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The James S. Kemper Foundation, the charitable arm of Kemper Insurance Companies, named Jay Oman, a pre-business major from Springville, Utah, one of 17 Kemper Scholars nationwide. The Kemper Scholars program provides recipients with a three-year scholarship and three summer-internship programs at Kemper Insurance offices around the country.
While Donald Trump was making Omarosa and Kwame household names last spring, one Denver radio station was making Marriott School alumna and entrepreneur Becky Tate Orser its apprentice.
Growing up, Kate Maloney started thinking about her Halloween costume a couple of hours before hitting the streets for Smarties and Fun Size Twix. As a kid, the event commanded little of her attention. But as an adult, she’s preparing for it all year.
You may not be actively looking for a job, but EnticeLabs is still looking for you.
When 2007 Marriott School alumnus Cyle Adair was deployed to Iraq in January 2009, he didn’t think he would be using his business degree. As a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he thought of leading soldiers in firing mortars, conducting mounted and dismounted patrols, and training Iraqi forces. But none of those tasks proved to be his toughest job.
Student entrepreneur Brad Moss, founder of a million-dollar gaming company was rewarded with a cash prize of $10,000.
Cotopaxi has a reputation of generating new and ingenious designs, but its newest product, the Inti 2, takes innovation to a whole new level.
Mike Norton dreamed of playing lacrosse in college on the East Coast. But thanks to his mom, he's now a budding entrepreneur major with new startups in his sights.
Skyler Carr grew up dreaming of traveling through space and hunting aliens. His favorite day in grade school included a trip to the Space Center in Pleasant Grove, where he could practice being a spaceman. He never forgot those days, and in 2012 he was devastated to hear the Space Center would be shut down.
Giuseppe Vinci could hardly sit still, eyes glued to the TV in his humble home of Milan, Italy. It was the 1996 Olympic opening ceremonies and Muhammad Ali was lighting the torch, sending goosebumps all down Vinci’s neck. Right then Vinci knew he had to be in the Olympics some day.
To remedy their boredom one summer afternoon in 2009, Jeffrey Handy and his high school buddies decided to get a trailer, fill it with cardboard boxes, and build a giant fort in his friend’s backyard. To their surprise, the fort built from two hundred boxes attracted more than three hundred spectators and earned them the record for world’s largest cardboard fort.
Swim with sperm whales in Dominica—check. Visit an underground city in Turkey—check. Canyoneer in Indonesia—check. See the annual lantern festival in Thailand; swim with penguins in the Galapagos; and kayak with dolphins in Australia—check, check, check!
Alfred Gantner, cofounder of Partners Group and an MBA alum, shared his insights on a balanced life as the featured speaker at convocation on 28 April.
Do you know an elderly person who is at risk of falling? Katie Strobel and her Crocker Fellows team created a low-cost Apple Watch app to help.
Ashley Emig helps ideas and concepts come alive in a retail store near you.
Partnering with his mother, BYU Marriott alum Sterling Jones co-founded JoJo's Chocolate, a healthy treat company aiming to replace sugar cravings.
Entrepreneurship alum Darrell Swain already has three successful tech startups under his belt, and his entrepreneurial drive shows no sign of slowing down.
Who said your age should keep you from pursuing your dreams? BYU Marriott alum Caleb Wagner didn't let his young age stop him from starting a business.
Dissembled computer mice, parts of a camera, and batteries scattered everywhere are not typical under-the-bed clutter, but for Bryan Brittain, his childhood floor was littered with the evidence of an inventive mind.
Will Pham never meant to get involved in the Ballard Center. A minor mistake in class schedule put him in the Do Good. Better course--and changed his college career.
When Todd Paskett and Grant Hagen sat next to each other at a workshop for a competition in 2018, they had no idea how their lives were about to change.
BYU Marriott entrepreneurship student Taimi Kennerley can bake your wedding cake, style your hair, and then look through your financial projections and teach you how to start a successful business.