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The planned addition to the N. Eldon Tanner Building is officially underway after ground was broken on the campus of Brigham Young University April 25.
Investing guru Warren Buffett offers BYU students free lunch and advice
Quick thinking and fast fingers earned a team of RMYL students 2nd place at the Park and Recreation Student Quiz Bowl.
The Marriott School honored Michael Swenson as its 2011 Outstanding Faculty. Fourteen others were also recognized.
A painted papier-mâché mask with a lively hodgepodge of primary colors and an obvious grin sits quietly in a Marriott School office, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the professor sitting only a few feet away. 
At one point the BYU RMYL was down more than 2,000 points. But that didn't stop its members from turning things around.
According to a new BYU study, online role-playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction.
Patti Freeman, RMYL department chair, spoke on intentional recreation at a BYU forum in the de Jong Concert Hall.
After two years of discussions, changes were implemented to align the program with the Marriott School's mission.
Soccer is usually about making the goal. But for student coaches the objective is more complex.
Students at BYU's Marriott School are gearing up for study abroad programs hosted by the Global Management Center.
The U.S. Dept. of Education awarded BYU a four-year grant of more than $1.1 million to further international business.
Noemi Morales, a native of Roswell, Georgia, started out as a photography major at BYU-Idaho. Although it took her a few years in Rexburg, an LDS mission to St. George, Utah; and lots of decisions, Morales has finally found her calling in the Marriott School’s recreation management program. She’s even landed an internship with a popular new company called Slide the City that puts on giant waterslide events across the country.
Marriott School research shows camp jobs teach essential workforce skills
Serving in the armed forces left Warren Price with deep emotional scars. He found hope in grad school and now wants to help others.
Growing up in La Verne, California, Madison Zylstra always looked forward to watching her brothers play sports. So when they shipped off to play on different BYU teams, she knew she didn’t want to miss a game. Now a few years down the road, Zylstra is getting ready to graduate from BYU’s recreation management program and preparing for a career in sports management.
Neil Lundberg will begin his term as department chair on August 1.
Musician Lindsey Stirling joined around 200 of her classmates at Marriott School convocation Friday. Stirling also performed her original number, "Take Flight," at the ceremony.
A group of four recreation management students came from behind in dramatic fashion to win the NRCA National Student Quiz Bowl.
They say business is all work and no play.
The Marriott School had an amazing 2015. Here's a list of some of our top stories of the year featuring our outstanding students, faculty and alumni.
Warren Price is about to step in waist-high water in the middle of the Provo River when a bull moose saunters up the pedestrian bridge thirty yards to the south.
The residential staff could hear the soft crying of Mrs. C. from down the hall. A victim of dementia, the woman would sit alone by her door at Wisteria Place in Abilene, Texas, weeping and longing for her home and her daughter. She remained distant behind her tears—until Leticia Stucki, the resident recreational therapist and a 2014 BYU grad, discovered an astounding way to reach her: Czechoslovakian polka. The music reminded Mrs. C. of when she was a child and watched her parents dance in the kitchen.
Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there are still some who hope for ice instead of an early spring.