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It’s striking that even in 2013 more than one billion people around the world live in conditions with no access to electricity. That means they have no heat for their homes and nothing to cook their food on. They do not have the ability to clean their water or to refrigerate medicines. They don’t have hospitals.
I was very fortunate to attend Brigham Young University. I graduated with a master’s degree in accounting, and I’m not sure I was really aware at the time of what a great education I had received. When I entered BYU I wanted to play football, but once I began taking accounting and business classes at the Marriott School, I realized I had much better prospects in accounting.
Solving global problems might seem daunting, but the Ballard Center is stepping up to the challenge.
The Ballard Center recently presented the SIOY award to David Bornstein, an author, and New York Times journalist.
The BYU Romney Institute gives Bair the honor for her management of the FDIC during the recent economic downturn.
This year's TEDxBYU conference was jam-packed with inspiring speakers, a webcast, and an energetic crowd.
Sponsored by the Ballard Center, graduate students created innovative solutions for Newman's Own Foundation.
Have you ever thought of going back to school? Finding the right executive program might be more realistic than you think.
When comedian Jim Gaffigan takes his young brood on vacation, it’s usually in a giant tour bus between stops on his North American touring circuit. The sleep-deprived father of five, with kids ages one through eight, is best known for his riffs on iconic American food products. But these days it’s his daily observations on parenting that draw the biggest laughs.
Recently appointed as dean, Lee Perry has lofty aspirations for the Marriott School.
Capturing the spirit of the season—and the good-natured personalities of the deans—the Marriott School’s Christmas cards have delighted friends, colleagues, and school supporters for nearly fifteen years.
There’s no better way to hone business skills—and experience a new culture—than working abroad.
It was an April evening in 1964. J. Willard Marriott had been chosen to receive the coveted Exemplary Manhood Award—the most distinguished award given by BYU students to a person of their choosing.
In the typical search for jobs and internships, students seek out the company. Romney Institute students have a different idea.
Students from Utah high schools along the Wasatch Front were at BYU testing their language and business skills.
Two international educators will continue to use their innovative expertise as newly named fellows for the Ballard Center.
It was an ordinary Tuesday Night when everything went dark. For five million BlackBerry users, email turned eerily silent.
I am not a college graduate. I was content to be a wife, mother, and homemaker, but four years ago my life changed course. Two events led me into business: the passing of my husband, Larry, and becoming sole owner of a large group of businesses.
The Rollins Center celebrates the spirit of creativity and innovation by hosting its first-ever Entrepreneurship Week.
The buzz around social innovation and entrepreneurship is growing as the Ballard Center welcomes seven new fellows.
Throughout my life I’ve spent countless summer weekends at my parents’ cabin in the Uinta Mountains, where in the early days there was no electricity or indoor plumbing and almost every evening was spent playing games around the kitchen table until the generator would run out of gas.
