Centers & Institutes
Read stories from the Ballard Center, the Rollins Center, the Whitmore Global Business Center, and Peery Financial Services.
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Business Class to Europe
The 60 students who enroll in BYU Marriott’s Business Fundamentals in Europe study abroad don’t just get a taste of life in Paris, Rome, and London. Instead, they get to feast on these destinations as they spend three weeks in each city touring companies, visiting cultural sites, and completing required courses for all BYU Marriott majors and several minors.
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Balancing Business and Belief
Jeff Thompson splits his time between teaching in the MPA program and directing BYU’s new Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, where he helps others discover how Christ-centered leadership can steer decisions and stabilize organizations.
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Innovative Group of BYU Students Roll Out New AI Tech to Solve Parking Problems
Spot Parking team wins 2024 BYU Student Innovator of the Year competition and $12,000.
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Gone to Ghana
As a participant in the Ballard Center for Social Impact, Alyssa Minor researched the humanitarian needs of the orphanages in Ghana—and then took a leap of faith and traveled there.
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From Singapore to Stuttgart
Global supply chain student Bryson Schellenberg spent a year in Germany, where he connected with people from all over the world.
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People Over Products
Adjunct Professor Brent Goddard teaches students in the Ballard Center the principles that converted him from a product manager into a social impact practitioner.
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BYU Marriott Faculty Recognized at 2023 University Conference
Three BYU Marriott faculty receive awards at the 2023 University Conference.
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A Minor No Matter the Major
The global and community impact minor helps students from any major make an impact for good.
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Three Siblings Serving
A surfer, a seamstress, and a storyteller. Despite having different interests, the Putnam siblings have each found their own way to help businesses do good through the Ballard Center.
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BYU researchers: How a switch to a 'growth mindset' is helping empower entrepreneurs in developing nations
Although millions are spent each year on entrepreneurship training that is intended to help alleviate poverty and elevate the quality of life of entrepreneurs in developing nations, these programs often fail to make an impact. BYU researchers and their colleagues have figured out at least one way to change that.
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Ballard Center Student Wins National Business Ideation Competition
Hooke was recently named a grand prize winner in Duke University’s annual New Ideas competition. The competition invites undergraduates from across the nation to submit business ideas aimed at “[contributing] to civil discourse and reducing polarization in society.”
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BYU Marriott Names Mike Hendron as New Director of the Rollins Center
Mike Hendron is the new director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology effective June 17, 2023.
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BYU Marriott Names Eva Witesman as New Director of Ballard Center
BYU Marriott School of Business dean Brigitte C. Madrian has announced Eva Witesman as the director of the Ballard Center for Social Impact effective July 1, 2023.
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French Toast and Food Waste
Daniel Blake always knew he was interested in starting a business. He just didn’t know his journey would start with a plate of french toast at Magleby’s Fresh and end with one of the largest food waste recycling companies in the United States.
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BYU Marriott Hosts 2023 High School Business Language Competition
In March the Whitmore Global Business Center at the BYU Marriott School of Business hosted the 2023 High School Business Language Competition, which invites high school students from across the state to apply their language skills outside the classroom in a business environment.
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BYU’s next unicorn? Student startup “Zaymo” has won more than $900,000 in prize money this spring
One of BYU’s student startups just walked away with the most prize money at the biggest and most prestigious collegiate business plan competition in the country.
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The Determination of a Diplomat
Clark Pew has learned over the course of his life that persistence pays off. The EMPA alumnus now lives in India working for the Department of State.
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Waste Not, Want Not
Passionate about garbage and eliminating solid waste pollution in the developing world, Ryan Caplin is not wasting his time. Now an Oxford Pershing Square Scholar, Caplin credits the Ballard Center at BYU Marriott for giving him the tools to take on trash.
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