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Alianza Wins 2005 Business Plan Competition

April 15, 2005
Alianza, a company that offers reduced telephone rates to Mexican residents by routing calls through the Internet, was named winner of the 2005 Business Plan Competition. Brian Beutler, CEO of Alianza, and Scott Bell, CTO of Alianza, accepted the $50,000 award of cash and in-kind services at the BPC finals April 1. Additionally, Alianza received the $9,000 Global Award prize from BYU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Global Management Center.
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Romney Institute Renews Its Accreditation

April 11, 2005
The Marriott School’s MPA program gets another stamp of approval after completing its reaccreditation process last year. Of the national MPA programs eligible for participation in peer review, only 54 percent have been accredited by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. Those numbers are growing, however, because schools recognize the benefits.
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BYU's law and business schools listed in U.S. News top 50

April 01, 2005
Other graduate programs and specialties in top 100
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Gov. Huntsman to address BYU eBusiness day participants March 31

March 28, 2005
Utah Valley residents will have the chance to hear from Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. when he addresses the Brigham Young University community Thursday, March 31, during the Rollins Center for eBusiness' second winter semester eBusiness Day.
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Corporate Climb: It’s all about time

March 22, 2005
Marriott School students, faculty and administrators are challenged to race the stairs for the BYU Annual Fund. The event will take place in the Tanner Building on March 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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2005 Economic Self-Reliance Conference at BYU March 10-11

March 09, 2005
The Brigham Young University Center for Economic Self-Reliance, the Romney Institute of Public Management and the Rollins eBusiness Center will host the 2005 Economic Self-Reliance Conference, "Building Economically Self-Reliant Families," Thursday and Friday, March 10-11, in the Wilkinson Student Center.
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BYU’s Marriott School Names 2005 Hawes Scholars

March 07, 2005
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named ten MBA candidates as its 2005 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
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Marriott School student Jessica Jones teaches finance to fifth-grade students at Geneva Elementary.

February 24, 2005
The BYU Marriott School Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy named Dr. Paul D. McKinnon the 2005 William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumnus. The Dyer award is presented annually to an alumnus who makes a significant contribution in the field of organizational behavior.
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Grad Students See Success Teaching Personal Finance to Fifth Graders

February 22, 2005
Teaching ten-year-olds how to balance a checkbook and live within a budget may seem like a futile task — especially when money management befuddles many adults. But Marriott School graduate students have seen success teaching basic finance to fifth-grade students throughout Utah County.
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Accounting Professor to Help SEC Develop Guidance for Small Businesses

February 09, 2005
Help is on the way for small businesses struggling to meet stringent requirements initiated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations — at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission — launched a project this month to help small businesses comply with financial reporting regulations. COSO appointed Marriott School Professor Doug Prawitt to its 15-member task force responsible for the project.
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Alum Named Top Restaurant Analyst

February 01, 2005
Whether he’s picking stocks or just choosing where to eat, Jonathan Waite knows how to do it right. The Wall Street Journal named Waite, who earned his BS in accountancy from the Marriott School, the number one restaurant analyst in their 2004 Best on the Street survey.
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Ambition Drives Alumna to Achieve

February 01, 2005
While an undergraduate at BYU, Jennifer Magleby-Lambert didn’t just pursue one degree; instead, she graduated with two—a BS in conservation biology and a BA in anthropology. When the opportunity came for an advanced degree, she followed the same pattern, earning both an MA in international development and an MOB from the Marriott School. Her academic ambition reflects the way she approaches all aspects of life.
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Alumnus Takes Mentoring to the Masses

February 01, 2005
After Patrick Tedjamulia graduated from the Marriott School, he landed a great job at Novell, thanks to an alum who helped get his foot in the door. Unfortunately, not all job hunters are lucky enough to have professional mentors, Tedjamulia says.
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BYU MBA Leaps Ahead in Financial Times Rankings

January 26, 2005
Marriott School 49th Among Global Programs
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Associate Dean Accepts Top Accounting Award and National Appointment

January 21, 2005
The auditing section of the American Accounting Association named Associate Dean W. Steve Albrecht Outstanding Auditing Educator for 2005. He was selected from auditing professors across the country for the prestigious award.
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Graduate Cleans Up Movies

October 01, 2004
Bill Aho’s quest to make watching movies less offensive has not only caught national media attention but also landed him in the political and legal spotlight.
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Alum Turns Sun Into Funds

October 01, 2004
In the last decade, alum Steven Schone has led a business that started as a lone specialty T-shirt kiosk in Salt Lake’s Fashion Place Mall into an operation of fifty stores throughout North America.
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Alumna Named Denver Radio Station’s Apprentice

October 01, 2004
While Donald Trump was making Omarosa and Kwame household names last spring, one Denver radio station was making Marriott School alumna and entrepreneur Becky Tate Orser its apprentice.
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