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The Marriott School at Brigham Young University has announced the appointment of Robert J. Parsons as chair of the Romney Institute of Public Management.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University, a nationally ranked business school, will host two free information sessions for executives interested in earning a master's degree in business administration. The information sessions will be held Wednesday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel at 255 South West Temple. Validated parking will be available for those who attend the sessions.
Brigham Young University's Marriott School was listed as one of the top programs for delivering the fastest return on investment by Forbes and as one of the leading international business schools by Financial Times.
Financial Times, London's premier financial newspaper, ranked the Marriott School as the ninth-best business school for its finance program in a survey comparing business schools covering five continents. Overall, the Marriott School was ranked 71st in the world for its international education.
The Master of Organizational Behavior program at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School will present its fourth-annual William G. Dyer Distinguished Alumni Award to J. Bonner Ritchie at a banquet Friday, Mar. 31 at the Provo Marriott Hotel.
BYU's Marriott School of Management will host the Fifth Annual Microenterprise Conference "Practical Approaches to Ending Poverty" 15-16 March 2002. Grounded in a belief that access to resources is the greatest barrier to ending poverty, speakers at this year's conference will examine the best practices of the past, critique today's organizations and take a pragmatic look at the future of the microenterprise movement.
The Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University named William H. Hansell, executive director of the International City/County Management Association, as its 2002 Administrator of the Year. Hansell has been executive director of ICMA since October 1983.
The Marriott School of Management's Rollins Center for eBusiness, in connection with LexisNexis and WebCE.com, will stream three business lectures in April to determine the feasibility of making the school's ebusiness, entrepreneurial, executive and MBA lectures available on the Web next fall.
U.S.News & World Report ranked Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management 29th among the nation’s best business schools. The rankings appear in the magazine’s 15 April Best Graduate Schools issue.
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management has achieved reaccreditation of its undergraduate, master’s and executive degree programs by recent action of the Board of Directors of AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The official announcement was made 7 April in Chicago, Ill.
Brigham Young University's business school moved from 41st to 38th in The Wall Street Journal's 2002 ranking of top business schools worldwide. The BYU Marriott School also rose from fifth to third place in the newspaper's "hidden gems" category, a listing of "schools that produce excellent graduates but aren't typically considered top-tier business schools."
The Strategic Management Society awarded four Brigham Young University Professors the best paper prize last week at the organization’s 22nd annual conference in Paris, France.
In spite of a tough placement environment and dipping salaries for new graduates, Brigham Young University's MBA program held on to the best buy title in Business Week's 2002 ranking of top business programs. BYU's Marriott School had the best return on investment with only 4.1 years to payback, including the two years at school. Pennsylvania State University came in second at 4.4 years and Purdue was third at 4.5 years.
Brigham Young University's Marriott School has launched a major initiative to improve minority representation in the school's graduate programs. The diversity initiative is designed to recruit a more diverse student body and faculty; provide students and faculty with cultural awareness and sensitivity to diversity issues; and improve the school's internal climate to be more supportive of female, international, and minority students and faculty.
School Recognized for Finance Education and Salary Increases
Property Solutions LLC took first place at the 2003 Marriott School Business Plan Competition. The company provides an integrated software solution for property management companies. My Carnivore, a company that sells carnivorous pet plants, took second place. Tying for third place were Dierevo, a company developing technology to create renewable energy solutions, and StrollerWorks, a company which offers a new reversible jogging stroller.
Students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management selected two of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2003 Merrill J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their second year, are the only awards chosen solely by business school students.
Former Marriott School Professor Gloria E. Wheeler will teach as a Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Finance and Economics in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
"The Romney Code: The Life and Ethics of George W. Romney" will premiere on BYU Television Monday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. MDT.
BYU's MBA program is climbing the charts according to BusinessWeek's latest rankings-placing BYU at 22nd in the nation.
Before Eva Witesman had even moved into her office, she already had faculty members making her feel a part of the program.
The Marriott School honored Kevin D. Stocks with the Outstanding Faculty Award, and fifteen others were also recognized for contributions.
BYU's business and law schools are among the top 50 in the United States, reports U.S. News World Report.
The next generation of waterproofing is durable, breathable and environmentally friendly and is the first-place winner at the 2009 BYU BPC.