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Experience Design Strategy
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 a child, Bethany Bahr loved riding on towering roller coasters, and her mom would joke that Bethany wasn't scared of anything.
At BYU Marriott, seniors are not the only ones looking for a final project. After teaching for 23 years, Brian Hill searched for a capstone to his ExDM career.
BYU Marriott recreation management and youth leadership alumnus Brandon Gilliam can think of few things better than helping young people develop their passions.
Jared Tate, a 2016 strategic management graduate, would rather build ties with his family than put on a tie every morning to go to work.
Thirty ExDM students traveled to Europe this summer to climb glaciers, see puffins, and participate in immersive games and performances.
Not everyone would take being called "funny guy"; as a compliment, but strategy senior Michael Gibbs isn't everyone.
A conversation Ross Storey had with a stranger on his church mission led him to change his career plans. Storey is now an ExDM adjunct professor and works at the MTC.
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.
Brooke Bradford, the events and programs coordinator for the School of Accountancy (SOA) at BYU Marriott, helps bring accounting students, faculty, and alumni together.
When Isaac Pettit was 14, his uncle gave him an extremely unusual gift--a unicycle. With the promise of $100 if he could learn how to ride the one-wheeler gracefully, Pettit took off.
Alumna Jasmine Townsend was able to pursue her passion for teaching and the outdoors through a master's degree in youth and family recreation from BYU.
BYU Marriott recreation management alumnus Nalu Medeiros embraces opportunities that allow him to positively influence the lives of those around him.
Wearing Nike shoes, surrounded by BYU sports paraphernalia in his office without a textbook in sight, Bill Keenan works to put the job-seeking students he advises at ease.
BYU Marriott ExDM students Camille Cooper and Kylie Jensen were recently recognized by the Stadium Managers Association.
After taking classes for three potential majors at BYU and not finding what he was looking for, Joshua Beacham finally discovered the ExDM program.
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.
ExDM professor Ramon Zabriskie is the 2022 BYU Marriott recipient of the student-nominated Inspiring Learning Award.
The Brigham Young University Board of Trustees has approved a change to the name of the university's business school and two of its departments in addition to changing seven undergraduate emphases to majors.
When a teacher disciplines a grade school student, it is usually because the student was caught passing notes or talking in class. Unless that student is BYU Marriott alum Nate Gardner.
After returning home from her mission, ExDM senior Emma Houghton resurrected two pre-mission interests in unexpected ways.
Alfred Gantner, cofounder of Partners Group and an MBA alum, shared his insights on a balanced life as the featured speaker at convocation on 28 April.
A new ExDM class, "ExDM 490R: Current Trends and Opportunities in the Experience Economy” dives into why experiential businesses often find success.
TRUE Africa provides educational and humanitarian sponsorships to orphans and other vulnerable children. “We operate entirely on volunteer efforts, enabling 95 percent of every dollar donated to go toward program services,” Hite says.