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Alumni Students 2021
A common theme throughout BYU Marriott MBA student Joseph van Scheltema's life is to carry on through coping with family tragedy, supporting his family as a student, and traveling through a global pandemic.

The hexagon-shaped stickers unique to BYU Marriott's information systems program help students build friendships and connect with other students who aren't in their classes.

Doing good even better is a tall order, but it’s one that BYU Marriott’s MSB 375 course, Social Innovation: Do Good Better, has successfully taken on.
Not many people can say that they helped build a company from the ground up within a year of graduating from college. However, BYU Marriott marketing alumna Luisa Chil can.

An all-women team of students from the MBA program at the BYU Marriott School of Business took first place at the Utah Venture Capital Case Competition.

Recruiting season is a crazy time of trying to balance schoolwork with interviews. BYU Marriott MBA student Lillian Barton navigated all that during the final weeks of her pregnancy.

As an underdog in the world of singing, BYU Marriott HRM alum Jake Hunsaker never imagined that his determination to perfect his talents would lead him to share the stage with famous musicians.

As a former national mountain biking champion, BYU Marriott SOA alumna Penny Lundgren firmly believes that she can accomplish anything with enough practice and determination.

Whether he's forming new relationships or setting a sales team up for success, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship alum Jordan Cushman has built many things throughout his career.

As a manager at Cloudmed, which helps hospital systems recover revenue losses, BYU Marriott IS alum Jonathan Grether enjoys the challenge of solving new and unique problems.

Whether he's working with employees or in an untamed backyard, BYU Marriott EMPA student John Cowgill enjoys helping people and plants realize and cultivate their hidden potential.

After the loss of his younger brother, BYU Marriott MBA student Easton Johnston, was inspired to make a personal reset on his career.

Whether he's flying helicopters across Afghanistan and Iraq or running 100-mile ultramarathons, Jeff Timmons applies lessons that he learned at BYU Marriott.

For BYU Marriott alum Uros Stampe, success is a journey that comes one step at a time, with each experience helping him uncover his interests and gain confidence in the skills he's worked diligently to develop.

Whether he's training employees, helping nonprofits set their budget, or staging fights in authentic medieval armor, Austin Smith follows his passions to find success.

Inspired by the help and guidance he received from his peers and professors at BYU Marriott, marketing senior Parker Stohlton decided to give back.

As a mom of six, the CEO of her own company, an entrepreneur, and a business coach, Stacy Paulsen knows all too well that women are capable of wearing many hats.

Eric Weight’s alarm clock rang at 6 a.m. every morning, no matter the weather, no matter the month, no matter the holiday.
With its emphasis on teaching students to discover solutions to seemingly impossible problems, BYU Marriott's course Strategy 421: Strategy Implementation is one that Sherlock Holmes would have approved of.
Bill Hull has, as they say, “seen things.” Homes and hotels ravaged. Entire highways torn apart. Sensitive situations he calls “biological disasters.” Sights many people have only seen in movies.
In 1968 more than 150 students graduated from BYU Marriott with degrees in business management. Kristi Taylor Lawrence was one of the few women in that graduating class.
Onscreen, a pair of hands stirs chaat masala, dhaniya powder, and other spices together before sprinkling the mixture onto a plate of fish. The video isn’t from a cooking network but the YouTube channel of Nirnaya Lohani called Naya Fusion Food.
Born and raised in Honolulu, Thomas Y.K. Fong has long loved learning about the earth’s natural processes. He originally planned to earn a bachelor’s degree in geology at BYU and then pursue graduate studies in oceanography. But during one midwinter geology field trip to St. George, Utah, a sandstorm blew through the group’s campsite, prompting Fong to reconsider whether his studies had brought him too close to nature for comfort. “Halfway through that cold, sand-blown night, I’m thinking, ‘Is this really what I want to do for the rest of my life?’” Fong recalls.
Whether Christian Hsieh is talking with a veteran of finance or a young employee of a startup, the BYU Marriott MBA alum is constantly learning something new.