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During the summer of 2025, students studying abroad in Europe learned that their tour of the Vatican museums was canceled because of the conclave in session to elect a new pope of the Roman Catholic Church. But changes in plans are part of the adventure, says Sara Bowman, the Business Fundamentals in Europe study abroad coordinator for the Whitmore Global Business Center (GBC) at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
When Tavita Fewell chose his first major, he says it was mostly to get rid of the glaring “Major: undecided” line on his online student portal. But taking classes at BYU Marriott led him to a people-first career in marketing that he says he feels passionate about.
For the past year, information systems (IS) students from the BYU Marriott School of Business have been researching how artificial intelligence (AI) can help increase access to mental health care. For the students, this research project has been more than learning about AI and mental health: It’s been an opportunity to explore what they’re capable of.
By the time entrepreneurial management student Katherine Kimball was 10 years old, her parents started charging her every time she baked because of how expensive her hobby had become. Now, Kimball charges others for her desserts, but establishing her own business, she says, required more than improving her recipes—she first had to learn to be confident in herself.
When an injury ended Daniel Lacey’s playing career, Lacey redirected his time and energy toward business and marketing—a pivot that would eventually land him on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Miriam Szendre is a sixth-generation Brigham Young University student. But, she says, that wealth of family history at BYU didn’t mean a wealth of financial support.
When BYU Marriott School of Business alumnus Brandon Camp saw his twin sons, both on the autism spectrum, spend their senior year applying and interviewing for jobs without success, he made a decision: “We can complain about the problem, or we can do something about it.” So Camp and his family created Gotta Play Games, a board game company designed to provide work experience for his sons while strengthening family relationships.
This year, 14 new faculty members joined the BYU Marriott School of Business. Brigitte Madrian, dean of BYU Marriott, shares, “We are extremely grateful for the talented individuals who have joined our faculty. They lead with and through the light and power of Jesus Christ and are deeply committed to our guiding principle of being centered on students.”
BYU Marriott School of Business dean Brigitte C. Madrian has announced entrepreneurship professor Trent Williams as the next director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology effective September 8, 2026. He replaces Mike Hendron who served as the center’s director since 2023 and has served in an administrative role with the center since 2017.
When Audrey Vengesai took her first accounting class at 13 years old, she says she fell in love with solving complex puzzles of information. As she continues her studies with the support of her family and professors, Vengesai says she has seen how moments of her life connect and build upon each other.
Shelley Bushman was working towards her “dream job.” After returning home from her mission, where she attended German Christmas markets, she landed an internship as an experience design and management (ExDM) student with Salt Lake City’s Christkindlmarkt and contributed to the German celebrations in the area. But when Covid hit the event market, she had to pivot.
Brigham Young University student Abe Peterson had no idea what he wanted to study. Discarding the major he'd been in for two years, he decided that any career that allowed him to serve would be the best way to move forward.
Between excursions to the Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, and Ha Long Bay, students on the healthcare leadership study abroad went off the beaten path to visit hospitals and learn from healthcare administrators. As students traversed India and Southeast Asia, they found characteristics of Christlike leadership in professionals of different faiths.
After Molly Wakefield left an information session about the finance program at the BYU Marriott School of Business, she felt overwhelmed by information. But she says her parents didn’t raise her to give up after one try, so she decided to go “all in” and give finance her best shot. As she did so, she says she found joy from fully committing—and learned that going all in is easier with a focus on serving others.
For Alex Napierski, the key to overcoming feelings of self-doubt and developing the excellence he was seeking came through embracing faith in Christ.
At the 2026 BYU University Conference, four BYU Marriott School of Business employees received awards in recognition of their service and contributions across campus.
When Brittley Eldredge was a senior, she flew 20 hours to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for an accounting internship. This time spent living abroad wouldn’t be her last. Now an assistant professor, Eldredge tells students, “Don’t close any doors until they’re closed.”
Ryan Bingham sees attending the BYU Marriott School of Business as a pivot point in his journey that opened up opportunities that he would have never thought possible—and he’s working to help current students have those same opportunities.
Arriving in Milan was a dream come true for fashion enthusiast and strategy student Jordan Faust, who is focused on learning from the people and opportunities placed in her path.
For Dave Parkes, an alumnus of the BYU Marriott School of Business, wealth management is more than just finances—it is a faith-based practice. “Money is never the outcome; money is a tool that allows us to live a life that we want to live and give back,” he says.
Being a wife, mother, and grandmother are the best jobs in the world to Alison Bawden. But the best job on campus, she says, is being program manager for the Department of Aerospace Studies at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Leveraging his network led strategy student Charlie Rhodes to London, where he discussed issues surrounding religious freedom in Nigeria with members of the UK House of Lords.
Liz Dixon believes that whether students are in a boardroom presentation or around the watercooler, they can exemplify Christlike leadership by communicating with integrity, respect, excellence, and faith in Christ.
Information Systems student Annabelle Baker remembers crying in her professor’s office, overwhelmed by how much more qualified her peers seemed than her. Less than a year later, she accepted a scholarship from the information systems program that those same peers had nominated her for—and she couldn’t help but think of how far she had come.