Under the guidance of Head Coach Kalani Sitake, football players are mentoring BYU–Pathway Worldwide students and fostering global connections. BYU–Pathway Worldwide is an innovative and spiritually based educational initiative sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
It makes higher education accessible to individuals everywhere, regardless of their circumstances. By offering online courses and degrees in collaboration with BYU–Idaho and Ensign College, it provides affordable and flexible educational opportunities. Today, BYU–Pathway Worldwide has more than 65,000 students in all 50 states and in over 180 countries.
As Coach Sitake, BYU–Pathway Worldwide Advisory Chair Matthew Downs and others considered earlier this year how to help the football program discover more opportunities to serve, they decided to tap into BYU–Pathway Worldwide’s global network. “[This fits with our school’s motto that] the world is our campus,” Coach Sitake said. “And if it is our campus, then we should be connected with students from BYU all over the world. My goal is to get our guys connected with everyone in the world, to do whatever we can do to help. This will enhance their experience and give them more to be proud of when they take the field. It will also help them realize they’ve been blessed and have a lot of people who support them.”