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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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Alumni Spotlight

Balancing Human Capital in the Office and at Home

October 15, 2013
When Sandy Wight earned a MAcc in 1990 and started her career with Arthur Andersen, she had no idea she would become a partner. “My goal was to get a job and have two years of experience on my résumé,” she says. Twenty years later Wight is still gaining experience for her résumé—as a partner in the human capital practice of Ernst & Young.
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Alumni Spotlight

Accounting Grad Rewrites His Story

June 01, 2013
Whether it’s the crisp binding of a book straight off the press or the vibrant design of an e-book, 1999 MAcc graduate Brad Farmer loves all aspects of his job in the publishing industry.
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Student Experiences

Beta Alpha Psi to Host Third Annual Ethics Case Competition

February 28, 2013
The third annual competition will teach students how to apply ethical standards in their future professions.
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Student Experiences

BYU VITA Lab Provides Students and Community Members with Free Tax Assistance

February 04, 2013
The VITA lab opens this week to provide free tax assistance to the community and hands-on training to student volunteers.
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School News

BYU’s Accounting Program Leads Best Schools in CPA Exam Pass Rate

March 29, 2012
A recent statistic reveals that BYU is doing this better than any of the other top-10 accounting programs.
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School News

Accounting Programs Ranked Top Three for 17th Consecutive Year

February 03, 2012
BYU School of Accountancy is reinforcing its position among the nation's best accounting schools.
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Student Experiences

Ready, Set, Audit!

February 01, 2012
Signs mark the entrance: Production Area, Authorized Personnel Only. Inside, observers stand behind a line of caution tape, taking notes intently. In front of them a rumbling machine shuffles orange, green, and yellow balls along conveyor belts, through tubes, and down ramps.
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Alumni Experiences

BYU Accounting Grads Help Set National Standards

March 18, 2010
Most accountants spend their days ensuring financial records are up to standards. But for a handful of BYU MAcc grads, it's a different story.
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Student Experiences

Marriott School Students Ramp up Experience to Compete

September 11, 2009
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
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Employee Experiences

BYU Professors Recommend Changes to Public Company Auditing Standards

August 27, 2009
Two BYU accounting professors are calling for improvements in the current audit standard setting and inspection process.
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Student Experiences

Marriott School Students Select 2009 Bateman Award Winners

April 14, 2009
Students and a faculty member were honored with 2009 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
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School News

BYU’s Graduate Accounting Program Ranked No. 1 in Nation

December 08, 2008
Accounting professors from across the country selected BYU's graduate accounting program as best in the nation.
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Alumni Experiences

Two BYU Alumni Win Dissertation Awards

November 05, 2007
Two graduates from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management won top honors for their doctoral dissertation research at the Academy of Management’s 2007 conference in Philadelphia.
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Student Spotlight

BYU Student and Alum Earn Top Scores on Internal Auditing Exam

January 10, 2007
A Brigham Young University graduate student and alumnus both earned kudos for their top-scoring performances on the Certified Internal Auditor exam administered by the Institute of Internal Auditors.
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Alumni Spotlight

Auditing Alumnus Named Academic Fellow to SEC

October 01, 2005
Somewhere amongst the clouds of his childhood dreams of becoming a private pilot, Mark H. Taylor bumped into the notion of accounting, which brought his feet right back to the ground. But that hasn’t stopped him from rising above the rest to land an academic fellowship at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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