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Accounting Courses Focus on Giving Students Real-World Experience

April 01, 2025
When the School of Accountancy was made aware of a potential gap in teaching methods, they designed two new courses—hoping that the hands-on learning opportunities would help students bridge the gap between knowledge and application.
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Student Spotlight

Diving into Experience Design

January 17, 2025
Aleia Allen returned home from a field study in the Caribbean with more than just memories—the study spurred her into her first semester in the experience design and management program.
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Student Spotlight

Speaking the Language of Compassion

December 10, 2024
MPA student Rahel Meyer is preparing herself to help refugees and make the difference she wants to see in the world.
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Student Experiences

Taking the Classroom to Europe

August 26, 2022
Thirty ExDM students traveled to Europe this summer to climb glaciers, see puffins, and participate in immersive games and performances.
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Student Experiences

Intergalactic Coding Camp

August 19, 2022
Justin Giboney, a professor of information systems (IS) at the BYU Marriott School of Business, routinely sends summer camp students to outer space.
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Student Experiences

Connecting Curriculum to Career

May 24, 2022
To help ease the stress of transitioning from college to the workforce, the ExDM department at BYU Marriott added a new professional prep class for its students.
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Student Experiences

Hogwarts, Han Solo, and Hatchet Throwing

January 10, 2022
A new ExDM class, "ExDM 490R: Current Trends and Opportunities in the Experience Economy” dives into why experiential businesses often find success.
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Student Experiences

Experiencing India Online

June 01, 2021
Every year, BYU students have the opportunity to enhance their international relations and business knowledge and skills by earning the global business certificate offered through the Whitmore Global Business Center (GBC) at the BYU Marriott School of Business.

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Student Experiences

Learning Beyond Borders

April 29, 2021
BYU's motto—the world is our campus—is embodied by a team of students who hosted the Beyond Borders case competition in March 2021.




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Student Experiences

When International Exchange Programs Went Remote

March 05, 2021
Three BYU students studying abroad in 2020 share what it was like to adapt to online learning during COVID-19 and how the Global Business Center worked to support them from afar.

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Student Experiences

Preparing Global Marketers

December 02, 2020
BYU Marriott marketing students are gaining firsthand knowledge of what it means to truly make the world their campus.

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Student Spotlight

Becoming a Better Global Citizen

May 06, 2020
Whether he's kayaking to waterfalls in Croatia or exploring the sites of Dubai, Tanner Wegrowski loves to experience the world.

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Student Experiences

A Valuable Exchange

August 07, 2019
From developing business relationships in France to watching a sunrise over a mountain in Peru, the Global Management Center foreign exchange programs teach what a classroom can't.
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Student Experiences

Vibrant Business Experience

October 01, 2018
In addition to visiting the Great Wall of China and other attractions, students received a unique business perspective on the Asia Pacific Study Abroad.
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Student Experiences

The Experience of a Lifetime

September 25, 2018
Fencing, paragliding, and rowing gondolas are a few of the once-in-a-lifetime experiences that students had on the Experience Design and Management Study Abroad.
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Student Experiences

The World is our Campus

July 26, 2018
From London to Dubai to Munich, BYU Marriott students traveled abroad to learn on BYU's world campus.
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Student Experiences

Honoring Global Achievements

April 23, 2018
Walking across BYU campus, it is not uncommon to hear students conversing in Portuguese, Mandarin, Russian, or one of many different languages. Sixty-five percent of the student body speaks a second language due to the number of students who participate in study abroad programs, serve LDS missions, or are international students.
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Student Experiences

Investing Globally in Future Careers

November 08, 2017
Investment-minded students are traveling to Europe, managing a real fund, and working with executives from top companies and the world in an innovative study abroad.
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