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From Margaret Darby: When Kelly Loosli co-founded the BYU animation program in 2001 with his former teacher, Brent Adams, he committed to putting all his energy, resources and funding towards “supporting student films,” he told Deseret News. “The more I’ve done that, the more successful the students have gotten.”

BYU’s animation program has earned seven student Academy Awards, 15 student Emmy awards, and several other honors.

University professors typically spend a large portion of time on their own research and projects, but within the BYU animation program professors turn the focus on mentoring students through student-driven projects, rather than asking students to spend time on their professors’ projects, explained Loosli, who is a co-founder and current director of the BYU Center for Animation.

At BYU, “Students aren’t just ... subservient to faculty, they’re actually working on their own projects and they’re working to develop their own skills,” Loosli said.

Read more about the work and talent behind BYU’s award-winning animation program.

Former Utah Rep. Chris Stewart being considered for Trump’s national intelligence director

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team reached out to former Utah Rep. Chris Stewart about a potential appointment as the director of national intelligence, the Deseret News confirmed.

Stewart, an Air Force veteran, served as a representative from 2013 to 2023. During his decade in Congress, Stewart received top-secret briefings as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and traveled to Russia to discuss international relations and to western China to visit the Uyghur people.

On Tuesday, Stewart congratulated three of Trump’s national security appointments, who were his former colleagues in Congress: Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., as secretary of state; Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., as national security adviser; and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as ambassador to the United Nations.

Read more about Stewart's time in office, his work since his resignation and what we know about the potential appointment.

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