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Alumni Experiences Alumni Spotlight Center News 2015
Begun by Marriott School students during their time at BYU, Owlet was awarded $250,000 in Verizon's annual competition.
Don’t know what to get a family member or friend for Christmas this year? Dreading those Black Friday lines?
The Romney Institute of Public Management named Bryce Baker the 2015 N. Dale Wright Alumnus of the Year for his outstanding service in the federal government.
Three days. Four major events. More than 200 attendees.
Students from across campus expanded and demonstrated their innovative talents during the week-long event showcasing entrepreneurial resources available at BYU.
Ballard Center students interning with Self-Reliance Services/Perpetual Education Fund are working to eradicate poverty around the world.
While most students were simply juggling textbooks, 2013 Marriott School grad Bradley Robins was also singing and dancing around the world with the BYU Young Ambassadors. But this Saturday Robins will light up a venue a little closer to home: LaVell Edwards Stadium.
EMPA alum Chris Banford recently teamed up with Ellen DeGeneres to surprise his wife, Mary.
Cash prizes in six figures were at stake for students competing in the Miller NVC Final hosted by the Rollins Center.
Hundreds of MPA students, alumni and faculty joined together in six cities on the MPA Days of Service celebrating the program's 50th anniversary.
Thanks in part to the efforts of BYU students, diamond materials are on their way to becoming the CSR's best friend.
Nearly 150 attendees convened in Provo for the BYU School of Accountancy's annual conference held last fall.
The Best Idea Competition recently allowed students a chance to share their ideas for improving the world through social innovation.
The roar of more than thirty thousand screaming fans had just been swallowed by an avalanche of noise from an F-22 Raptor and an F-15 fighter jet streaking overhead.
Thanksgiving fast approaches. It’s the most important food holiday, and you need to impress your in-laws with a palate-pleasing side-dish. Look no further. Here Marriott School alum and chef Kent Andersen teaches how to whip up a sought-after stuffing that the whole family will still be talking about, even after the turkey-induced food coma wears off.
What if moving halfway around the world wasn’t a grand departure into the unknown but, rather, a return to the familiar?
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.
Switching from a degree in accounting and a career in software engineering to life as a full-time artist is strange, admits Karl Hale. But when his after-work detox projects turned out to be works of art, that’s exactly the leap he took.
Doug Jackson is bringing sight to tens of thousands around the globe—thanks to a new kind of vision for humanitarian work.
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.
What does Matt McGhee say most prepared him to thrive in his dream job at a multinational tech giant? Participating in his LDS young single adult ward activity committees—planning dances and mix-and-mingles.
Brian Hill's social enterprise, Edovo, is bringing meaningful education to inmates.
Jeremy Sookhoo was looking for a meaningful career when he found impact investing.
Being a soldier in the armed forces can be physically and emotionally demanding. As an army chaplain, MPA alum Lt. Col. Thomas Helms has been offering soldiers moral support and religious services for nearly two decades.