News Releases
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MBA Students Receive 2024 Hawes Scholar Awards
Tuesday Jun 11 2024
Eight MBA students within the BYU Marriott School of Business received the 2024 Hawes Scholars Award—an honor that carries the highest distinction given to BYU Marriott MBA students and a cash award of $10,000.
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2024 Stoddard Prizes Presented to MBA Students
Thursday Jun 06 2024
The MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business announced the winners of the 2024 George E. Stoddard Prize, an award given to second-year MBA students studying finance who display leadership and academic excellence.
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2024 Williams Leadership Scholar Awards Presented to MBA Students
Tuesday Jun 04 2024
Six MBA students at the BYU Marriott received the 2024 Williams Leadership Scholar Award. This award goes to distinguished students who have been nominated by their peers for their demonstration of extraordinary leadership that embodies the values of BYU Marriott.
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Faculty Development in International Business: From Blackouts to Breakthroughs
Wednesday May 29 2024
Many faculty at the BYU Marriott School of Business travel with and teach students on semester-long trips to other parts of the world. But on their separate visits to the African continent, Tom Meservy and Kristin DeTienne didn’t teach courses or sightsee with students. Through the Faculty Development in International Business program, these professors researched the business practices of other countries and returned with new insights to bring to their classrooms and their research.
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Whitmore Global Business Center Names 2024 Eccles Scholars
Wednesday May 22 2024
The Whitmore Global Business Center at the BYU Marriott School of Business named 11 first-year BYU Marriott MBA students as 2024 Eccles Scholars. The Eccles Scholars Award offers financial support to MBA students who are interested in and committed to international business.
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BYU Marriott Employees Recognized at 2024 Awards Ceremony
Wednesday May 15 2024
At the annual awards ceremony, the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business recently recognized a selection of faculty, staff, and administrators for their exemplary leadership in teaching, research, faith, and service.
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Peak Perspectives
Thursday May 09 2024
Each fall Peter Ward, associate professor of experience design and management (ExDM), leads his students as they climb Rock Canyon’s rugged walls. So whether in rock-climbing classes amidst breathtaking scenery or ExDM research classes within the walls of the BYU Marriott School of Business, Ward teaches students how to interlace academic and spiritual studies.
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Living it, up: BYU Marriott’s 2024 Convocation
Tuesday May 07 2024
“We are sending you out to accomplish the momentous task of transforming a world.” These were the words of Brigitte Madrian, dean of the BYU Marriott School of Business, to the graduates at the April 2024 BYU Marriott convocation. With that in mind, guest speaker and BYU Marriott alumna Ruth Todd encouraged graduates to keep an upward trajectory—to truly “live it, up”—as they practice Christlike leadership.
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Looking Behind the Bill: The 2024 Cornia Award Winner
Wednesday May 01 2024
The Romney Institute of Public Service and Ethics at the BYU Marriott School of Business honored Amanda Rutherford, a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and a scholar in the field of public administration, with the 2024 Gary C. Cornia Award.
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Saying Yes
Friday Apr 26 2024
Claire Keller Busco is no stranger to success, both in the classroom and in the workforce. As a strategy student at the BYU Marriott School of Business—a place where she has found opportunities around every corner—Keller attributes it all to a habit she can’t seem to kick: saying yes.
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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.
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Over the Bar
Wednesday Apr 24 2024
A BYU Marriott School of Business senior graduating from the global supply chain management program, Emma Lindberg has always set a high bar for herself—setting big goals and working hard to accomplish them. Although life hasn’t always gone as planned, she continues to overcome her challenges and find new ways to grow.
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Nine BYU Marriott Undergraduates Presented with 2024 Bateman Award
Tuesday Apr 23 2024
The BYU Marriott School of Business recently awarded nine undergraduate students with the 2024 Bateman Award for their commitment to academic excellence and selfless service, and for demonstrating the college’s vision, mission, and values. Award recipients were presented with a certificate and a monetary prize.
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Finding Confidence out of the Comfort Zone
Friday Apr 19 2024
An assistant teaching professor of information systems (IS), Katy Reese encourages her students at the BYU Marriott School of Business to step outside of their comfort zones. Drawing from her own educational experience, she guides students in developing the confidence needed to confront and conquer complex IS concepts, mirroring the support she received from her own mentors.
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Inspired by Legacy
Thursday Apr 18 2024
Easton Allsop’s preparation to become a pilot officially began when he enrolled in BYU’s Air Force ROTC program. But his journey actually started in Bodney, England—the place where his great-grandfather trained to be a pilot and where Allsop first foresaw his own future.
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Faith-Filled Grit
Wednesday Apr 17 2024
Taylor Nadauld thanks his 25-year-old self for choosing to leave a lucrative position on Wall Street to earn a PhD. Now the department chair and a professor of finance at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Nadauld teaches the valuable lessons that he learned of faith and finances to his undergraduate and MBA students.
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Returning to Roots with New Purpose
Tuesday Apr 16 2024
In 1948 Mariyah Housari’s grandparents fled from their home in the Levantine city of Jaffa to Ramallah in the West Bank. Twenty years later, Housari’s father left Palestine for a brighter future in the United States. Fast forward to today, where Housari, an MPA student at the BYU Marriott School of Business, comes full circle as she aims to aid modern-day Palestinian refugees.
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Overcoming the Odds
Monday Apr 15 2024
As a graduate of the MBA program at BYU Marriott, Christian Da Silva knows that education opens the door of opportunity. With the help of loving friends and family and a Cardon International Sponsorship from the Whitmore Global Business Center, Da Silva discovered ways to continue his education and shape a better future.
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Service Above Self
Thursday Apr 11 2024
Before he came to Provo as the new chair for the Department of Military Science and head of Brigham Young University’s Army ROTC, LTC Travis Bailey planned to make his assignment in Kansas City his last. With a leap of faith to request a new position, Bailey was transferred to BYU, where he now leads the program with his nearly 20 years of active-duty military experience.
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Singing a New Tune
Wednesday Apr 10 2024
Macy LeCheminant began college in Arizona with plans to become a professional vocalist, but a challenging medical condition altered those plans. Now at the BYU Marriott School of Business studying experience design and management, LeCheminant allows her optimism to shape her opportunities.