Marriott School Professor Recognized for Civic Engagement

PROVO, Utah — Apr 26, 2004 — Marriott School professor Paul Godfrey received the Civic Engagement Award for Brigham Young University from the Utah Campus Compact April 6. Godfrey, associate professor of strategy, was honored for his work designing and implementing financial literacy programs for elementary, junior high and high schools.

“The MBA practicum provides Marriott School students an excellent way to use their emerging professional skills to better the community,” Godfrey says. “Our hope is that our students leave with a richer understanding of the ways in which they can contribute to the communities where they live and work.”

One faculty member and student were recognized from each of the 13 universities in Utah in a ceremony at the 2004 Utah Conference on Service at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

For the last two years, Godfrey has worked with first- and second-year MBA students in developing financial literacy programs for local students. Twenty-seven first-year MBA teams taught public school students financial concepts such as budgeting, saving, interest rates and defining needs vs. wants. Godfrey estimates MBA students spent between 1,000 to 1,500 hours serving the community.

Utah Campus Compact is a coalition of college and university presidents and their campuses. The compact is committed to foster in students the values and skills of citizenship through active involvement in academically based and co-curricular civic and community service.

The Marriott School is located at Brigham Young University, the largest privately owned, church-sponsored university in the United States. The school has nationally recognized programs in accounting, business management, public management, information systems, organizational behavior and entrepreneurship. The school’s mission is to prepare men and women of faith, character and professional ability for positions of leadership throughout the world. Approximately 3,000 students are enrolled in the Marriott School’s graduate and undergraduate programs.