Summer 2025
Marriott Alumni Magazine
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Launching UNIV 101
How BYU Marriott Faculty—and Pre-Business Students—Are Embracing the University’s Newest Venture
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The Shipping Point
Consumer expectations have shifted from the standard 3–7 business-day delivery window to two-day, next-day, or even same-day delivery. With this accelerated timeline, retailers are feeling the crunch.
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Seas The Day
Alum Kevin Smith carved out a gnarly career in his nearly 40 years at AT&T. He has also touched hundreds of lives through his optimism, genuine caring, and love for outdoor adventures. You’ve never met a surfer dude quite like him.
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“Let Us Run with Patience the Race That Is Set Before Us”
As a business ethics professor... one of my core goals is to help my students prepare to thrive by increasing their ability to make gospel- and principle-based decisions about work and life.
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Cougars Do Cut Corners
You can—and should—become familiar with tech shortcuts that will not only save time but also boost organization. Start by implementing these simple hacks and see where they take you.
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In Your Wheelhouse
RV enthusiasts often tout “Home is where you park it” to highlight the flexibility a house-on-wheels provides. RVing also offers adventure!
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School and Alumni News published in the summer 2025 edition
Click to see a directory of all Class Notes published in each edition of Marriott Alumni Magazine.
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BYU Marriott Names John Pence as the 2024 International Executive of the Year
In a lecture hall packed with prospective and current business students, Sunrise Technologies Founder and President John Pence shared how saying yes early in his career eventually led him to start and run his own company.
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Transact to Transform
Jay Meldrum, a principal at PwC and the recipient of the BYU Marriott School of Business 2024 Alumni Achievement Award, recently spoke to students about the power of transactions that transform—in both business and everyday life.
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Matching Service with Organizational Behavior
Serving in the community is an essential element in this organizational behavior course, Human Resource Management 391: Organizational Effectiveness.
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Paving Pathways for Better Futures
"A generous act changed the trajectory of my life in every single way,” says Gene Hayes, who completed his MBA in 1996. Later, as founding director for BYU–Idaho’s Pathway International, he "saw thousands of lives changed.”
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Three Degrees for Good
For Rachel Bennion, advocating for immigrants isn’t just a professional goal—it’s a personal passion. Inspired by her immigrant great-grandfather's experience, she now helps modern immigrants overcome challenges her grandfather couldn’t have imagined.
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3 Countries, 3 Languages, and a Soccer Game: The Power of Taking Chances
During an internship in Berlin made possible by the Whitmore Global Business Center, Finance senior Emilio Ramos Barrios has learned that determination will take you places—literally.
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