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This year, a group of BYU Marriott School of Business students went on a two-day NetTrek to Dallas, where they met industry professionals and built connections—both with companies and their peers. While NetTreks are not uncommon, this trip was significant because of the variety of majors involved: students came together from marketing, global supply chain management, and information systems for a joint experience.

Assistant teaching professor Laura Cutler stared at her email in confusion. “Is this spam?” she wondered. But the email from the Association of Information Systems informing Cutler that she won the 2025 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award wasn’t a scam. Unlike Cutler, information systems students from the BYU Marriott School of Business find it easy to believe that she earned the recognition.

When Tyler Shumway was a student at Brigham Young University, he admired the casual confidence of his economics professor Richard Butler, who would walk up and down the department hallway in his socks, deep in thought. But the lack of shoes wasn’t the only aspect about his former professor that intrigued Shumway—Butler contributed to more than 200 research papers in his career, and Shumway decided that a career of continual learning would be a career of continual rewards.

During the fall 2024 semester, BYU Marriott School of Business students Ellie and Trevor Lowry rode the bus home from class every weekday—not from the Tanner Building, but from Pforzheim University in Germany.

Almost every part of a fan’s experience at a professional sports event—from the time they enter the parking lot until long after they’ve returned home—is designed to optimize their emotional connection to the sport. As part of a team that specializes in sports sponsorships at Keurig Dr Pepper, experience design and management alum McKade Peterson carefully considers the factors that maximize sports fans’ experiences around the globe.

When Sarah-Jane Tate started the accounting junior core, she had no idea she'd have to navigate a concussion, a new job, and a broken engagement to make it through the school year.

“Every professor thinks that the class they teach is the most important class students take—but I’m the only one that’s right,” jests Associate Professor David Hart, who teaches ethics to students in the BYU Marriott School of Business. Jokes aside, Hart hopes his students come to see that the key to making ethical decisions starts with intentions.

When Rebekah Koster took her first finance midterm in the MBA program, she felt like she had no idea what she was doing. The test scared her, so she decided to switch her track—not away from finance, but to it. “Part of who I am is choosing and going after really hard things,” says Koster, a second-year MBA student from Mesa, Arizona. “I love doing things that stretch me.”

The Brigham Young University Air Force and Army ROTC programs celebrated the history and service of the ROTC programs with a tribute event featuring keynote speaker Ken Alford, a retired US army colonel and BYU church history and doctrine professor. To a crowd of military cadets, leaders, and veterans, Alford and other speakers shared how the light of Christ impacts military service—both in the past and present.

Four professors from the BYU Marriott School of Business received awards at BYU’s 2025 University Conference. John Bingham, Michael Drake, Melissa Larson, and David Wood received awards in recognition of their contributions to BYU.

From the time that Matthias Dunn was a high school senior to the day he returned from his church mission to Córdoba, Argentina, and Lansing, Michigan, his plan was simple: play football at Brigham Young University. But that plan was put on pause when Dunn was cut from the team in March 2022—and he says it’s the best thing that could have happened to him.

Google Search processes 16 billion searches per day—and Joshua Lyman’s job is to ensure that no harmful or misleading ads slip through to search results pages. But before landing his role as a software engineer for Google, Lyman developed a skillset in the information systems program at the BYU Marriott School of Business that has since propelled him through diverse career opportunities.

To help accounting students bridge the gap between theory and practice before they hit the workforce, David Wood has worked with student employees at BYU to build the EYARC Experience platform. The educational platform is funded by the EY Foundation, which sponsors the creation and distribution of educational materials to accounting programs worldwide.

What started as a four-month internship for Jenifer Greenwood has turned into a career of 29 years and counting. Throughout her career, Greenwood has relied on trusting in God for guidance to help her find opportunities for growth, including completing the executive MPA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business.

Scott Murff’s circuitous journey to becoming an associate teaching professor of strategy at the BYU Marriott School of Business has surprised him. Looking back, Murff has seen how a series of experiences, jobs, and even failures continually prepared him for the next steps in his journey.

For Brigham Young University Army ROTC cadets Joseph Macfarlane and Alissa Reno, the ROTC program has tested their endurance and strength: “It’s tough physical training, and it would be easy to just call it quits because it’s hard,” Reno says. But despite the physical difficulty, neither cadet has given up—and they’ve seen how ROTC events and training have not only strengthened them but also increased their ability to lead and their potential to serve.

When Veronica Stoltz was a student at BYU, she didn’t think she was a likely candidate for a study abroad—she grew up in a single-parent home where money was tight, so she had few opportunities to travel. Despite her challenges, she decided to apply for a program, and her experience abroad sparked a passion for travel and learning that she now channels as the international program coordinator at the BYU Marriott School of Business Whitmore Global Business Center.

Forging strong relationships and authentic connections in global diplomacy is often not easy, but when Jeff and Cheryl Flake spoke to students, staff, and alumni from the MPA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business, they shared why they feel fostering meaningful bonds in public service is worth the work.

Since the pandemic, Zoom classes—often filled with muted participants and blank screens—have been a new part of the classroom experience. But for students at the BYU Marriott School of Business who are part of the Silver Fund class, a Zoom discussion featuring 65 BYU–Pathway Worldwide students in 18 different countries provided inspiration and connection.

Ten BYU Marriott School of Business student volunteers headed to the World Experience Summit in London with a full agenda, including setting up chairs and hosting rooms for dozens of sessions featuring CEOs and experience design professionals. By the end of the first day, though, one more item was added to the students’ itinerary: presenting a panel about their experiences in BYU Marriott’s experience design and management program.