While watching protests in 2020, Pete Conroy received a phone call from a frustrated Charles Person, who was also watching the news.

This year, celebrating the annual Women’s Empowerment Seminar meant enjoying thick slabs of pillowy waffles, assembling bouquets bursting with bright florals and painting stems of candles — all following an inspiring session of guest speakers, of course.

The Sorensen Center had the wonderful opportunity to hear from Tyler Shultz as he spoke to students about his ethical obligation to unveil the truth and the courage it took to do so.

The Sorensen Center for Moral & Ethical Leadership had the opportunity to co-host the first ever BYU MBA Case Competition. MBA student teams from twelve universities were presented with a situation asking for new ideas when confronting religious suppression as well as the benefits of faith in the workplace.

The Sorensen Center Lead Out initiative hosted a Leadership and Dialog Event, where different diversity and inclusion groups, clubs, and associations all over campus came together to discuss how BYU can improve diversity and inclusion efforts. With members from psychology, design, sociology, MIBS, Office of Belonging, and others, the Sorensen Center was able to help facilitate and begin an ongoing dialog to bring forth change on BYU campus. If you want to learn more about how you can get involved, check out the Lead Out page on our website.

On January 16th, the Sorensen Center partnered with Y-Serve for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Outreach Day. Special guest and keynote speakers Debra and Harry Bonner kicked off the day of service with inspiring music and Christ-centered teachings. The Debra Bonner Unity Choir livened up the room one soulful song at a time!

“Ethics are often viewed as negotiable, however, morality can not and should not ever be negotiable.”

The Sorensen Center offically launched October 20, 2022 with a bouncy obstacle course, zipline, rock wall, J. Dawgs, and information about how you can be a moral and ethical leader in your spheres of influence.

A few days before the Leadership Conference with Elder Holland, we held our first annual Leading by Faith art contest. Students from all over campus created wonderful pieces of art that exemplified the theme of leadership and showed off their natural talents.