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Alumni Spotlight Student Experiences MBA 2005–2009
MBA graduate John Arthur Harris’ multinational ancestry of English, Chinese, Swiss, and Spanish blood isn’t his only international connection. Serving in various assignments in business and diplomatic roles, he learned to adjust quickly to new climates, cultures, and languages.
After graduating from an upper-echelon business school, most Marriott School graduates look for companies with similar standards.
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
For a handful of Marriott School students, a trip to Ghana exposed them to another corner of the world that needed their services.
More than twenty BYU MBA and MPA students worked this spring to improve small businesses around the world.
Cue the intro, dim the lights and...action! Beginning last October, the Graduate Finance Association made a splash into the world of broadcasting.
Wal-Mart wants to help the planet?
“What you see in my fellow graduates is a strong work ethic and a good education. The values that these individuals hold and how they carry themselves manifest to others that they can take more responsibility,” Madsen says. “People know they are going to give a straight answer, and in a crunch they will help get things done.”
Two teams of BYU MBA students put their entrepreneurial businesses to the ultimate test as they competed at the 27th annual Global Moot Corp Comp.
The next generation of waterproofing is durable, breathable and environmentally friendly and is the first-place winner at the 2009 BYU BPC.
By the end of their first class period, MBA students in the power, influence, and negotiations course are engaged in a full-scale, one-on-one negotiation over the sale of a biochemical plant.
Three MBA finance students received a faster return than expected on their educational investment after being named Stoddard Scholars.
Students and a faculty member were honored with 2009 Bateman Awards, the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
The Whitmore Global Management Center named six students from the MBA Class of 2010 as Eccles Scholars.
Rivalry was in the air as teams from the U of U joined BYU at the Omniture Web Analytics Competition.
Putting their business savvy to the test, a team of BYU MBA students won second place at the regional Venture Capital Investment Competition.
The art along his office walls is not merely décor, nor is it for conversation. The pieces Steevun Lemon has chosen—of the many he could, since art is his business—carry meaning.
When Paul Gustavson meets with BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall, they talk strategy. But it’s not the Xs and Os kind of strategy; it’s more of a “let’s create a competitive advantage through organizational design” kind of strategy.
The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management named eight MBA candidates as its 2009 Hawes Scholars. The honor, which carries a cash award of $10,000, is the highest distinction given to MBA students at the school.
Mergers and acquisitions can be lucrative, as a team of BYU MBA students learned at the Smith MBA Competition in Maryland.
A new program at Brigham Young University is giving graduate students the chance to become board members of nonprofits in Utah Valley.
Two BYU MBA students have come up with an idea to get concert tickets into the hands of loyal fans.
A group of six BYU students take their cereal very seriously after winning $3,000 and first place at a logistics case competition.
Dana Tucker had everything lined up. He had almost completed his MBA at the Marriott School, he had a lucrative job offer, and after many moves he was finally ready to settle down. Then duty called. Major Tucker was told to prepare for deployment to Iraq.