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Students MPA 2016 2005–2009
Josh Romney, president of CharityVision International, spoke to MPA students on 6 October about how to avoid doing harm when trying to do good.
BYU MPA students don’t have to wait to graduate before tackling hot issues. In their second year, students enroll in a class that partners them with government or non-profit entities, giving them the chance to solve real problems for real organizations. And while it’s no easy feat, they will tell you it’s one of the most effective, exciting experiences of their graduate career.
When you have millions to give, wanting to make a difference is not just an idle wish. The biggest challenge is deciding which nonprofit can bring your vision to life.
It took a chorus of happy Whos to help Mr. Grinch. At the Marriott School, all it took was a festive tree and an invitation to give.
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
For a handful of Marriott School students, a trip to Ghana exposed them to another corner of the world that needed their services.
More than twenty BYU MBA and MPA students worked this spring to improve small businesses around the world.
Bill Thomson, recipient of the 2009 Administrator of the Year Award, shared his thoughts on the lessons learned from decades of public service.
Mergers and acquisitions can be lucrative, as a team of BYU MBA students learned at the Smith MBA Competition in Maryland.
A new program at Brigham Young University is giving graduate students the chance to become board members of nonprofits in Utah Valley.
While many Marriott School students take classes to learn research strategies, MPA student Jean Kapenda brings to graduate classes years of tried and tested real-world research from his extensive genealogy work.
On a recent field study trip to Ghana, BYU MPA students teamed with a charity powering rural schools with merry-go-rounds.
Students presented their solution to a panel of city managers in an event that pitted them against other Utah schools.
Eighteen students from BYU’s Romney Institute of Public Management traveled to Ghana for a two-week educational field study and a chance to share their business knowledge with 12 local nonprofit organizations.