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Student Experiences

Matching Service with Organizational Behavior

By Emily Edmonds
June 05, 2025
Serving in the community is an essential element in this organizational behavior course, Human Resource Management 391: Organizational Effectiveness.
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Student Experiences

The Miller Grants: More Than Dollars and Cents

May 21, 2025
Whether a student startup is inventing a collapsible asthma spacer or crafting a high-protein cheese, the Miller Grants from the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology are ready to support student innovation at Brigham Young University.
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Student Experiences

Stewarding Success

By Bremen Leak
February 09, 2025
How BYU Marriott is making sustainable more attainable.
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Student Experiences

Transforming Cambodia, One Business at a Time

By Emily Edmonds
February 09, 2025
In the heart of Cambodia, a transformative project is empowering business owners through financial literacy, growth mindset, and gender-equality training.
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Alumni Experiences

Buying In: Alumni Thriving Through Acquisition

By Shannon Keeley
February 09, 2025
Richie Connolly got his first taste of entrepreneurship early in life with a homegrown lawn care business. Now he's closed a deal to buy Utah College of Dental Hygiene.
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Employee Experiences

Faculty Awards

February 09, 2025
Faculty professorships and fellowships published on page 21 of BYU Marriott's 2024 Annual Report.
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Student Experiences

A Legacy of Leadership

October 31, 2024
On a ferry near the northern coast of France, Brigham Young University senior Joseph Ward imagined himself as a solider on the morning of June 6, 1944, preparing to invade Normandy. Ward, a member of the BYU Army ROTC, was touring the main locations of Operation Overlord—the campaign that turned the tide of World War II—and discovered a deeper understanding of leadership.
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Student Experiences

FamilySearch and Experience Design: A Match Made in Heaven

October 22, 2024
Last May, ExDM students showcased innovative product demos to FamilySearch executives, garnering high praise and paving the way for a promising long-term collaboration.
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Student Experiences

Out of the Sandbox and into Silicon Valley

October 01, 2024
In the last two years, five teams from the BYU Marriott Sandbox program have won the entrepreneurship lottery: half a million dollars and access to Silicon Valley’s network of startup elites. But the secret of the BYU Marriott’s Sandbox teams’ success wasn’t luck—it was a willingness to fail.
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Student Experiences

BYU Marriott Students Solve Union Pacific’s Unique Landscape Problem

By Elizabeth Walker
September 24, 2024
As part of an on-campus internship, five BYU Marriott students helped Union Pacific figure out what to do with 8,000 palm trees at one of their transload facilities.
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Student Experiences

SOA Alumni Win Elijah Watt Sells Award for Exceptional Performance on CPA Exam

By Melissa Een
August 23, 2024
Last year’s CPA exam results were recently published, and BYU Marriott accounting graduates Elise Chase and Parker Jackson were on the list of award winners, continuing the SOA’s 16-year streak of alums who earned the award.
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Student Experiences

Designing the Future

August 16, 2024
BYU Marriott's ExDM students and faculty stood out at the second annual World Experience Summit for their research-driven understanding of experience design theory.
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Student Experiences

Unity in Diversity

July 16, 2024
Despite experiencing cultural differences daily in the United States, international MBA students at the BYU Marriott School of Business share that they feel welcomed, valued, and supported overall in their program.
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Student Experiences

Crossing the Finish Line

By Melissa Een
June 24, 2024
In a hands-on opportunity to apply accounting principles, SOA students worked together in pit crews to beat the clock and change the tires of retired NASCAR cars with their wits, high-power impact drills, and a wheeled pit stop jack.
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Student Experiences

Cultivating Corporate Stewardship

June 24, 2024
Nearly 100 students at BYU Marriott took the challenge to make a major lifestyle change during January 2024. These modifications included shifting to a vegan or vegetarian diet, adjusting home utility use, and going car-free for a month.
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