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The Marriott School of Management will host its 9th Annual BYU Management Conference 24–26 June 2004. Nationally recognized speakers will discuss principles for building outstanding leaders in organizations, communities and families. Special entertainment and evening activities are planned for the whole family.
Marriott School information systems students recently placed at a national competition and technology conference. The students placed 2nd, 3rd and 4th in a Java programming contest and 3rd and 4th place in a database design contest during the National Collegiate Conference (NCC) in Omaha, Neb.
A team of Marriott School accounting students earned first-place at the National Student Case Study Seminar sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation -- beating out other top accounting schools including University of Southern California, University of Notre Dame and Indiana University.
BYU undergraduate startup Property Solutions was announced as the winner of $250,000 in funding from the National Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Venture Bowl 2004. Venture Bowl is the nation’s largest college business plan competition.
Marriott School professor Paul Godfrey received the Civic Engagement Award for Brigham Young University from the Utah Campus Compact April 6. Godfrey, associate professor of strategy, was honored for his work designing and implementing financial literacy programs for elementary, junior high and high schools.
Ninety fifth and sixth graders from Provo's Timpanogos Elementary School will be testing their business acumen during the first-of-its-kind mini-business fair at Brigham Young University Friday, April 4, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on the plaza between the BYU Bookstore and Harold B. Lee Library.
Nine Recognized for Contributions in Teaching, Research and Citizenship
Headaches are mounting as people struggle to make sense of their taxes with April 15 fast on their heels. But taxes are no headache for five BYU accounting students whose tax knowledge recently earned them a substantial return at the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ xTAX competition.
Students at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management selected two of their classmates and a professor to receive the 2004 Merrill J. Bateman Awards. These honors, now in their third year, are the only awards chosen solely by business school students.
Six MBA students from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University won first place in the Daniels Ethics Case & Race in Denver. The competition, hosted by the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business, included a business ethics case competition and a downhill ski challenge.
Marriott School students host exercise fundraiser
MBA and MPA students from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management teamed with students from New York University on a pilot project to help with the United Nation’s Global Compact develop a worldwide program for MBA students. Students from both universities contributed analysis of corporate citizenship activities for participating companies. The students presented their findings at the U.N.’s New York headquarters Feb. 6, 2004.
Quanto costa inserire pubblicità nel giornale? Learning how much an advertisement costs in a foreign language is only the beginning of what students can experience in business Italian and Arabic classes, now offered for the first time through the Global Management Center at BYU.
All it took was a simple challenge for Lisa and Jack Williams to get involved. After attending a BYU microcredit conference in 2000, Lisa and Jack started their own action group in Elk Grove, Calif. The group meets bi-monthly, educating themselves on microenterprise and discussing their goals and progress in collecting money for a microcredit bank.
Students, faculty and staff at Brigham Young University can receive free on-campus income tax preparation assistance through March 26, a service that is also available to local community members who earned below $35,000 in 2003.
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management will host the inaugural insyte conference 6 February 2004 for information systems and technology executives. Sponsored by BYU’s Master of Information Systems Management program faculty in conjunction with the Rollins eBusiness Center at BYU and the Utah Information Technology Association, this conference will provide educational and networking activities in a vendor-free setting.
Borrowing from the Marriott School’s top-ranked graduate programs, administrators and faculty have created a unique experience for undergraduate students. For one semester, students work together everyday in the same business management, marketing, organizational behavior, supply chain, and business management suite classes.
James Hawkes's photograph of a Peruvian boy won "Best Overall Photo" in GMC's International Business Photo Contest.
Brigham Young University honored two professors in the Marriott School’s Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy at the 2003 University Conference. Wm. Gerard “Gerry” Sanders received a Young Scholar Award and Kristen B. DeTienne was named an Alcuin Fellow.
Brigham Young University’s Romney Institute of Public Management honored John C. Darrington with its 2003 N. Dale Wright Outstanding Alumni Award, one of the most prestigious distinctions given by the institute. The Romney Institute presented the award at a banquet Friday in Salt Lake City.
Property Solutions LLC took first place at the 2003 Marriott School Business Plan Competition. The company provides an integrated software solution for property management companies. My Carnivore, a company that sells carnivorous pet plants, took second place. Tying for third place were Dierevo, a company developing technology to create renewable energy solutions, and StrollerWorks, a company which offers a new reversible jogging stroller.
Brigham Young University’s Romney Institute of Public Management named Utah State Treasurer Edward T. Alter as the 2003 Administrator of the Year. Alter has been treasurer since 1980.
Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management honored Grant R. McQueen with its 2003 Outstanding Faculty Award, the highest faculty distinction given by the school. The award was presented at a banquet March 28 where the school also recognized seven other faculty members for their contributions in teaching, research and citizenship.
Marriott School of Management Professor Gary C. Cornia has been elected president of the National Tax Association, the country’s most prestigious organization of tax professionals.