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As he moved eight times to different states and around the world, MISM student Ethan Ritchie gained an appreciation for people of different backgrounds and beliefs. It is with this openness and desire to learn that Ritchie approaches his life and his studies at BYU Marriott.
From his childhood in Côte d’Ivoire to his Church mission in Ghana and a year-long stint in China, Stéphane Akoki had seen a lot before he even started college. Yet he discovered that coming to BYU Marriott widened his world—and his impact.
Junior Hailey Bronson works hard to be a champion in all aspects of her life. From being a high school soccer star to an information systems student, Bronson relies on her passions to find success in life.
Since graduating with a bachelor’s degree in information systems from BYU Marriott, John Koelliker has relied on authentic relationships in his life to help start his own company.
Information systems student Mason Perry has seen how unexpected opportunities can lead to life changing moments.
When Yara Anabtawi was a student at BYU, her insatiable curiosity and her love for a wide variety of subjects made choosing a major difficult.
As she looks forward to graduation in April 2023, Shayna Oh looks back on the last five years with gratitude for what she has felt and learned at the BYU Marriott School of Business.
Ching Tong finds joy in building genuine relationships with others. The MISM graduate now lives in New York City and continues to make meaningful connections.
Jen Almond was playing a trivia game along with other students during the BYU Marriott School of Business’s new-student orientation when a question popped up that she knew she could answer correctly: “How old is the oldest student in this class?”
As a sharp-minded young boy, Travis Cook was constantly pulling apart alarm clocks, radios, TVs, VCRs—even a BB gun—to examine their pieces.
When Detroit native Eric Louis took his first cybersecurity class at BYU, he was reminded of doing jigsaw puzzles with his grandmother. For this second-year MISM student, the pieces may look different, but the goal of puzzles and cybersecurity is the
It’s an unassuming blue box, not much bigger than a deck of cards.
Information systems alumna Ioana Schifirnet recognizes many similarities between art history and one of her personal passions: data analysis.
An experience as a student employee opened a world of possibilities for second-year MISM student Gustavo Zioli, forever changing the trajectory of his career.
When C. R. “Casey” Yadon picked up his phone one day in 1988, he was surprised to find a representative from Walt Disney Imagineering on the other end. A former work colleague had recommended Yadon as just the person to fill an open position, the representative said. Would he be interested in submitting his résumé?
Sam Lentz, a 2007 information systems alum, reflects on how he has grown in his career since graduating from BYU Marriott.
After being inspired by a National Geographic article as a child, information systems student Autumn Clark strives to solve social problems using her technological expertise.
Information systems senior Graham Carman strives to contribute to the teams he's involved in, from his internship with Eide Bailly to his groups within the IS program.

Eric Weight’s alarm clock rang at 6 a.m. every morning, no matter the weather, no matter the month, no matter the holiday.
Onscreen, a pair of hands stirs chaat masala, dhaniya powder, and other spices together before sprinkling the mixture onto a plate of fish. The video isn’t from a cooking network but the YouTube channel of Nirnaya Lohani called Naya Fusion Food.
Whenever she courses down a turbulent river filled with rapids and obstacles, BYU Marriott information systems student Bonnie McDougal embraces the overwhelming rush of adrenaline.

As a manager at Cloudmed, which helps hospital systems recover revenue losses, BYU Marriott IS alum Jonathan Grether enjoys the challenge of solving new and unique problems.

When her experience in one particular computer science class showed her the field wasn’t a good fit, Jeneen Wilson Garbe searched for a major that would allow her to blend her love of technology with other skills. She landed on information management, graduating with her BS in 1990, and would later blend her technology skills with another field: the pharmaceutical industry.
When Kent C. Dodds graduated from BYU Marriott in 2014 with his master's degree in information systems, he had one goal: to impact the world by creating software.