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For Julie Rash, jury-duty service became a catalyst for her work in the Provo School board and education through BYU Marriott's EMPA program.
Driven by a desire to help the people of her country, Vimbai Tembo began her journey from Zimbabwe to Provo by tucking her two children into bed and then lighting a candle to study for the GRE.
For BYU Marriott EMPA student Uati Afele the day starts early and ends late. Although he's juggling many different responsibilities, Afele always aims to serve those around him.
At the age of three, Nick Porter created his own imaginary city with its own made-up language. Now as an adult, he is pursuing an MPA at BYU Marriott with the hopes of one day becoming a city manager.
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.
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.
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.
Daniel Villanova believes "great leaders lead their people from among them." As a CIS recipient in BYU Marriott's MPA program, he plans to improve lives through service and leadership.
Inspiration has led Megdalynn Fisher to fight cancer, join the MPA program, and make a difference in the world.
A famous Hail Mary, Silicon Slopes, and the top venture capital competition in the world—Adam Pulsipher is everywhere.
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.
As an LDS missionary living in Thailand, BYU MPA student Carly McDonald helped make a change in people’s hearts. Next she’ll be returning to help make a change in Thailand’s government.
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.
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.
Jeff Roberts went from intern to full-time employee with Self-Reliance Services/PEF.
Romney Institute students are willing to travel all over the world to gain valuable experience through internships.
Student entrepreneur Brad Moss, founder of a million-dollar gaming company was rewarded with a cash prize of $10,000.
Jamie Cope Bennee, a 34-year-old BYU Executive MPA student, died in a tragic plane crash in Payson, Utah, on Nov. 18.
Who says you can't have your cake and eat it too? One Marriott School of Management student is doing just that.
On a recent field study trip to Ghana, BYU MPA students teamed with a charity powering rural schools with merry-go-rounds.
A Master of Public Administration (MPA) student at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School is the first person in Utah to win an American College of Healthcare Executives scholarship since the fund was started in 1969.
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.