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Macy LeCheminant began college with plans to become a professional vocalist, but a medical diagnosis altered those plans. Now an ExDM student, LeCheminant allows her optimism to shape her opportunities.
In the quest to alleviate poverty, BYU researchers are discovering how a growth mindset matters as much as a skill set.
Two weeks into his first semester at Brigham Young University, Aaron Scribner sustained severe facial injuries in a grisly zip-lining accident. Though his injuries altered his life for four months, the experience design and management (ExDM) student at the BYU Marriott School of Business overcame a steep recovery and found a renewed drive to positively impact others.
Katelyn Bell, a senior in the ExDM program at BYU Marriott, helped plan the launch for the Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, which included a zipline across Brigham Square on campus.
A new BYU study found that individuals who had the healthiest identity development also had high levels of family history knowledge.
When she was in fourth grade, Michaela Horn wanted to run for class president. So when the sign-up sheet landed on her desk, she wrote her name down.
April Teames Gantz, a senior in the user experience (UX) design program at BYU, finds joy through working with teams in the BYU Marriott's Rollins Center.
Ashley Wallace's passion for service and learning has led her from the cliffs of Ireland to the people of Madagascar.
Aileen Hernandez has grown up navigating minority identities. "First-generation American" and "woman in business" are not just buzzwords; they describe her life.
Alexa Fox is using the BYU Marriott experience design and management program's blend of creativity and business skills to prepare for a career in consulting.
As someone who has often felt like the odd woman out, Mikayla Cluxton recently created a startup, BeeFriend, to help alleviate loneliness in the geriatric population.
A recent study, co-authored by BYU Marriott professor Camilla Hodge, finds that the U.S.'s Every Kid Outdoors program, which gives families with fourth graders free access to national parks, is leading to an increased frequency of hiking with children.
After taking classes for three potential majors at BYU and not finding what he was looking for, Joshua Beacham finally discovered the ExDM program.
After returning home from her mission, ExDM senior Emma Houghton resurrected two pre-mission interests in unexpected ways.
While a trolley bus system has not been used in Utah for 75 years, an antique bus will soon be gracing the streets of Provo thanks to BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Afton Ellis Long.
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.
While entrepreneurship has been a lifelong goal for senior Nathan Miller, he did not fully commit to his dreams until listening to a guest speaker in one of his BYU Marriott classes.
Blake Barkdull, an entrepreneurship junior at BYU Marriott, has paired his entrepreneurship lessons with real-life experience to create a business of tasty concoctions.
With a little help from the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Bryan Stringham is now living out his childhood dream of becoming an inventor.
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.
As the father of a two-year-old and newborn triplets, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Braiden Day juggles more responsibilities than the average student.
As a former vice president of BYU athletics student section, the Roar of Cougars, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship student Bradley Pilkington takes every opportunity to share his love of sports with BYU fans.
Trying to juggle school and a social life while simultaneously learning how to get a commercial loan, earn a dealership license, and develop relationships with business professionals is not easy, but somehow Maryorie Delgado manages to do it.
When it comes to startup companies spun out of universities, there are a lot of zombies out there.