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Brigham Young University's Marriott School announces the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Microfinance — the only practitioner and academic journal to deal exclusively with the financing movement that has caught the attention of policy makers, philanthropists and development experts throughout the world.
For Wyman Roberts, vacationing at Universal Studios proved to be so much fun that he decided to land a career in the industry. Roberts has been appointed executive vice president of marketing—chief marketing officer—for Universal Studios Recreation Group.
The Webster brothers know that money doesn’t grow on trees; however, in the last few years they’ve successfully expanded their family’s 200-acre orchard into a profitable online business.
Many people would feel just as uncomfortable sitting in a mechanic’s waiting room as they would waiting for a dentist’s chair.
Most children think their parents are nothing short of superheroes. Darin Christensen’s four children probably have a few more bragging rights since their dad was named one of the 2006 Oregon Super Lawyers.
The Marriott School has introduced a personal finance Web site to help families and individuals obtain financial freedom.
The partners and advisors of Salt Lake City–based Aptus Advisors have more in common than just their employer. They all have degrees from the same school.
BYU's undergraduate business programs rank seventh overall and first among recruiters according to BusinessWeek.
BYU graduate finance students helped the Finance Department earn a spot in Entrepreneur's top 15 Student Opinion Honors for Business Schools.
While California gets much of the attention for up-and-coming technology news, Utah’s own “Silicon Slopes” feature many companies making headlines in the tech world.
BYU Marriott School's MBA finance program rates among the top 15 in the nation —for two consecutive years.
BYU has been named one of the top 10 U.S. universities researching real estate in the last 10 years.
While many business leaders strive to expand their organization’s reach globally, one Marriott School grad oversees projects that have a more vertical approach—out of this atmosphere, actually.
Marriott School announces the winners of the 2011 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
Gregory Cornell has had a front row seat to history. After graduating from BYU in finance in 1985, he joined the U.S. Army and served his first four years in Germany at the end of the Cold War.
In an ever-expanding digital universe, Brad Rencher and his team at Adobe Systems Inc. navigate the Cloud like rocket men.
Jeff Holdaway, a 1982 finance graduate, knew there was a way for him to combine his passion for business and law. After graduating from Columbia Law School in 1985 and working at a national law firm, an opportunity arose that he couldn’t turn down. Twenty-four years later Holdaway is still glad he jumped at the chance to work at Marriott International.
During the housing collapse, the sweltering summer heat of Phoenix was no place for a young salesman pushing pest control. But for Adam Keys it was just the kind of pressure needed to get the creative juices flowing. “Nobody had money and nobody liked salesmen,” Keys remembers. It was then that Keys matched the perfect product with its target audience. “I sold No Soliciting signs door-to-door,” Keys says. “Eighty percent of people who would laugh when they opened the door would buy it.” But this wasn’t just funny business: the 2011 finance graduate paid his college bills, learned graphic design, and gained experience running his own company.
Working at the Oracle Corporation, alum Liz Wiseman found herself constantly surrounded by intelligent people. But she noticed an ebb and flow—not of intelligence but of how leaders capitalized on or closed off that intelligence. One executive she coached was brilliant but shut down others, leaving their ideas untapped. Wiseman searched for something to share with this leader about the dynamic he was caught in but found nothing. “Someone needed to research how what leaders did either diminished or multiplied the intelligence of the people around them,” Wiseman says. “This seemed like a worthy pursuit, so I just did it.”
It was 6:30 p.m., and Dora Ho-Ellis was still in her office. “Normally, I’m not that hardworking,” she quips. But when the phone rang with a pivotal opportunity for the entrepreneurship education program she spearheaded at Singapore Polytechnic, she was grateful she was there to answer.
Doug Jackson is bringing sight to tens of thousands around the globe—thanks to a new kind of vision for humanitarian work.
Many people don’t do well with the unknowns in life. A dark path unexplored and unfamiliar has thwarted more than a few worthy ambitions. Matt Hawkins, on the other hand, relishes the chance to mold that darkness.
College Choice ranked the Marriott School's undergraduate finance program No. 1 in the country based primarily on cost of attendance and salary upon graduation.