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Every year, a unique group of city and county managers from throughout the U.S. and Canada meet to discuss local government issues and revive their spirituality.
In a move to become one of the nation's leading high-tech business research centers, officials at Brigham Young University's Marriott School announced the formation of a new center for electronic business. Dell Vice Chair and Marriott School alumnus Kevin Rollins and his wife, Debra, contributed $3 million to establish the center.
Three Marriott School students were named as this year's Kemper Scholars, an honor that provides each scholar with financial support and summer internships throughout their undergraduate careers.
The Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University's Marriott School named Rebecca Bennion Buchanan Salti as its Administrator of the Year at a banquet held in her honor 15 Feb.
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.
Sabita Tuladhar is convinced she paid more taxes last year than she should have. But this year she says that won't happen. Tuladhar is a senior at the Marriott School majoring in information systems from Kathmandu, Nepal. "Sometimes it's really confusing," she admits, "and I've been using the easy form."
Utahns support the idea of a tax on Internet sales but only if it replaces the sales tax on food or reduces the overall sales tax rate, according to a study conducted by Brigham Young University graduate students. A full report of the students' findings will be presented to the Governor's Tax Review Commission April 14.
Vadim Ovchinnikov, a second-year master of accountancy (MAcc) student from Russia, has been selected as one of six students selected to work with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in 2001. Ovchinnikov is one of only a handful of foreign students and the first Russian to work with the board. He begins his one-year appointment as a technical assistant with the FASB in January.
A 2000 Brigham Young University graduate believes improving student Internet access will pay off and the judges agreed. Becky Tate, a recent graduate from the Marriott School at BYU, led a team of students from BYU and Utah Valley State College (UVSC) to a first place finish at the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 6 May 2000. Their winning business plan, CityNet, was selected from thirty-five entries representing universities and colleges throughout the state. The CityNet team consisted of Tate, John Benson, a BYU engineering student, Logan Clark, a UVSC business student and Paul Wilson, a UVSC business student.
Whether it’s finding a hiking trail in the Rocky mountains or a fly fishing shop in Australia, Brigham Young University students are giving outdoor enthusiasts selectivity.Outdoorsman.com, a new online business, categorizes outdoor equipment, outfitting and recreation sites according to region, interest and business description.
The stock market’s recent slump has left one BYU Marriott School student feeling anything but down. On the contrary, Nathan Gardner, an undergraduate business management major, beat out 2,100 students and faculty to win the iExchange.com$100,000 Business School Challenge.
Five accounting students from the Marriott School at Brigham Young University cooly handled the pressures faced by auditors — placing second in national competition. Graduate students Brent Pugh, Troy Sheen, Heather Madsen, Josh Rowley and Ryan Oviatt participated in the Deloitte & Touche Foundation’s Fifth Annual National Student Case Study Seminar. The seminar placed teams in practical business settings with case studies developed by the firm’s accounting research department.
Weldon Johnson Taylor, the first dean of the College of Business at Brigham Young University, died 21 August in his home at the age of 92. As a well known business educator and educational administrator, Taylor’s long life was one of great service, contribution and example.
First-year graduate students at BYU’s Marriott School left their laptops home Saturday to help alleviate wildfire danger in Provo Canyon.
Besides gaining professional experience, a group of Brigham Young University students showed they have what it takes to make it in the financial services industry. While interning at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, a team of eight BYU students including four from the Marriott School became the company’s top selling intern team. Northwestern Mutual named BYU interns the1999-2000 College Team of the Year.
Touting the fastest payback in the nation, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management is a steal according to BusinessWeek’s new ranking of the best b-schools. The magazine reports that BYU’s MBA graduates take only 3.5 years to recoup their investment in lost work and tuition.
Three professors at BYU’s Marriott School hope their e-business accounting book will give students the upper hand when it comes to electronic commerce. Steven M. Glover, Stephen W. Liddle and Douglas Prawitt’s book, E-Business: Principles and Strategies for Accountants, was written to prepare accounting students to meet the demands of a business world being transformed by technology. Marriott School professors will begin using the book winter semester as a supplement.
Although students have been lining up to interview for months with some of the nation's best companies in the Marriott School's business career center, the new facility doesn’t officially open until Thursday, 16 Nov. BYU President Merrill J. Bateman, Marriott School Dean Ned C. Hill and benefactor Georgia A. White will participate in a brief ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. to open the center.
The Kevin and Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness at Brigham Young University will host its first e-business conference on Friday, 17 Nov. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony to launch the school’s new e-business web site (ebusiness.byu.edu)on the second floor atrium of the Tanner Building. Students, faculty and partner companies are invited to participate in the conference.
Master of Public Administration (MPA) students at BYU’s Marriott School have more combined gender, cultural and ethnic diversity than ever before. About one of every five students admitted to the class of 2002 is an ethnic minority. Approximately one-third of the students are female. And, 21 percent are international students.
Other than being very large, the 17–foot Christmas tree, trimmed with angel ornaments, looks like most other trees. But it’s not. The ornaments on The Little Angel’s Christmas tree are more than just decorations — they contain the names and ages of children, their clothing sizes and gift ideas. Sponsored by the Campus Chapter of the BYU Management Society and the United Way, the goal is to undecorate the tree by 8 December.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University have done it again! For the third consecutive year, Marriott School graduate and undergraduate teams placed among the top three schools at the Arthur Andersen National Tax Challenge.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University named six MBA candidates as its 2001 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Many people would be content with running the semifinals of the 100x4 meter relay in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Not Kenneth Andam; he plans to compete again in the 2004 games and bring home a medal. However, his wins aren't only on the track. He is lapping competitors on the business fast track as well. Andam earned a double BS in information systems and economics from BYU in 2000 and is now a graduate student at BYU studying mass communications. His education gives him the technical and analytical skills he needs to compete in the global economy.