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In the quest to alleviate poverty, BYU researchers are discovering how a growth mindset matters as much as a skill set.
Finance student and Brigham Young University track runner Kate Thomas found how to change course when life put unexpected hurdles in her way.
Ashley Wallace's passion for service and learning has led her from the cliffs of Ireland to the people of Madagascar.
Coming to a new country and not knowing the language can be scary, but Aaron Cruz Morales was able to succeed with some help and hard work.
Aileen Hernandez has grown up navigating minority identities. "First-generation American" and "woman in business" are not just buzzwords; they describe her life.
For Adam King, a senior in the finance program at BYU Marriott, a good college education extends beyond the classroom.
As someone who has often felt like the odd woman out, Mikayla Cluxton recently created a startup, BeeFriend, to help alleviate loneliness in the geriatric population.
BYU Marriott senior, Kami Mak, grew from a financial novice to an up-and-coming expert working as a financial analyst intern at a multinational technology company.
While a trolley bus system has not been used in Utah for 75 years, an antique bus will soon be gracing the streets of Provo thanks to BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Afton Ellis Long.
While entrepreneurship has been a lifelong goal for senior Nathan Miller, he did not fully commit to his dreams until listening to a guest speaker in one of his BYU Marriott classes.
After surviving cancer, BYU Marriott finance senior Preston Willey is working to give back to the medical industry that saved his life.

Alex Kim hopes to make the most of his time with the BYU Marriott School of Business through studying finance, teaching international students, and much more.

Blake Barkdull, an entrepreneurship junior at BYU Marriott, has paired his entrepreneurship lessons with real-life experience to create a business of tasty concoctions.

With a little help from the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Bryan Stringham is now living out his childhood dream of becoming an inventor.

When BYU Marriott finance major Jack Abumanneh flew to the United States to begin his BYU education, all he had was what he could carry in a single suitcase and backpack.

As the father of a two-year-old and newborn triplets, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Braiden Day juggles more responsibilities than the average student.

When asked what real estate is, most people will say the topic has to deal with something about the home-buying process. BYU Marriott finance senior Dallin Curriden challenges that simple explanation.

As a former vice president of BYU athletics student section, the Roar of Cougars, BYU Marriott entrepreneurship student Bradley Pilkington takes every opportunity to share his love of sports with BYU fans.

From selling peanuts on the streets of Nigeria to help provide for her family to moving to the United States alone at the age of nineteen with only fifty dollars in her pocket, Patience Atebata isn't letting her past define her future.

Trying to juggle school and a social life while simultaneously learning how to get a commercial loan, earn a dealership license, and develop relationships with business professionals is not easy, but somehow Maryorie Delgado manages to do it.

When it comes to startup companies spun out of universities, there are a lot of zombies out there.
BYU Marriott entrepreneurship student Elizabeth Jeffrey went from raising six children as a stay-at-home mom to studying economics and accounting in the classroom.

Sam Aden attended a private Christian school as a child and never even heard the name Brigham Young University until he was sixteen years old. Once he discovered BYU Marriott's finance program, however, Aden knew BYU was the right fit for him.
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.