Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak at BYU Commencement Exercises at Thursday at 4 p.m. today in the Marriott Center.
Graduates will meet at 3 p.m. in the north parking lot of the Abraham Smoot Building to begin the procession at 3:30 p.m.
Speaking for the graduates at Thursday's Commencement Exercises will be Jesse Egbert from Holladay, who is receiving his degree in linguistics. He is graduating with university honors with a 4.0 GPA.
The exercises will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels.
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