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Students 2019 1998–1999
Two teams of Marriott School students entered the nation's largest student tax competition armed with only their pens, pencils, and calculators. Seven hours later, they walked away with first- and second-place honors and $30,000 in scholarship money.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University today announced its 1999 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to Marriott School MBA candidates. Ned C. Hill, dean of the Marriott School, presented the Hawes Scholar award to six second-year MBA students at a forum held Friday morning.
After more than 750 hours of research, design and programming, the Marriott School of Management launched a new web site Monday created and built by students in the School of Accountancy and Information Systems.
The Institute of Marketing at Brigham Young University's Marriott School awarded 17 students with cash scholarships amounting to $18,000 at a special luncheon Friday. These students were recognized for their scholarship and contribution to the marketing industry.
Ten Marriott School students will attend the national "Business Tomorrow" conference in San Francisco this October. In what is a highly competitive selection process, the Marriott School has an unusually high representation at this year's conference.
Staring bankruptcy in the face in the early 1990s, General Motors realized it was not on the highway to success, said the company's chief financial officer Michael Losh.
The Marriott School at Brigham Young University recently announced its 1999 Eccles Scholars, an honor that gives the eight recipients a tuition scholarship and funding for two or more international experiences.
Accounting students at Brigham Young University's Marriott School did what was thought to be the impossible in 1998, placing among the top three schools at both the undergraduate and graduate levels of the nation's most prestigious tax competition. Last year was the first time any university had placed two teams among the top three.
At a recent BYU Marriott Women in Management event, Liz Wiseman encouraged future female business leaders to act in spite of fear by saying yes fast. She calls this approach the naïve yes.
Jesse Myrick decided to come to the BYU Marriott MBA program to open doors in his career. However, Myrick got a lot more than a career launch out of his MBA education.
BYU Marriott students are running a startup that turns kids' screen time into skill time.
A team of nine therapeutic recreation students helped conduct research on the travel experiences of individuals with disabilities.
Every semester approximately forty BYU Marriott cadets elect to join the newly organized honor guard and use what extra time they have to set a high standard for other students and compete around the country.
Starting a business and getting it off the ground can be difficult, especially for students. That's where the Big Idea Pitch competition comes in.
Six entrepreneurial ideas envisioned by students at BYU were brought to life during a thirty-hour rapid prototyping fest known as Prototype-a-palooza.
University Impact investing firm gives students a chance to hone their skills and gain experience before they've even started their full-time career.
To further the Ballard Center's mission of searching for pattern-breaking social innovations around the world, students receive grants to make off-campus internships possible.
Madeline Steele, a public health major, stumbled upon the one and only social innovation class at offered at BYU-Idaho. Intrigued by the ad for the class that promised she could change the world, Steele enrolled in the class and loved what she learned.
Have you wondered what your life is going to be like after college graduation? Do you dream about making a difference with your career, yet worry that it won't be financially viable?
A little more than five years ago, finance professors Jim Brau and Andy Holmes, dubbed "the fathers of the finance major" by program director Colby Wright, saw hours of meetings and paperwork pay off in the creation of the finance major at BYU Marriott.
In February 2018, the World Health Organization reported that more than 800 women die worldwide every day due to preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Two women from BYU Marriott's therapeutic recreation major have teamed up to help adolescent girls strengthen themselves and themselves and their families.
Four BYU Marriott School MBA students took first place at the 12th Annual National Case Competition in Ethical Leadership at Baylor University.
The ExDM program fit Stringham's ideal major because she received the business core she needed while her major classes were focused on creative areas.