M

macroeconomics (Webster’s)

Madsen Recital Hall

Maeser Awards (See also awards.)

magazines/newsletters

ChEn, published by the Department of Chemical Engineering
Clark Memorandum, published by the J. Reuben Clark Law School
Encore, published by Performing Arts Management
Frontiers, published by the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Learning the Healer’s Art, published by the College of Nursing
Marriott Alumni Magazine, published by the Marriott School of Management
McKay Today Magazine, published by the David O. McKay School of Education
Scholarsheet, The, published by the Hinckley Scholarship Association
Toccare, published by the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Y News, BYU community’s newsletter published by University Communications

Mail Production Center, Print and (PMPC) (Mail Services is part of this organization.)

majors

Lowercase the names of majors except for those that are already proper nouns, e.g., English, European studies

Marching Band, Cougar

Margetts Arena Theatre

Marriott School of Management; Marriott School

Martin Luther King Day holiday

master’s degree (15th Chicago 8.32).

McKay Teaching and Learning Center

mentored learning experience (clarifying hyphen unnecessary)

mentored-student learning (not student-mentored learning)

Merrill Debate Theatre

Millennium, the (the religious event)

Miller Analogies Test

Mission of Brigham Young University, The; The Mission of BYU; the BYU mission statement; mission statement

The official title of the document is The Mission of Brigham Young University—just like The Aims of a BYU Education. Capitalize but don’t italicize or enclose in quotation marks these full titles except when referring to the title of the published booklet: The Mission of Brigham Young University and The Aims of a BYU Education (Provo: BYU, 1996), 12.

moot court room

morningside

Mosaic law; law of Moses

mottoes and slogans

If you choose to capitalize the initial letters, do not use quotation marks (Enter to Learn; Go Forth to Serve). If you choose to capitalize only the first word of the motto/slogan and leave the rest of words lowercased, then use quotation marks (“Enter to learn; go forth to serve”). (See also 15th Chicago 6.52–6.54, 8:209–10.)

Mount of Transfiguration

Mountain West Conference (MWC)

Mountain West Conference (MWC); BYU a member 1999–2011

MountainWest Sports Network; The Mtn.

Referred to in text as The Mtn.; broadcast partner for the Mountain West Conference

MP3 file; MP4 player

Multicultural Student Services

multipurpose area

museums

Earth Science Museum
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum (never Bean Museum; we promised the donor)
Museum of Art; MOA
Museum of Peoples and Cultures

music dance theatre

MWC championship

MyMAP