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Choosing Dedicated Service

April 23, 2025
After being pulled from Afghanistan, Major Jake Johnson realized that the only factor he could control in his service was his level of dedication.
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Teaching with Purpose, Living with Impact

April 16, 2025
Lisa Jones Christensen was thriving as a faculty member at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flager Business School, but an unexpected recruitment from BYU Marriott brought her back to BYU with a mission to give back—both to students and the world.
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Trusting in Life’s Twists and Turns

March 31, 2025
According to Trent Williams, life is like a hike, and as he remembers that God understands each unanticipated twist and turn, he says he is better able to learn from unexpected experiences.
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Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Impact

By Sarah Griffin Anderson
February 09, 2025
Now a professor of experience design and management (ExDM), Patti Freeman draws on her vast research to teach about the power of well-crafted experiences.
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More Than a Class

By Emily Edmonds
February 09, 2025
Preparing students for the business world is at the heart of what Jeff Jenkins does in his Information Systems classes.
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Building Connection Through Personal Experience

January 29, 2025
Jeff Bednar, an associate professor of organizational behavior and human resources at the BYU Marriott School of Business, has seen how focusing on relationships and telling his personal story have brought the most meaning to his professional life.
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One Man’s Business is Another Man’s Treasure

January 17, 2025
Reid Tileston's experience taking over a small business when he was 16 years old eventually led him to pursue a career in entrepreneurship through acquisition.
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When Religion Goes to Work

December 19, 2024
Paul Lambert hopes to empower students at the BYU Marriott School of Business to see their faith as one of their biggest assets in the workplace.
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A Commitment to Practical Learning

November 19, 2024
As a professor in the finance department at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Barrett Slade strives to equip his students with practical tools to thrive in the “real world” of real estate.
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Trials and Triumphs of a Combat Rescue Officer

November 12, 2024
Cameron Strawn, an assistant professor of aerospace studies at Brigham Young University, shares how his commitment to try has allowed him to accomplish many feats that people once told him were too difficult to attempt or improbable to achieve.
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Trusting in God’s Plans

October 24, 2024
When Jeffrey Pickerd graduated from BYU Marriott, he knew he wanted to return as a faculty member someday. Now a new associate professor in the SOA, Pickerd has seen the Lord’s hand guiding his journey back to BYU Marriott as he continued forward in faith.
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Finding Common Ground Through Gospel Insights

October 10, 2024
In 2023, associate professor of management at BYU Marriott Richard Gardner started teaching at a new university, in a new city, as a new parent—these challenges brought Gardner a chance to connect with his students and research in new ways.
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Growing Ever Upward

August 13, 2024
Ron Worsham believes that persistent improvements can push the boundaries of what one originally thinks is possible. Worsham has seen the fruits of dedicated labor manifest over and over again in his 30 years at BYU Marriott—both in himself and in his students.
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Fresh Perspectives and New Hires for MPA Program

August 08, 2024
Jeanelle Carden and Savannah Heath bring fresh perspectives and expertise to help grow the MPA community and increase its impact in the world.
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Optimizing Futures

July 30, 2024
As an undergrad, Laura Cutler was hooked on using her creativity to optimize user experience. Now an assistant teaching professor, Cutler uses her same creativity to optimize students’ experiences.
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Peak Perspectives

May 09, 2024
Each fall Peter Ward leads his students as they climb Rock Canyon’s rugged walls. Both in rock-climbing classes or ExDM research classes, Ward teaches students how to interlace academic and spiritual studies.
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Finding Confidence out of the Comfort Zone

April 19, 2024
Drawing from her own educational experience, assistant teaching professor Katy Reese guides students in developing the confidence needed to confront and conquer complex IS concepts.
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Faith-Filled Grit

April 17, 2024
The department chair and a professor of finance at BYU Marriott, Taylor Nadauld thanks his 25-year-old self for choosing to leave a lucrative position on Wall Street to earn a PhD.
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