Have a Winning Experience at BYU
Get experience points (XP!) each time you engage in a College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences experience
- Attend designated events and register your attendance with a quick survey at the end of the event.
- What's in it for you? Aside from amazing learning experiences, you can win small prizes at each event while collecting points all semester long for multiple entries to win the grand prize!
- At each event – we’ll give away Jamba Juice, Milk & Cookies, or BYU Ice Cream coupons (announced on social media after the event—follow us on Instagram @byufhss). For each event you attend, you will have a 1 in 6 chance of winning a gift certificate!
- Each semester – we’ll give away $1,000 to use at the BYU Store on technology of your choice to enhance your educational experience.
Upcoming Events for Experience Points
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Thursday, March 30
11:00 AM
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"Love, Empathy, and Equity" with Leslie Hadfield | 250 KMBL | Leslie Hadfield, history professor of Africana Studies, will present the 2023 Hickman Diversity & Inclusion lecture. |
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Thursday, April 06
9:00 AM
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"The Remaking of a Prophet" with Steven Olsen | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB | Worshipping Together event with Steven Olsen, Church History Department, presenting on Joseph Smith's journey as a prophet. |
Past Events for Experience Points
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Thursday, March 23
4:00 PM
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"The Fifth Beginning: What 6 Million Years of Human History Tells Us About Our Future" | 3380 WSC | This year's Grace Elizabeth Shallit Memorial Lecture speaker is Dr. Robert L. Kelly from the University of Wyoming |
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Thursday, March 23
11:00 AM
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"Not By the Hand of God" with James Swensen | Museum of Art Auditorium | James Swensen, BYU Humanities, presents the Russel B. Swensen Lecture and will address the important Provo Post Office mural commission and some reasons for the rejection of Maynard Dixon in favor of Everett Thorpe’s vision. |
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Thursday, March 16
3:00 PM
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Picture a Late-Bloomer Social Scientist | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB | Professors Jane Lopez, Matthew Mason, and Jonathan Jarvis will discuss their less-direct route to careers in academia to show that there is no predefined timeline for you. |
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Thursday, March 09
11:00 AM
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Martin B. Hickman Outstanding Scholar Lecture with Matthew Bekker | 250 KMBL | "Tree Rings: A Hidden History of Water in the West" |
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Thursday, February 23
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Leonard Bagalwa Lecture | 238 HRCB | |
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Thursday, February 16
11:00 AM
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Rusty Bowers Speaks at G. Homer Durham Lecture | 250 KMBL | |
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Thursday, February 16
11:00 AM
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Richard Blackett speaks at Darius Gray Black History Month Lecture | 1060 HBLL | |
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Thursday, February 09
7:30 PM
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Ronald Mincy speaks at Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture | Hinckley Center Assembly Hall | |
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Thursday, February 02
7:30 PM
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Tal Howard at World Interfaith Harmony Week Lecture | Hinckley Center Assembly Hall | |
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Thursday, February 02
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Worshipping Together: "The Lord Looketh on the Heart" | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB |