I am LDSSA

There are over 6,000 students enrolled at the Logan Institute of Religion at Utah State University. Many of them do not know that they are a part of the Latter-day Saint Student Association.

The LDSSA presidency will be attempting to bring awareness to students to let them know that they are indeed a part of this group.

“When you are enrolled in institute, you’re automatically made a member of the LDSSA,” said Danny Noall, the LDSSA president. “Nobody knows this though.”

The LDSSA’s effort to bring more students to the institute came from an idea that has already been implemented in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

“Next year we really want to do more campaigning outside of the institute to reach out to people who are on campus,” said Janice Terry, the LDSSA president for next year. “We made the ‘I am LDSSA’ campaign that kind of mimics the ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign that’s really popular with the church.”

According to Mormon.org, The “I’m a Mormon” campaign was designed for people to get a closer look into Latter-day Saints’ lives. Members can make a profile that briefly talks about their life followed by, “...and i’m a Mormon.”

The “I am LDSSA” will follow the same lines.

“Just as Mormon.org has done a great job to personalize the church across the country; we hope to also personalize the institute here on our campus,” said Isaac Allred, the LDSSA campus relations vice president.

Allred came up with the idea to use the ‘I’m a Mormon’ campaign on USU’s campus.

“One day I was just looking at it and realized that it would be really effective in our area,” he said. “We’re just asking people to enroll in institute and make it a priority and really live their religion. It will be implemented next semester.”