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Human resources management senior Alania Bryce Pauga has always enjoyed working, and her goal is to help others do the same.
After sending out dozens of internship applications and hearing nothing back, Thomas Smith decided to focus on creating connections and networking, eventually finding opportunities in unexpected places.
Alexis Belliston wasn’t planning on graduate school—but two years ago, when she was inspired to pursue an MBA at the BYU Marriott School of Business, she felt God pave the way for her to go back to school, building her faith and confidence along the way.
Ellie Romans Draper knew from a young age that she was interested in global development and philanthropy, and her desire to make a difference led her to the Ballard Center for Social Impact at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Students, faculty, alumni, and friends of the BYU MPA program participated in a bike race from Salt Lake City to Saint George—facing heat, cold, mountains, and fatigue together—and eventually crossed the finish line as a team.
The following are students who were highlighted in BYU Marriott's 2024 Annual Report on page 9.
When Masahiro Hokazono decided to attend college in the US, he couldn’t speak English at all. Now he has a full-time position at a Big Four firm in Chicago.
Kate Blaine started her military journey by joining BYU’s Army ROTC but later felt inspired to join the Air Force ROTC. Blaine knew the switch would be a big change, but she followed through with her prompting, hoping to understand her path more as she served.
Maile Berg dedicated years of her youth to preprofessional ballet—but a career-ending injury changed her plans.
Aleia Allen returned home from a field study in the Caribbean with more than just memories—the study spurred her into her first semester in the experience design and management program.
How does a student balance playing collegiate soccer with studying in the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business? For Annabella Folino, it meant doing the program backward.
A life-threatening car crash was just one of many mental and physical feats that Erin Cole, a senior in Brigham Young University’s Army ROTC, believes has shaped who she is today.
Jose and Adela Montoya Brañez—a sibling duo studying entrepreneurial management at the BYU Marriott School of Business—are passionate about entrepreneurship and the chance it gives them to serve others.
MPA student Rahel Meyer is preparing herself to help refugees and make the difference she wants to see in the world.
If Michael McLennan had followed his own plan, he would still be in Scotland. Instead, he followed the Lord's promptings and found greater joy and purpose.
During an internship in Berlin made possible by the Whitmore Global Business Center, Finance senior Emilio Ramos Barrios has learned that determination will take you places—literally.
As the president of the Strategy Society, Adam Boswell hopes to help students thrive by encouraging them to adopt an optimistic attitude about the rigor of the junior core.
As a former collegiate gymnast, Elaina Greco knows a thing or two about competition, but when she joined the finance program at the BYU Marriott School of Business, she found an environment that instead emphasized collaboration and mutual support.
On a ferry near the northern coast of France, Brigham Young University senior Joseph Ward imagined himself as a solider on the morning of June 6, 1944, preparing to invade Normandy. Ward, a member of the BYU Army ROTC, was touring the main locations of Operation Overlord—the campaign that turned the tide of World War II—and discovered a deeper understanding of leadership.
Last May, ExDM students showcased innovative product demos to FamilySearch executives, garnering high praise and paving the way for a promising long-term collaboration.
When an academic advisor counseled her to consider a different major, Perla Valdovinos reworked her schedule, prioritized her studies, and stayed persistent in doing all she could to get into the information systems program at BYU Marriott.
In the last two years, five teams from the BYU Marriott Sandbox program have won the entrepreneurship lottery: half a million dollars and access to Silicon Valley’s network of startup elites. But the secret of the BYU Marriott’s Sandbox teams’ success wasn’t luck—it was a willingness to fail.
Strategy student Talmage Morgan discovered a new passion as he participated in an on-campus internship with the Ballard Center for Social Impact.
As part of an on-campus internship, five BYU Marriott students helped Union Pacific figure out what to do with 8,000 palm trees at one of their transload facilities.