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  • BYU Marriott Honors Faculty and Staff for Leadership and Service Tuesday May 13 2025

    In its April 2025 awards ceremony, the BYU Marriott School of Business recognized selected faculty, staff, and administrators for exemplifying the college’s vision, mission, values, and guiding principle in both classroom and administrative work.


  • Sales and Service Thursday Apr 24 2025

    Kate Shriber, a senior from Pleasanton, California, was serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chile when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Since she and her companion couldn’t go out to teach people in person, she served by making videos about the gospel and sharing them on social media, ultimately discovering an unexpected passion: marketing.


  • Experience, Growth, and the Marriott Student Review Monday Apr 21 2025

    Facing an increasingly competitive job market, business students may wonder how they can stand out after graduation. Some students at the BYU Marriott School of Business are turning to the Marriott Student Review to diversify their skillset and gain communication and leadership experience to boost them along their professional journey.


  • Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve: The 2025 Bateman Awards Monday Apr 07 2025

    In March the BYU Marriott School of Business administration recognized a graduating student from each undergraduate program with the Bateman Award for their exemplary dedication to the BYU Marriott values, commitment to academic excellence, and profound drive to serve others.


  • Greater Joy in a Greater Plan Thursday Dec 05 2024

    If Michael McLennan had followed his original life plan, he believes he would already have graduated from college and started working as a software developer in his home country of Scotland. Instead, McLennan followed the promptings of the Lord and found even greater joy and purpose.


  • Living Life from a Team Perspective Tuesday Oct 29 2024

    If there’s one word that alum Tyler Banks uses every day, it’s team. Whether he is with his coworkers at Alliant Private Client or with his family at home, Banks believes that teamwork is essential to make meaningful progress in life.


  • BYU Marriott Students Solve Union Pacific’s Unique Landscape Problem Tuesday Sep 24 2024

    Fortune 500 railway companies don’t often need to remove acres of rare palm trees from their properties, but when Union Pacific was faced with this issue, they turned the problem over to five pre-business students at the BYU Marriott School of Business.


  • BYU Marriott Welcomes New Faculty in 2024 Wednesday Sep 11 2024

    At the start of the fall semester, Brigitte Madrian, dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business, welcomed 11 new faculty members to the college. “At BYU Marriott, our faculty are dedicated teachers, exceptional scholars, and transformative role models. We are thrilled to welcome these new professors and know that their insights and experience will greatly enhance the educational experience of our students.”


  • Devotional: Learn of Christ Wednesday Aug 07 2024

    Darron Billeter, an associate professor of marketing in the Marriott School of Business delivered Tuesday’s devotional address, focusing on prioritizing learning—particularly learning of Jesus Christ. “The Lord has given us guidance concerning how to focus our learning. He taught, ‘learn of me,’” Billeter explained.


  • Switching Fields Thursday Apr 25 2024

    To senior Seth Knowlton, the president of the Marketing Association at the BYU Marriott School of Business, succeeding in a leadership role isn’t about being a natural leader—it’s about being passionate, involved, and invested in helping others do their best.


  • Introducing New Faculty at BYU Marriott in 2023 Thursday Oct 19 2023

    Eight professors joined the faculty at the BYU Marriott School of Business in 2023. “We are excited to welcome these new faculty members,” says Brigitte Madrian, dean of BYU Marriott. “In line with our mission to develop leaders of faith, intellect, and character, these new faculty bring insight and experience that will contribute to the educational experience BYU Marriott offers its students.”


  • Yelp certified: BYU-led research discovering ways to keep fake online reviews offline Tuesday Sep 26 2023

    From choosing a restaurant for a special dinner to selecting a new part for a car, consumers are heavily influenced by the experiences of their online peers. However, often lurking beneath the surface of online reviews is misinformation that threatens to erode this trust. A new study led by a BYU business professor offers strategic measures that businesses can take (and that consumers should be aware of) to instill a greater sense of trust in online review platforms and combat misinformation.


  • BYU Marriott Names Ryan Elder as New Department Chair of Marketing and Global Supply Chain Friday Jul 14 2023

    BYU Marriott School of Business dean Brigitte C. Madrian has announced the appointment of Ryan Elder as the next chair of the Department of Marketing and Global Supply Chain. Elder took over for the previous department chair, S. Tom Foster, on July 1, 2023.


  • Banks Offer Black Entrepreneurs Inferior Loans Even When They Are Better Qualified than Peers Thursday Jun 22 2023

    Study reveals racial bias, discrimination in financial services, but also identifies actions minority small business owners can take.


  • Helping Students Discover the Flavor of Marketing Thursday Mar 09 2023

    Vice president of marketing at Sensapure, Scott Rackham brings a robust background in brand consulting and advertising as an adjunct professor of marketing at BYU Marriott. But whether he’s at an agency or in the classroom, Rackham uses his nearly three decades of experience to serve as a catalytic mentor for dreamers around him.


  • BYU Marriott Students Shine at MarketStar Tuesday Jan 17 2023

    Eight students representing BYU Marriott at the fall 2022 MarketStar case competition began preparing long before the annual event kicked off. Preparation for these two teams started in the classroom and continued until seconds before they faced the judges.


  • Floating with Family Thursday Dec 08 2022

    At this year’s new student orientation, the incoming marketing students at the BYU Marriott School of Business didn’t sit through a lecture or leaf through informational packets. Rather, the students experienced the tight-knit culture of BYU Marriott’s marketing program by embarking on their first “family” trip.  


  • BYU Marriott Marketing Students Finish First in Blip Case Competition Friday Nov 11 2022

    For three undergraduate marketing students from the BYU Marriott School of Business, the best part of winning Blip’s marathon case competition wasn’t taking home the impressive $20,000 prize. Rather, the highlight was making a difference in the community by helping a local nonprofit achieve its vision.


  • A Wake-Up Call Monday Oct 31 2022

    Tyler Hardy was one day away from finishing his mission in Veracruz, Mexico, when he got an unexpected phone call. His older brother, Greg, had been seriously injured in a work accident and was hovering between life and death. That pivotal moment in Hardy’s young life reaffirmed to him the importance of family. Later when Hardy attended the BYU Marriott School of Business and then pursued his career, that value of family never changed.  


  • A Poster that Inspired Persistence Monday Oct 03 2022

    Jordan Sitterud, a native of Roseville, California, has always admired basketball player Michael Jordan. He not only respected everything about Jordan—from his work ethic on the court to his fresh line of sneakers—but he also appreciated the trials Jordan overcame in his life to become one of the greatest basketball players in the NBA. Sitterud followed Jordan’s example of persistence by never giving up on his own dreams, including being admitted to BYU after several attempts and later the BYU Marriott School of Business.