encouraging students to graduate in less time, the university will allow other students the opportunity to come. The campaign will help remove some of the obstacles students face in timely graduation by providing more scholarships and grants and adding 35 faculty positions for bottleneck general education courses, freshman classes, and spring and summer terms. On the Hawaii campus, the campaign will allow about 100 more international students to come on sponsorship each year. This priority will also help a variety of education-enhancing programs, including the expansion of libraries and funding for the Benson Institute, the Skaggs Ranch, the Bean Museum, the Lytle Preserve, and the Museum of Art. In addition, this priority includes several centers of learning and scholarship.
Students deepen their understanding of the gospel and commitment to the kingdom while they are here.
And as the university widens its geographical circle and leaders and citizens in other countries see the quality of our graduates, they will want to know more about the university and more about the Church. That's been proven in the past, and it will continue to be true in the future. To expand BYU's international influence, funds from the campaign will go toward studies and centers with an international and language focus, eight new language faculty members, scholarships for international students, and support for touring performing arts groups. This priority also includes building university and college endowments to provide for future opportunities. To that end, this priority includes funding for extending educational opportunities to Church members through satellite downlinks.