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Alumni Spotlight Center News Experiences Feature
There's no shortcut for retirement saving, but companies often provide a lot more help than employees may realize.
BYU Marriott faculty share their favorite annual reads—and the best time of year to read them.
How Employee-Caregivers Elevate the Workplace
Message Management for a Brighter, Cleaner Outlook
There was a moment in Dan Hansen’s life when he was a gang member. He carried a fake gun, hung out in the local pool hall, and had regular run-ins with law enforcement.
If there’s one word that BYU Marriott alum Tyler Banks uses every day, it’s team. Whether he is at work or with his family at home, Banks believes that teamwork is essential to make meaningful progress in life.
Writing speeches for the CEO of Microsoft, pioneering cloud services in China, and establishing generative AI technology are all responsibilities that Jared Andersen has taken on since graduating from the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Christie Clark was used to writing stories for others. Realizing she wanted to be a decision maker where she worked, Christie Clark pursued an MBA at BYU Marriott.
Whether he’s balancing the county budget or arranging fire services for unincorporated counties, Ezra Nair draws on the skills he gained from BYU Marriott's EMPA program to manage and serve the county.
Mary Jean Frodsham was the first woman to graduate from BYU Marriott with an MBA. Her journey wasn’t easy, but she felt well-prepared and supported along the way.
MPA alumna Anastasia Jespersen has learned through experience that life has seasons, and each one comes with the opportunity to prioritize different parts of your life.
When GSCM alum Jeremy Romrell began his internship at Boeing in the summer of 2017, he had no idea he would become a driving force in connecting the company to BYU Marriott.
Even if your money habits aren’t gold standard, it’s important to talk with your kids—and regularly—about spending, saving, and giving. Here’s how.
Adding Organizational Value Through Designed Experiences
We tracked down six beloved BYU Marriott professors whose impact continues to be felt long after retirement.
John Waldron, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs and BYU Marriott's 2023 International Executive of the Year, shared counsel with students in a special Q&A session moderated by Dean Brigitte Madrian.
Brigham Young University senior Kylee Black sat in anxious anticipation as teams were called up to the stage of the 2024 Utah Entrepreneurship Challenge. Third place was announced, then second place was awarded. For Black, the next moments were unforgettable.
For many people, one marathon is enough to last a lifetime. Not so for Gretchen Olson Montgomery.
Brad Hales found his perfect match online. But it wasn’t a dating site he was perusing; it was BYU Marriott’s MPA site. “As soon as I looked at the website, I knew an MPA was the degree for me,” he recalls.
Blaine Meek’s pivot from finance to farming was kickstarted, quite literally, by a cow. When a cow kicked Meek’s father on their family farm in Idaho, Meek wrapped up his finals and hurried home to help. As he dug into the work, he caught the vision of farming and never let go.
As soon as Hefolau Lotononga Lavaka heard about the Close Up Foundation’s Washington, DC, trip for high school students, she immediately knew two things: she wanted to participate, and she’d need to pay her own way.
The Whitmore Global Business Center at the BYU Marriott School of Business named 11 first-year BYU Marriott MBA students as 2024 Eccles Scholars. The Eccles Scholars Award offers financial support to MBA students who are interested in and committed to international business.
BYU Marriott’s Stellar placement rate is the payoff for the dedicated efforts of everyone involved in BYU Marriott’s Business Career Center.
The 60 students who enroll in BYU Marriott’s Business Fundamentals in Europe study abroad don’t just get a taste of life in Paris, Rome, and London. Instead, they get to feast on these destinations as they spend three weeks in each city touring companies, visiting cultural sites, and completing required courses for all BYU Marriott majors and several minors.