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Read about BYU Marriott's MAcc program, the students in our program, the faculty and their research, as well as where our MAcc alumni are in their careers.
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Student Spotlight

Headaches, Heartbreaks, and Helping Hands

By Melissa Een
September 11, 2025
When Sarah-Jane Tate started the accounting junior core, she had no idea she'd have to navigate a concussion, a new job, and a broken engagement to make it through the school year.
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Student Experiences

Investing in Connection

By Bryan Ross
July 21, 2025
BYU Marriott students in the Silver Fund class joined a Zoom discussion with 65 BYU–Pathway Worldwide students in 18 different countries—providing inspiration and connection.
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Employee Spotlight

Teaching Christlike Leadership in Accounting Classrooms

By Melissa Een
June 25, 2025
Growing up, Ryan Sommerfeldt wanted to be a high school math teacher. Now, he is teaching accounting with the aim of helping students progress both spiritually and intellectually.
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Alumni Spotlight

Learning Beyond the Ledger

By Emily Edmonds
February 09, 2025
Rachel Jepson, a partner at a CPA firm, continues to seek out educational opportunities. She says, “You always need to be learning to keep up in the accounting profession."
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Alumni Spotlight

Numbers Don’t Lie

February 09, 2025
After Kirk Holt graduated from high school, he volunteered on the Hill Cumorah Pageant’s work crew, an opportunity his seminary teacher nominated him for.
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Alumni Spotlight

Learning in the Long Game

June 24, 2024
As soon as Hefolau Lotononga Lavaka heard about the Close Up Foundation’s Washington, DC, trip for high school students, she immediately knew two things: she wanted to participate, and she’d need to pay her own way.
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Alumni Spotlight

From Accountant to Agent

June 26, 2023
BYU Marriott's accounting program helped Curt Haralson take his first steps to the bureau and beyond.
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Employee Spotlight

Available for Her Family

September 21, 2022
Sara Hubbs's decision to transfer to BYU as an undergraduate led to a fulfilling career that ultimately included returning to Provo as an assistant dean of finance and HR at BYU Marriott.
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Employee Spotlight

The Accounting Nerd

September 02, 2022
For new BYU Marriott School of Business assistant accounting professor Travis Dyer, teaching is more than a job; it's a passion.
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Alumni Spotlight

The Morning Man

May 09, 2022
Joseph Appiah, an alum of the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, is grateful\ for the early mornings of his youth that helped him develop beneficial lifelong habits.
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Alumni Spotlight

Learning to Pivot

April 13, 2022
SOA alumnus Daniel Leslie is an example of the incredible things that can be accomplished when one is willing to pivot their life plans.
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Employee Spotlight

Working at Home

April 01, 2022
Although BYU Marriott accounting professor Mike Drake was raised in Nevada, he calls BYU home.
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Student Spotlight

Fulfilling Her Commitment to Serve

March 21, 2022
Thanks to a sponsorship program run through the Global Business Center, international student Carmela Bristain recently completed the MAcc program at BYU Marriott.
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Employee Experiences

Renaissance Man of the Tax World Gains Recognition

February 22, 2022
Troy K. Lewis, an associate teaching professor in the School of Accountancy at BYU Marriott, recently received the 2021 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award.
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Employee Spotlight

Scoring Big in His Career

December 01, 2021
Brian Spilker landed his dream job when he accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Accountancy in 1993.
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