Why Attend the BYU Salt Lake Center?

Benefits of attending the BYU Salt Lake Center:

• Smaller class sizes
• More one-on-one time with instructors
• BYU credit
• Simple registration process
• Convenient class times
• An academic advisor for Salt Lake Center-only students
• Free and convenient student parking
• Easy access to FrontRunner, TRAX, and UTA bus stops
• Modern facilities and classrooms
• Easy access to popular Salt Lake City attractions like the Vivint.SmartHome Arena, City Creek Center, The Gateway, Church History Museum, Church History Library, Family History Library, and Temple Square.

The BYU Salt Lake Center was formally established in 1959 by BYU President Ernest L. Wilkinson as the BYU-Salt Lake Adult Education Center. It was initially created “for the purpose of bringing to our adult people (in the Salt Lake Valley) such services as audio-visual teaching aids, special lectures related to the fundamentals of the Gospel, other leadership training courses, as well as many other courses from the BYU curriculum.” ⁱ Over the years the name of the BYU Salt Lake Center has changed, most of the unique programs and lecture series have been discontinued, the number of students attending has fluctuated, and the focus of offerings has become centered on credit courses. But one thing that has not changed is the efforts of the Center “to support BYU by providing students with an excellent resource for credit programs within the Salt Lake Valley.” ⁱⁱ

ⁱ Richard H Henstrom and Keith R. Oakes. The World is Our Campus: The History of the Division of Continuing Education at Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 1875–1997 (Provo, UT: DCE, 1997), 367-368.

ⁱⁱ BYU Continuing Education. BYU Salt Lake Center. ce.byu.edu/content/byu-salt-lake-center (accessed April 3, 2017).

Chairmen and Directors

• Lynn M. Hilton: 1959–1965
• Keith L. Smith: 1965–1970
• Bruce M. Lake: 1970–1973
• R. Jan Thurston: 1973–1981
• Orson B. Roper: 1981–1996
• Lee J. Glines: 1997–2010
• Scott L. Howell: 2010–2018
• Jay R. Young: 2018–present

Locations

• 1959–1973: 200 North Main St. (McCune Mansion)
• 1973–1986: 401 Twelfth Ave (former Veterans Hospital)
• 1986–1995: 1521 East 3900 South
• 1995–2007: 3760 South Highland Dr.
• 2007–present: 345 West North Temple (Triad Center)

Current Courses Offered and Programs Housed Within the Facility

• Approximately 100 undergraduate courses taught by adjunct faculty
• Executive Master of Public Administration (administered by the Marriott School of Management)
• Executive Master of Business Administration (administered by the Marriott School of Management)