Have a Winning Experience at BYU
Get experience points (XP) each time you attend a College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences event!
- 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 and collect experience points all semester for multiple entries in the grand prize drawing!
- At each event – we’ll give away Jamba Juice, Milk & Cookies, or BYU Ice Cream gift certificates (announced on social media after the event—follow us on Instagram @byufhss). For each event you attend, you'll have a 1 in 6 chance of winning a gift certificate!
- Each semester – we’ll draw the name of one student in the college to win $1,000 from the BYU Store toward technology of their choice to enhance their educational experience.
Upcoming Events for Experience Points
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Thursday, January 23
11:00 AM
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"First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming" | B192 JFSB | Steven R. Simms, professor emeritus of anthropology at USU, will present a story of over 700 generations of Indigenous Americans in a cultural landscape centered on the Great Salt Lake. |
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Thursday, January 23
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Picture a Parent Social Scientist | B192 JFSB | Come hear from a panel of faculty members about how they balance their parental priorities with a fulfilling career as a social scientist. |
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Tuesday, January 28
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
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Internship Stories and Slices | 1141 JFSB | Students from the departments of Sociology, School of Family Life, Psychology, and Geography share their internship experiences. Pizza will be served. Registration requested. |
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Thursday, January 30
11:00 AM
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"Placing Belonging at the Center of Becoming BYU" | 250 KMBL | Martin Hickman Belonging & Diversity Award recipient David-James Gonzales will draw on his scholarly research and personal experiences with students and colleagues to share insights on BYU’s unique position among U.S. colleges and universities to become the destination for Christ-centered belonging in higher education. |
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Thursday, February 13
7:30 PM
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"Becoming Whole Through Spiritual Health" | Hinckley Center Assembly Hall | The 21st Annual Marjorie Pay Hinckley Lecture will be delivered by Pamela Ebstyne King of Fuller Theological Seminary. King is known for her psychologically informed approach to spiritual practices. |
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Thursday, February 20
11:00 AM
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"Enslaved Women, 'Witchcraft,' and Racial Gender-Making in the Early Atlantic" | 1060 HBLL | The Darius Gray Black History Month Lecture will be presented by Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh of Stanford University. She will illuminate the prominence of “witchcraft” in discourses about African and African American women’s religiosity prior to, during, and after Salem. |
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Thursday, February 27
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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"Strengthening Global Families in a Changing World" | 250 KMBL | Martin Hickman Outstanding Scholar Award recipient Spencer James, family life professor, will address the need to broaden our study of families globally. Uniting truths from "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" with cutting-edge family research will allow us to better support children's development, maintain stable family structures, and foster thriving communities even amidst the uncertainties and transformations of our changing world. |
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Thursday, March 13
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Gerontology Conference Keynote Lecture | Hinckley Center Assembly Hall | |
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Wednesday, March 26
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
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Family, Home, & Social Sciences Internship Fair | WSC Garden Court | The BYU Social Science Internship Fair connects students with employers, offering internship and job opportunities in fields like history, political science, psychology, and sociology. |
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Thursday, March 27
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Russel B. Swensen Lecture - Samuel G. Freedman | 1060 HBLL |
Past Events for Experience Points
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Thursday, November 21
11:00 AM
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Tributary Voices: Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River | B192 JFSB | |
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Thursday, November 14
3:00 PM
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Picture an Anxious Social Scientist | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB | |
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Thursday, November 14
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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Chicano While Mormon: Activism, War, and Keeping the Faith | 1060 HBLL | Book of the Year Panel Discussion will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 11 a.m. in 1060 HBLL. |
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Tuesday, November 12
7:00 PM
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Cutler Lecture: "The Paradox of American Family Politics" | 250 KMBL | Chris Karpowitz and Jeremy Pope present a lecture on "The Paradox of American Family Politics" for the annual Virginia F. Cutler Lecture in the School of Family Life. Their presentation is based on data gathered from 10 years of conducting the American Family Survey. |
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Thursday, November 07
11:00 AM
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Annual Ronald and Nelani Walker Lecture: "Buffalo Bill and the Mormons" | B192 JFSB | |
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Thursday, October 24
11:00 AM
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Barrios of Faith: Latina/o Latter-Day Saints Encounters in Faith and Cultural Identity | 1060 HBLL | |
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Thursday, October 17
11:00 AM
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Clarence Dixon Taylor Lecture | B192 JFSB | |
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Thursday, October 10
11:00 AM
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David Holland — Alumni Achievement Lecture | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB | David F. Holland will deliver the Honored Alumni Lecture for the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences during Homecoming Week. |
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Thursday, October 03
11:00 AM
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American Nations: The Rival Regional Cultures of North America | 250 KMBL | |
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Monday, September 23
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Internship Information Session | Education in Zion Auditorium, B192 JFSB | The Internship Information Session opens on Monday, September 23, 2024 from 4–6 p.m. at the Education in Zion Auditorium. |