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Elizabeth Walker

Public Relations Writer, BYU Marriott School of Business
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Student Spotlight

Determined to Become

By Elizabeth Walker
February 17, 2026
With the end goal of becoming a lawyer, earning an MPA for John Lidang is less about his career aspirations and more about his desire to become a Christlike leader.
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Student Experiences

Peer-to-Peer Leadership: How Peer Advisors Are Reaching Pre-Business Students

By Elizabeth Walker
February 16, 2026
Peer advisors rely on their own BYU Marriott experiences to help pre-business students seeking light and advice on an individual level.
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Student Experiences

Lifting Each Other Up: How the Women in Strategy Association Builds Community

By Elizabeth Walker
January 30, 2026
"WSA gives strategy students that circle of support—people they can bring their hard questions to, celebrate wins with, and lean on during tough days,” says BYU Marriott assistant professor Lena Lizunova.
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Student Spotlight

When Life Throws a Curveball

By Elizabeth Walker
January 14, 2026
He isn’t trying to become a professional baseball player, but BYU Marriott strategy senior Cole Bourne hopes that both “professional” and “baseball” still end up in his future job description.
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Student Experiences

Résumé Builder

By Elizabeth Walker
December 18, 2025
Since the on-campus internship program formed in 2007, more than 15,000 students have been able to gain class credit—and real-world business experience—through the BYU Marriott School of Business.
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Alumni Spotlight

Leading and Being Led

By Elizabeth Walker
November 21, 2025
After earning an MPA from BYU Marriott in 1970, Michael Dyal focused his career on creating a culture of continual improvement and customer service in each of the four cities where he worked as a city manager.
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Student Experiences

Gushing with New Ideas

By Elizabeth Walker
November 12, 2025
While the internet continues debating if fruit snacks are candy, General Mills is working to put their product Gushers in the candy aisles. To do this, the company went through BYU Marriott to enlist the help of five students.
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Student Experiences

A Strategic Route to a Consulting Career

By Elizabeth Walker
November 06, 2025
Many students in the strategy program, are preparing for careers in consulting.
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Student Experiences

Learning to Research, Researching to Learn

By Elizabeth Walker
November 05, 2025
Whether they are stepping into their first research assistant (RA) role or building on past research experiences, students in the Marriott Research Fellows (MRF) program gain new skills and build stronger faculty connections as they begin work as RAs.
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