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Professor Receives National Recognition for Public Administration Article

April 04, 2001
Marriott School Professor Lawrence C. Walters was recognized by the American Society of Public Administration for the best public administration article in 2000. His article,“Putting More Public in Policy Analysis,” which appeared in the July/August edition of Public Administration Review (PAR), won the Louis Brownlow Award for the best article by a practitioner.
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BYU's Business and Law Schools in U.S. News Top 50

April 02, 2001
Brigham Young University’s business and law schools are among the top 50 in the United States, reports the 2002 edition of the U.S. News & World Report guide “Best GraduateSchools.”
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Students Help Dairy Make Money Out of Manure

March 29, 2001
It’s a stinky situation but nothing a group of marketing students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School can’t handle. Cows at the BYU Dairy are supplying the dairy notonly with thousands of gallons of milk but also with mountains of manure each year.
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Marriott School to Host Hundreds at Microenterprise Conference

March 21, 2001
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University anticipates hundredsof participants at its fourth annual Microenterprise Conference 5-7 April 2001. The free conference, believed to be the largest of its kind, is open to BYU students, faculty, staff and the public. Microenterprise is amovement that uses small loans and business education to help the poor become self-reliant. This year’s theme, “Practical Approaches to Ending Poverty,” will bring together educators, investors and non-governmental organizations from around the world.
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Marriott School Entrepreneurship Ranks High

March 20, 2001
Success magazine ranks the Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship among the best entrepreneurial programs in the country. In the February/March issue, the Marriott School ranked 33rd on the magazine’s top 50 list of “Best Entrepreneurial Business Schools.”
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Father of Microcredit and Founder of Grameen Bank to Speak at BYU

March 15, 2001
The founder of Grameen Bank, a microenterprise bank that has helped more than two million people start small businesses, will speak at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, 20 March. Dr. Muhammad Yunus will address “Poverty Solutions that Work” in the Joseph Smith Building auditorium at 3:15 p.m. Dr. Yunus’s speech is open to BYU students, faculty, staff and the public.
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Marriott School Honors Top Faculty

March 13, 2001
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University honored Robert L. Gardner with the school’s 2001 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest distinction given by the school to a faculty member. Along with Gardner, the school also recognized five other faculty members for their excellence in teaching, research and citizenship at a banquet 6 March in the Wilkinson Student Center.
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Students Answer Tax Questions and Offer Free Electronic Filing

March 07, 2001
Forget waiting for this year’s tax refund. For the first time ever, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) center at Brigham Young University can help you file your taxes electronically – cutting the wait for your refund by as much as two weeks.
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Business Plan Competition Pays Cash for Ideas

March 01, 2001
How much is an idea worth? The Marriott School’s Center for Entrepreneurship thinks its worth $5,000 in cash — the award for this year’s Business Plan Competition winner. All Brigham Young University students are invited to submit business plan ideas before 5 p.m. on Monday, 12 March in 610 TNRB.
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Marriott School Student Receives Three-Year National Scholarship

February 15, 2001
One Marriott School student recently received a big boost from the Kemper Foundation. Kyle Widdison, a sophomore from Hooper, Utah, majoring in accounting, has been named one of 80 national Kemper Scholars. The honor, which provides financial support and summer internships for three years, will assist Widdison in fulfilling his aspiration to become a successful business leader.
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Windows 95. Com Founder to Address BYU E-Business Conference

February 05, 2001
The founder and CEO of WinFiles.com (formerly Windows95.com) will be the keynote speaker at Brigham Young University’s semi-annual e-business conference on Friday, 9 Feb. Steve Jenkins, who sold WinFiles.com in February 1999 to CNET, Inc. for $11.5 million, will address the conference’s theme, “Dot-Coms Melt Down: How Companies Survive and Thrive in our Current Economic Situation.” Hosted by the Marriott School’s Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness, the conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. in room 151 of the Tanner Building. The conference will cater to students but is also open to BYU faculty and staff.
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Student Entrepreneur Goes Nuts

February 02, 2001
One student’s experience at Brigham Young University has driven him nuts. Nathan Murray, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Shelley, Idaho, is the founder and president of Nutty Guys, a business selling a variety of nuts at discount prices. Murray is not only a budding entrepreneur but also the 2000 Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Murray received a $5,000 award for his first place finish in the BYU Marriott School’s entrepreneur competition.
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Marriott School Professor Elected Vice President of Competitive Intelligence Association

January 30, 2001
Paul Dishman, visiting associate professor of business management at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, has been voted vice president of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).
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Marriott School Tax Students Finish in Top Three for Third Year

December 11, 2000
Accounting students at Brigham Young University have done it again! For the third consecutive year, Marriott School graduate and undergraduate teams placed among the top three schools at the Arthur Andersen National Tax Challenge.
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Little Angel's Christmas Tree

November 30, 2000
Other than being very large, the 17–foot Christmas tree, trimmed with angel ornaments, looks like most other trees. But it’s not. The ornaments on The Little Angel’s Christmas tree are more than just decorations — they contain the names and ages of children, their clothing sizes and gift ideas. Sponsored by the Campus Chapter of the BYU Management Society and the United Way, the goal is to undecorate the tree by 8 December.
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Student Diversity High in BYU MPA Program

November 30, 2000
Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at BYU’s Marriott School have more combined gender, cultural and ethnic diversity than ever before. About one of every five students admitted to the class of 2002 is an ethnic minority. Approximately one-third of the students are female. And, 21 percent are international students.
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CEO of Williams Named International Executive of the Year

November 14, 2000
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named Keith Bailey, Chairman, President and CEO of Williams, as the 2000 International Executive of the Year (IEY).President James E. Faust, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will present Bailey with the IEY Award at a banquet Friday, 17 Nov.
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School News

Rollins Center for eBusiness Will Host Its First Conference this Friday

November 13, 2000
The Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness at Brigham Young University will host its first e-business conference on Friday, 17 Nov. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch the school’s new e-business web site (ebusiness.byu.edu)on the second floor atrium of the Tanner Building. Students, faculty and partner companies are invited to participate in the conference.
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