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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

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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Alumni Spotlight

Seven O’Clock Club Carries On

June 01, 2005
When Sherman Doll, Jay Wirig, and Steve Leininger graduated from the MAcc program in 1979 and 1980, they never guessed that just a few years later they would be together again as partners in an accounting firm. They attribute their longtime friendship and professional success to their Marriott School training and something they call “The Seven O’Clock Club.”
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Student Spotlight

BYU Accounting Student Receives International Scholarship in Australia

June 29, 2004
David A. Wood has been selected by The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation as the recipient of the 2004 Esther R. Sawyer Scholarship Award.
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Alumni Spotlight

Brothers Team Up In business

June 01, 2003
For the Driggs brothers running a business with relatives is not only a family affair, it’s something in their blood.
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Alumni Spotlight

How They Became The Andersen Bunch

June 01, 2003
Though she doesn’t have blonde pigtails, a lisp, or 1970s clothes, Cindy Brighton Andersen’s husband once confused her with Cindy Brady.
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Alumni Spotlight

Alumnus Receives Highest Marks on Oregon CPA Exam

February 01, 2003
Sometimes serious cramming sessions do pay off. Upon graduating with his MAcc, R. Marcus Young took a consulting job in Portland, Oregon. When CPA exam season came, he wasn’t even sure he was going to take it until his brother-in-law convinced him to.
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Student Experiences

Marriott School Student To Work With FASB

April 25, 2000
Vadim Ovchinnikov, a second-year master of accountancy (MAcc) student from Russia, has been selected as one of six students selected to work with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in 2001. Ovchinnikov is one of only a handful of foreign students and the first Russian to work with the board. He begins his one-year appointment as a technical assistant with the FASB in January.
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