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Student Spotlight

Over the Bar

April 24, 2024
Emma Lindberg has always set a high bar for herself—setting big goals and working hard to accomplish them. Although life hasn’t always gone as planned, she continues to overcome her challenges and find new ways to grow.
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Employee Spotlight

Finding Confidence out of the Comfort Zone

April 19, 2024
Drawing from her own educational experience, assistant teaching professor Katy Reese guides students in developing the confidence needed to confront and conquer complex IS concepts.
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Student Spotlight

Inspired by Legacy

April 18, 2024
Air Force ROTC cadet Easton Allsop’s journey to become a pilot began in Bodney, England—the place where his great-grandfather trained to be a pilot and where Allsop first foresaw his own future.
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Employee Spotlight

Faith-Filled Grit

April 17, 2024
The department chair and a professor of finance at BYU Marriott, Taylor Nadauld thanks his 25-year-old self for choosing to leave a lucrative position on Wall Street to earn a PhD.
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Student Spotlight

Returning to Roots with New Purpose

April 16, 2024
Mariyah Housari, daughter of a Palestinian refugee and an MPA student at BYU Marriott, has come full circle as she strives to help modern-day Palestinian refugees.
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Alumni Spotlight

Overcoming the Odds

April 15, 2024
As a graduate of the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business, Christian Da Silva knows that education opens the door of opportunity. With the help of loving friends and family and a Cardon International Sponsorship from the Whitmore Global Business Center, Da Silva discovered ways to continue his education and shape a better future.
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Employee Spotlight

Service Above Self

April 11, 2024
Lieutenant Colonel Travis Bailey planned to make his assignment in Kansas City his last. With a leap of faith to request a new position, Bailey was transferred to BYU, where he is now the chair of the Department of Military Science and head of BYU’s Army ROTC.
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Student Spotlight

Singing a New Tune

April 10, 2024
Macy LeCheminant began college with plans to become a professional vocalist, but a medical diagnosis altered those plans. Now an ExDM student, LeCheminant allows her optimism to shape her opportunities.
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Employee Spotlight

Teaching Truth

April 09, 2024
As professor Mark Zimbelman retires from the School of Accountancy (SOA), he reflects on how his faith has helped him make a lasting impact through both his research and his interactions with students.
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Student Spotlight

On the Move

April 08, 2024
As he moved eight times to different states and around the world, MISM student Ethan Ritchie gained an appreciation for people of different backgrounds and beliefs. It is with this openness and desire to learn that Ritchie approaches his life and his studies at BYU Marriott.
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Student Experiences

Bridging Local Efforts and Global Impact: The 2023 Buckwalter Award Recipients

April 04, 2024
MPA students Erica Jensen and Brianna Merling each received the 2023 Doyle W. Buckwalter Award for exemplary performance in their respective off-campus internships.
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Alumni Spotlight

Faith and Finance

April 03, 2024
After graduating from the finance program at the BYU Marriott School of Business in 2007, Brandon Egan continues to seek God’s hand as he navigates changes in his career.
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Employee Spotlight

From the Ground Up: Building an Alumni Family

April 02, 2024
After 24 years of building an alumni network and forging one-on-one relationships with those in the MPA community, Vicki Okerlund leaves behind a legacy of Christ-centered leadership that extends beyond the workplace.
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Student Spotlight

An Inspiring Life Vision

April 01, 2024
For senior Aaron Adams, choosing a career path was less about finding a perfect fit and more about finding a path that will help him grow.
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Student Experiences

Learning Christlike Leadership

March 28, 2024
Assistant professor McKenzie Rees had a strong prompting to do a peer-mentoring project for her section of HRM 540: Organizational Effectiveness.
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Student Spotlight

Educational Roots to Business Pursuits

March 26, 2024
After growing up all over the world and working in several different career fields, MBA student Ben Nzojibwami has found his place at the BYU Marriott School of Business as the MBA class president.
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Faculty Research

Mindset Matters

By Lisa Ann Thomson
March 26, 2024
In the quest to alleviate poverty, BYU researchers are discovering how a growth mindset matters as much as a skill set.
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Student Experiences

The New Frontier of Finance

By Shannon Keeley
March 26, 2024
In a newly created section of Finance 490R: Topics in Finance, Todd Mitton shares the basics and the beauties of the emerging and revolutionary field of decentralized finance.
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