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Brigham Young University President C. Shane Reese announced the hiring of Hal Boyd as the president’s chief of staff. Boyd will begin working in this newly created role on May 6. “Hal brings tremendous gifts and talents to BYU,” President Reese said. “He has excellent communication skills and tremendous leadership and organizational mastery.

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Brigham Young University President C. Shane Reese announced the appointment of J.B. Haws as the executive director of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Haws replaces Kristian Heal, who has served as the interim director since April. “We are grateful for Spencer Fluhman’s leadership in forming the core of faculty scholars at the Maxwell Institute,” Reese said of Fluhman, who served as executive director from 2016 to 2023.