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Accounting For Change

October 17, 2025 03:36 PM
How do you prepare students for changes in the industry that haven’t even happened yet?” That is the question that the BYU Marriott’s School of Accountancy’s leadership, Board of Advisors, and faculty continue to grapple with as they prepare their students to enter a rapidly evolving profession.
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Connecting the Final Piece

October 18, 2024 03:16 PM
With one of the largest alumni networks within BYU, close to 16,000 alumni, the SOA ‘Ohana platform was created to connect both alumni and students and house all communication in one location.
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Creating a Standard in Scholarship

October 20, 2023 02:41 PM
Any accounting professional who looks at the list of the top 25 universities for academic accounting research over all disciplines will recognize the top-tier programs, which have made the list repeatedly over the past 12 years: Texas, Illinois, Stanford—and yes, BYU.
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Alumni Experiences

Celebrating a Century

October 21, 2022 02:14 PM
SOA alumni gathered at 18 events around the country to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the award-winning program.
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Leading the Way for 100 Years

By Lena Harper Primosch
October 22, 2021 01:46 PM
One year after the university was established in 1875 as Brigham Young Academy, accounting took root in the form of bookkeeping classes. A man by the name of John Booth was hired to teach the subject.
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Junior Core Transformation

By Cami Cox
October 23, 2020 09:30 AM
In the early 1990s, BYU Marriott’s SOA pioneered the junior core concept. Thirty years later, the program is undergoing a major revamp.
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On Track for a PhD

By Christopher K. Bigelow
October 25, 2019 12:11 PM
BYU Marriott’s School of Accountancy offers a unique PhD prep program that springboards students into PhD programs at a prolific rate.
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Student Experiences

The Hub

By Katelyn Bowen
October 19, 2018 08:59 AM
The Hub project is a free resource filled with high-quality, vetted student-written articles. Made up of three different websites, The Hub addresses real-world accounting and general business topics to help anyone run a business.
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Alumni Experiences

Opportunity Overload

By Katie Olson
October 20, 2017 10:21 AM
Recruiting at the School of Accountancy has exploded in the last decade. By graduation, many students are faced with choosing from several good job offers—and that’s just the beginning.
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Student Experiences

SOA Students Make a Difference in Ghana

By Holly Munson
October 23, 2016 10:57 AM
SOA's trip to Ghana was packed with fascinating excursions— breathtaking waterfalls, a somber former slave castle, inspiring firesides in Accra and Cape Coast, and a thrilling bridge walk above the rain forest canopy.
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Alumni Experiences

Alumni Outreach — Past and Future

By Holly Munson
October 23, 2015 10:38 AM
As alumni director Jenn Maroney prepped a presentation about a new alumni outreach program, she found herself turning to Lilo & Stitch for inspiration.
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