Opening Session
11:00 a.m. | Hinckley Center, Assembly Hall

President Kevin J Worthen will begin our time together by outlining BYU's fundraising successes and priorities.

PLC Lunch
12:15 p.m. | Hinckley Center, 3rd Floor

Join other PLC members for lunch. Elder Tad R. Callister, emeritus general authority and former Sunday School general president, will share insights from his book Teaching with Power: Drawing Your Family and Others to Christ, which was coauthored by Sister Kathryn S. Callister and published in 2021.

Business Meeting
2:00 p.m. | Hinckley Center, Assembly Hall

You are helping students and the university grow and become stronger. We are growing together. We’ll hear from Vice President Keith P. Vorkink and amazing BYU students.

Cougar Fan Fest ’22
4:30 p.m. check-in, 5:00 p.m. dinner | Smoot Administration Building, North Lawn

BYU fans assemble! Invite your family to join you for dinner on the mall and fun festivities for all. There may even be Cosmo sightings!

BYU Entertainment Spectacular
7:00 p.m. | Marriott Center

Be astonished and inspired! This show will feature the amazing BYU Dunk Team and some of BYU’s premier performing groups: Young Ambassadors, Vocal Point, and Ballroom Dance Company.

Family Time
8:30 p.m. | Wilkinson Student Center

After the spectacular, stay on campus and play in the Wilkinson Student Center: go bowling, play ping-pong, or check out a board game. The Bowling and Games Center is open until 11:00 p.m.

Hike the Y for Breakfast
7:00 a.m. | Y Mountain Trailhead Parking Lot

Arise early and hike your way up to the big white Y. It’s a tradition, and a trail-worthy breakfast will be served at the trailhead before you begin your climb.

Breakfast on Campus
7:30 a.m. | Hinckley Center, Assembly Hall

If you aren’t hiking the Y, start your day with a deluxe buffet breakfast prepared by BYU Dining Services. You’ll be glad you did because there’s a full morning of fun activities ahead!

Reunion Activities
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Various Campus Locations

Choose from more than 20 activities for each session. See below for descriptions and recommended ages for each activity. Small children should be accompanied by an adult at all activities.

Family Lunch
11:45 a.m. | Wilkinson Student Center, Ballroom

Enjoy a delicious lunch while you swap BYU and PLC reunion stories with your family and friends.

Family-Friendly Philharmonic Finale
1:30 p.m. | Harris Fine Arts Center, de Jong Concert Hall

President Worthen will share his thanks for what you do. Then Kory Katseanes will lead the BYU Philharmonic Orchestra for a 40-minute family-friendly concert. Afterward you and your family can visit onstage with the musicians.

More Family Time

Go bowling at the games center. See the stars at the planetarium’s 3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. show.* Explore the Education in Zion gallery at 3:00 p.m.* Take a dino tour at the Museum of Paleontology at 3:00 p.m.*

*Reserve your spots for these events when you RSVP. See below for locations and descriptions of activities.

Calling All Cougars
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Indoor Practice Facility and Helaman Fields
Ages 5 and older

Take the field and put your skills to the test in a variety of sport-related skills aimed at improving your game.

All Things B-Ball
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Marriot Center and Marriot Center Annex
All ages

Be a baller! Play knockout with BYU men’s and women’s basketball players, pose for a photo or two, tour the facilities, and hang with Cosmo and the Dunk Team.

Cougar Pizza Bake-Off
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Heritage Halls Central Building
Ages 14 and older

Come make the world’s best pizza with executive chef John McDonald. Get your hands in the flour, toss the dough, and use BYU’s stone hearth oven to create your own culinary masterpiece.

Be Still: Build a Mindful Life
9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. | Joseph F. Smith Building
Ages 12 and older

Do you rush from activity to activity barely taking time to breathe? When you’re still, you can be fully present and more completely experience what you hear, see, and feel in that moment. Your guided tour of this exhibition in the Education in Zion gallery will include a meditation activity.

Chip Camp
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Engineering Building
Ages 11 and older

Get excited about science, technology, engineering, and math! Experience hands-on science activities related to the computer-chip industry.

