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Experience Design

Read about BYU Marriott's Experience Design & Management program, the students in our program, the faculty and their research, as well as where our alumni are in their careers.
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Employee Spotlight

Following the Power of Potential

November 15, 2021
When Camilla Hodge graduated from BYU with a degree in communications, she never imagined she would return to the university 14 years later as a professor at BYU Marriott.
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School News

BYU Marriott Welcomes New Faculty

September 24, 2021
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business welcomes nine new professors this fall.
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Alumni Spotlight

From Weddings to Human Resources

September 20, 2021
After landing what she thought was her dream job, BYU Marriott recreation management alumna Miranda Oliver discovered new passions and interests and successfully pivoted to a new career.
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Student Experiences

Applying Campus Skills Beyond the Requirements

September 07, 2021
Three BYU Marriott ExDM seniors spent their summers gaining valuable experience and practicing the skills they learned in the ExDM program as interns across the country.
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Student Spotlight

Trials, Tie-Dye, and ExDM

August 18, 2021
As a freshman, Brooke Taylor was searching for more than a major. She wanted to be part of a community that would also develop her personal skills. Then she found the ExDM program.
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Alumni Spotlight

Helping Youth Dance with Fear

May 28, 2021
BYU Marriott ExDM alumna Katie Allred isn't only providing young people in Utah with adventures to experience, but also with skills to help them overcome some of life's biggest challenges.

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Student Experiences

Creating a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging

May 25, 2021
A unique course offered at BYU Marriott is helping to teach students about the importance of diversity and inclusion.

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Employee Spotlight

The Fisherman of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

May 11, 2021
Fly fisherman and professor Ramon Zabriskie teaches that fly fishing and applying diversity, equity, and inclusion take practice and patience.
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Employee Spotlight

Happiness and the Good Life

January 04, 2021
As a professor of experience design and management, Mark Widmer finds ways to combine his love of wilderness exploration with the principles of experience design.

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Alumni Spotlight

A Guide for Life’s Adventures

November 23, 2020
After BYU Marriott ExDM alumna Macie Briggs Duncan went on a trip to Disneyland, she set a goal to help create enjoyable and memorable experiences for others.

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Student Spotlight

Trading Mountains for Beaches

November 18, 2020
Most people would not move by themselves to an island they had never visited in the middle of a global pandemic. BYU Marriott TRM senior Stephanie Janczak is not one of those people.

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Alumni Spotlight

A Creative Approach

November 04, 2020
A painter, dancer, and designer, Kari Durrant describes herself as a primarily right-brained person. She intended to major in dance at BYU, but after encountering recreational therapy as part of a class assignment, Durrant eventually made the switch to recreation management. Her new major, she discovered, would enable her to use her creative side in ways she hadn’t expected.
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Student Experiences

Connections from Six Feet Apart

November 02, 2020
The Department of Experience Design and Management at BYU Marriott had to get creative this Fall semester when the program welcomed its new cohort during its annual new student orientation.

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Employee Spotlight

No Stranger to Risk

September 22, 2020
A career in managing experiences and traveling the world have made Ariadna Mateu uniquely qualified to fulfill her new role in BYU Marriott's ExDM program.

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Student Experiences

Creating Good Lives at BYU Marriott

July 20, 2020
College can be a transformative and enlightening time. BYU Marriott's ExDM 300 class helps students find balance inside and outside the classroom.

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BYU Marriott Names New Associate Dean

May 14, 2020
BYU Marriott School of Business dean Brigitte C. Madrian has announced the appointment of Bonnie Anderson as the school's newest associate dean.

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Student Experiences

Sprinting to the Future

March 23, 2020
When Katie Morgan took a social innovation class at BYU last semester, she didn't anticipate joining a research group based on empowering women. Now, she's part of a team researching how to help women find confidence and new opportunities

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Employee Spotlight

Families That Play Together, Stay Together

February 03, 2020
For BYU Marriott experience design and management assistant professor Sarah Agate, the common phrase "family that plays together, stays together," couldn't be more true.

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