Van Gough to Play Dough
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Museum of Art
Ages 3 to 5 with caregivers

Play and create art together while exploring visual elements in a work of art. One adult caregiver per child.

3D Art Immersion
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Museum of Art
Ages 6 to 10 with caregivers

With the help of a museum docent, learn about bronze casting and the artistic process of creating a sculpture, then create your own sculptural work of art.

Jump St(art) into Gelli Plates
9:30 a.m. | Jesse Knight Building
Ages 15 and older

Create a series of original prints with unique textures and designs using gelli plates, layered acrylic paint, and stencils.

Jump St(art) into Printmaking
10:45 a.m. | Jesse Knight Building
Ages 15 and older

Create your own print based on a personal photo using both printmaking and oil pastel transfer techniques. Please bring an 8x10 printout of a favorite photo to inspire your masterpiece!

Young Musicians' Academy
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center
Ages 2 to 5 with caregivers

Toddlers and preschoolers will love listening, singing, playing instruments, and moving to the music. You’ll get to take home materials afterward so the fun can continue!

Citizen Science
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Ages 8 and older

Help the science community by becoming a citizen scientist. Led by a museum docent, you’ll spend time outside observing plants, birds, and insects and then submit what you’ve seen to the iNaturalist app or website.

Critter Camp
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Ages 4 to 7 with caregivers

Interact with a tarantula, play a game, and make a craft as you learn about animals that fly, live on the land, or live in the water.

Coral Reef Biome Program
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
All ages

See specimens and learn how organisms vie for survival in this unique biome. Along the way, discover ways you can become a better steward of the earth.

Behind the Scenes at the Bean
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Ages 12 and older

Scholars regularly conduct research using the more than 3 million specimens in the museum’s holdings. Come visit the plant, insect, and other collections and ask questions of curators and collection managers.

Blast Off!
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Engineering Building
Ages 5 and older

Build and launch your own rocket while learning some of the science behind rocketry and propulsion. This sky’s-the-limit activity is a blast!

Magic Chemistry Show—Including Nitro Ice Cream!
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Ezra Taft Benson Building
Ages 5 and older

Join BYU chemists—and maybe join in—for science experiments featuring flames, explosions, slime, reactions, and tornadoes. Plus, make and eat your own nitro ice cream. Oohs and ahhs for the whole family!

See the Stars
10:45 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. | Carl F. Eyring Science Center
All ages

Enjoy a star show at the Royden G. Derrick Planetarium with your family. Meet some of BYU’s amazing physicists and astronomers and explore with them the smallest and largest objects in our universe.

Junior Nursing Know-Hows
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Spencer W. Kimball Tower
Ages 4 to 12

Ever wanted to don a surgical gown and medical gloves and help a hospital patient? Or use an otoscope to look in someone’s ear? Do these things and more at the College of Nursing’s hands-on learning activity.

Family Connections
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Spencer W. Kimball Tower
Ages 8 and older

Help find 50 people who have been lost in the family tree of humanity and then learn how to keep growing your own family tree, all using tools built on artificial intelligence. This activity is hosted by the BYU Record Linking Lab.

Paleontology
9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 3:00 p.m. | Museum of Paleontology
Ages 10 and older

Chip away rock to expose real dinosaur bones, tour the museum’s special collections, and ask a paleontologist your toughest questions.

Gems
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Museum of Paleontology
Ages 6 and older

Garnets and peridots and topazes, oh my! Pan for gems and assemble a collection to take home.

Fossils, Minerals, and Meteorites
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Museum of Paleontology
Ages 5 and older

Identify fossils and minerals as you build a take-home collection of shark teeth, shells, bone, and more.

Dino Dig and Crafts
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Museum of Paleontology
Ages 2 to 5 with caregivers

Excavate real dinosaur bones with brushes and shovels, then build a pterosaur with moving wings.

For the Strength of Youth (FSY)
9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. | Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni and Visitors Center
Ages 14 to 18

At this intro to the Church’s new summer youth events, you’ll not only have fun but will have an opportunity to feel the Spirit and grow your faith in Jesus Christ.